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November 5, 2024November 5, 2024Politics, Religion Reflecting, Etc.

election day reflection

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November 2, 2024November 5, 2024Reflecting, Etc.

what makes a human encounter?

I’ve been reflecting on what it means to encounter another person. Reason for thinking this: watching the music video for Living on a Prayer (Bon Jovi). Which reminded me of a blogger who really influenced me a decade or so ago, who I found the socials for. I started thinking about book authors who really …

October 26, 2024October 26, 2024Latex Allergy, MCAS Reflecting, Etc.

update

it’s me, hi There have been so many awful things happening lately, especially the hurricanes in the southern/eastern US. I really don’t have the words to say anything other than it’s horrific. There are a lot of people who have already done the work of putting together places where ppl can help/donate, easily findable on …

September 24, 2024September 26, 2024Reflecting, Etc.

feeling

Do you ever feel like the pain of being alive is just too much? I don’t know what it is. Sometimes I think it’s hormones. Sometimes I think it’s empathy. Sometimes I wonder if it’s fibromyalgia (joke, but also I do have it so it can be honestly hard to know.. *laugh-cry*). Seriously though. I …

September 19, 2024September 20, 2024Reflecting, Etc.

reasons to stay alive

This might seem a bit weird but. I’m going to list these. By sense and ability. k. Do you have the ability to smell? Then here are some things to live for: the smell of bacon cooking in the morning the smell of a huge white blooming rose the smell of the ocean, salty and …

September 16, 2024September 16, 2024Reflecting, Etc.

part 2: considering after-death and how we live, and why

Well. I published that last post. *stares into the mirror of my psyche* It is so uncomfortable to say quiet thoughts out loud about the things I cannot know. It is so uncomfortable!!! I’m exploring why this is. It brings up a lot of grief to consider .. just the possibility that there might not …

September 16, 2024September 16, 2024Reflecting, Etc.

considering after-death and how we live, and why

Hi. There have been so many things on my mind lately. One of them is that we’re living right now. Along with that idea, is the fact that all friendships are friendships, whether they are with people you met in person or online. Another idea that I’ve been thinking about is the fact that most …

September 10, 2024September 10, 2024Reflecting, Etc.

tuesday

Today is a Tuesday. The picture is from a walk last night. This moment in time: sitting on the couch, wearing my favorite purple sweater, with my cat Atticus lying near me on the ground, floofy back towards me, floofy white inside his ears just *so.* I hear a bird outside cawing. The sun is …

September 7, 2024September 10, 2024Reflecting, Etc.

the comfort of limited options

I remember learning in Educational Psychology that the more options one has, the more stressful a decision is. It’s no wonder that “what do you want to do with your life?” “what color should we paint the livingroom?” and “out of all the people on the entire internet on dating websites, who can you see …

September 3, 2024September 3, 2024Reflecting, Etc.

the un-critical self

Since I was raised in conservative, somewhat legalistic religion, I was trained to have some particular thought patterns- to “take every thought captive” (2 Cor 10:5). To not lust. To *make my thoughts* be … something. Metacognition is thinking about thinking. It’s like one of those mirrors reflecting back another mirror. For anyone with a …

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