Tag Archives: relationships

What not to write to your ex on Mother’s Day

Posted on 7 May 2010 by

This week, I read this online article. The writer dedicates it to his ex on Mother’s Day. He waxes lyrical about how much he appreciates her and everything she does as a mother. It’s really nicely written, moving, sensitive stuff. … Continue reading →

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Letting go of the last strands

Posted on 30 July 2009 by

It’s an old martial arts exercise. You stand face to face, each on your right leg, each holding up the left hand. Each tries to push the other over. The lesson is simple. The second you stiffen and resist is … Continue reading →

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My mystifying Valentine

Posted on 17 February 2009 by

Valentine’s Day. I used to make trays of heart-shaped cookies with pink icing and hand them out to family, friends, strangers. Until once I left a lovingly wrapped an ribboned package in the postbox of someone I had a crush … Continue reading →

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Message for a strong friend

Posted on 12 January 2009 by

Don’t do anything to make him love you. There is nothing to be done. Men seldom seem to figure this out intuitively, but love isn’t a noun, it’s a verb. Love is not something you find or lose. Love is … Continue reading →

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Poem

Posted on 10 January 2009 by

The Guesthouse by Mowlana Jalaluddin Rumi This being human is a guest house Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they … Continue reading →

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Jim Dreaver on Freedom

Posted on 23 December 2008 by

At the level that most people relate to the notion of freedom, it means the freedom to express ourselves however wish: to choose our work or career, our friends, our politics, our religion, to choose where we live. Yet there … Continue reading →

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The successful psychopath

Posted on 18 November 2008 by

For most of us, literature and cinema have hijacked the term “psychopath” to evoke an image of a crazed sadistic monster, Hannibal Lecter frying up his victim, or Patrick Bateman in a frenzy of chainsaws and blades. The real psychopath … Continue reading →

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Quotation

Posted on 13 July 2007 by

Much energy is wasted in trying to charm others. And in wanting to charm – I tell you, the opposite happens.(Sri Sri Ravi Shankar)

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