I don’t know what the experts say for sure, but I believe anxiety, like a lot of feelings exist on a continuum. Maybe all feelings are like this? Probably so. In this way then, part of coping with anxiety is realizing this common trait exists, and then you can identify some lessons that might be …
Category: Insight
Anxiety: Awash
It starts with the feeling. That’s just it, at its core. It’s a feeling or series of feelings that can wash over you, immobilize you, cloud your mind to the point that there’s no room for anything else. “Awash” is the idea, the concept that comes to mind. Something like, you become awash with powerful, …
Blog Post Like A Tweet: “Surely, Tender, Lu”
She’s come a long way, this one; I guess all kids do; our Lu. Sure, powerful, daring; timid, shy, unwilling; she’s all these things and more. This pic, maybe two years back; still captures her essence: open, capable, somehow ready, even if she doesn’t always know it in the moment. She is, best we be, …
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Blog Post Like A Tweet: “Confidence Rising”
This guy, number two, been through a lot his eight years. So thankful for him and his tender way, his capacity for silly, even his defiance - he has a fight to be himself, through it all. Go man, GO.
Just Live
Sometimes so hard, just live, just live. Chores and tasks and obligations and duties and demands, All demand your time, your attention, your Right Now!, moments, hours, days, It feels so anyway, feels anyway, all the more to me, To my mind, mixed up in it all, mixed up by it all, all mixed up …
Lyrics Post: “Freedom ‘90’”
Wow. Or is it “Wham!” So SO good. On several levels. Take a read. Take a listen. Decide for yourself. My toe was tapping pretty quick. And my hips were rocking. SHAKE IT. "Freedom '90" I won't let you downI will not give you upGotta have some faith in the soundIt's the one good thing …
Sometimes It’s Weird
Sometimes it is, sometimes it’s weird. Like at work, new people, new duties, new systems; or old ones too... Like talking to people you feel sorta close to, most do, sometimes, don’t they? Like living in a situation you didn’t anticipate, expect, really desire...but there you are. Sometimes it’s weird.
Tribe
A few of the tribe come together, the warmth, the laughter, easy sharing, caring, catching up, so good, so good. What does the tribe do? Some how through some magic, a sense of belonging, knowing, acceptance, concern. It fortifies, reassures, comforts. My tribe? At least two. SCHS85, SCU89. When I’m with these people the thick …
Consider The Porch Stoop
How often do I sit there, and just consider the day? Not so often. How often do I sit there, on this stoop I’ve lived behind for half my life? No often enough. I’ve lived in this house, on this street, longer than I’ve lived anywhere else in my life. And how often have I …
Freestyle Love, G.M.D.
GMD, why do I think of him like that? My family, big on initials of names, for some reason. GMD, my maternal grandfather, George M. Downing, not frowning, just thrownin' words down, For him on his birthday, 107, not here anymore, still deep within me, spirit living on, as it should be. A doer, a …
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