Source: Jessica Hagy, Thisisindexed.com – Self-Medication for Anxiety.
What are you going through?
July 6, 2018 by 28 Comments
All around me were strangers. I knew no one. And as far as I knew, no one had any idea what I was dealing with….As I turned away and stared at the Pacific Ocean through the little window from my seat on the plane, I was left with a bunch of grief and two big questions. What burdens are all the people on this plane carrying? And how would I treat them differently if I knew?
~ Carl Richards, from “Ask Yourself This: What Burdens Is That Other Person Carrying?”
Post title and post Inspired by: “I remember reading some works of Simone Veil, a French woman who lived in France during the war and she said there’s only one question worth asking anybody and that question is, “What are you going through?” ~Leonard Cohen, From Leonard Cohen interview With Stina Dabrowski (Thank you Make Believe Boutique)
Holy Cheese (15, yes, 15!)
February 13, 2017 by 45 Comments
We’re a member of the 1%! 15 different types of cheese in our refrigerator, which led to a “conversation” about what the cheese is going on here…
Source: NY Times Magazine
Own up.
November 3, 2016 by 20 Comments
Truth
August 22, 2016 by 17 Comments
Come On Ladies. Let it Go!
April 1, 2016 by 26 Comments
Notes:
- Source and read more at: wsj.com: The Healing Power of Forgiveness
- Post inspired by: “It’s hard to move on if you don’t forgive,” he said. “It’s like trying to dance with a lead weight on your shoulders. The anger can weigh you down forever.” ~ Diane Chamberlain, Pretending to Dance
- And inspired by: “I have simplified my life to just three principles, which I try to practice. I cannot say I have mastered them. I attempt. I fall, I falter and I attempt. I call my spiritual rowboat Surrender — complete surrender to the will of the Greater Power. The act of surrendering is so important that Who or What you surrender to becomes insignificant. It is the surrender itself that is important. My two oars are instant forgiveness and gratitude — gratitude for the gift of life. I get angry, I get mad, but as soon as I remind myself to put my oars into action, I forgive.” ~ Balbir Mathur
Burn Down That (Old) House
March 31, 2016 by 14 Comments
Notes:
- Source: Ed Batista – Meredith-Whipple Callahan on Mindsets
- Post Title inspiration – “There are those who receive as birthright an adequate or at least unquestioned sense of self and those who set out to reinvent themselves, for survival or for satisfaction, and travel far. Some people inherit values and practices as a house they inhabit; some of us have to burn down that house, find our own ground, build from scratch, even as a psychological metamorphosis.” – Rebecca Solnit, A Field Guide to Getting Lost
Can’t Remember (20+ years and counting…)
March 7, 2016 by 38 Comments
Such a simple little chart…
February 2, 2016 by 19 Comments
It Depends? On what?
February 1, 2016 by 25 Comments
Ho Ho Ho!
December 16, 2015 by 10 Comments
X-Mas Tree Sales Up. Mall Sales Not.
wsj.com: Will Christmas Trees Light Up Retail:
“The gap between Christmas-tree and store sales may be a sign that the shift in spending away from brick-and-mortar retailers and toward online shopping, and experiences over things, has intensified this year. Put simply, people would rather spend money at Amazon, or on meals and vacations, than on stuff at the store. That may explain why Christmas-tree sellers aren’t getting hurt by the changed environment.
For many people getting a tree, hauling it home and trimming it counts more as buying an experience more than it counts as buying a thing.”
No. Absolutely NOT.
December 8, 2015 by 34 Comments
Notes:
- Source: Notes & Errata by Mark Morford – Your Awesomely Meaningless Life in One Simple Chart
- Related Post: Slate – This Is Your Life. As a Single Line.
- Image: Was modified with cross-out and *.
Come on. 30 seconds minimum.
December 5, 2015 by 22 Comments
Live & Learn 