Nomadic Normalcy

I am in amazement that I was drawn to a CS Lewis clip because it was a sneaky way for the Lord to address the underlinings of my boredom and burnout with church life.  The headline read “healing the wound in your minds“ and yet it covered a topic completely unexpected. Even as I write …

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The parts that lie to us

My scientist friend shared she was feeling inadequate after completing her PhD because she didn’t pursue publication of her research, in essence she was being bullied by a cluster of parts within her system. These parts who remind her of inadequacies encompass the bully, critic, failure, less than, angry, depressed and fighter parts. They often …

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Twelve year old goals

Inspiration, a feeling of excitement and depression at the same time. I often wonder if what burns inside my heart and brews inside my mind isn't just prejudgment of strangers? The impressions I give to people just by taking their actions personally make me out to be something I'm not. When really I'm smart but …

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A Greater Venture

Obviously this manager was determined to get me out of his establishment, and he did a great job.  His antics were nothing less than threatening and juvenile at best.  I felt completely degraded.  When I left I knew that nothing would appease him in the future if I stayed and I no longer felt safe.  …

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Dumbfounded

How is it that the most remedial writing, the least profound statement or sentence, gets a hundred likes on social media? It insults my intelligence, seriously.  The minute anything real or deep is posted, the masses suddenly fall off the bandwagon. I'm told to go to writers conferences or get a degree in journalism just …

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