“The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.” ~ Thomas Merton If I only understood this quote many years ago, it would have possibly made my love life […]
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“In every person you know, there is a person you don’t know.” – Unknown Lately I have been thinking. Thinking about what and who I have allowed to enter my sacred space over the years. You know the place where you hold your most intimate thoughts, ideas, hopes and even fears you have only shared
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”No problem can be solved from the same consciousness that created it” – Albert Einstein Nothing beats a failure like a good-ole-fashioned try right? Wrong. For some of us, this route has been a pain-staking journey that has led us on paths we would rather not remember. As relieving as the inability to not
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“If you find it necessary to judge me by my past, don’t be surprised when I find it necessary to put you there.” – Unknown How many times have you said, “I am sorry”, for the same thing more than a few times? You know the feeling, you feel terrible and there seems to not
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“Some people are so broken, they get mad at you for being whole” – Unknown How many things can you look back on in your life and get angry or sad? You know, the missed opportunities and poor decisions that took you way off the mark, or perhaps it was indecisiveness or procrastination that seemingly
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“Although our version of the story usually feels better and is easier to tell, a lie will always hurt the one you love more in the end.” – Henry Nutt, III We have been hearing it for most of our lives. Phrases like, “don’t tell lies, you are only as good as your word
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“Dear you, make peace with the mirror and watch your reflection change.” – Unknown The Bible says, “Love your neighbor as you love yourself.” I whole-heartedly agree with this scripture, but as I have counseled and spoken with people over the years, I have come to understand that many people do not truly or accurately
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“When you are willing to feel it, you can begin to heal from it.” – Unknown I grew up during a time when the neighborhood kids played hard everyday and usually always until dusk or when the street lights came on. Being a young boy there were plenty of bumps and bruises to go around.
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“I know more than I say, think more than I speak and know more than you realize, so don’t underestimate me.” – Unknown So the other day I was traveling from Vegas back to the Bay Area. I called for an Uber like normal and waited the few minutes it typically takes for the driver
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“It’s not your job to love me, it’s mine” – Unknown So I grew up with three sisters. One older and two younger. For most of my life I had people telling me, “You must be spoiled”, and for years I never understood what they meant. Then as I got older, I began to understand
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