“I have learned that finding fault elsewhere only serves to get you off the hook in your own mind, but eventually it renders you powerless to change your condition.” - Beyond the Clevage by Raquel Welch Someone at work loaned me this book by Raquel Welch.  I really wasn’t sure if I was going to like [...]

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I was listening to something today about joy.  The person I was listening to spoke of how the valleys of sadness made his joy that much better.  That without sadness, we cannot appreciate joy.  I think it’s the same catch-22 that you see with all opposites.  Non-colors like black and white – can you tell [...]

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Three of my kitties are stalking my toes right now.  They’ve mastered the art of living in the moment. Hoever, living in the moment needs to be balanced with planning ahead.  That’s something that we’re supposed to learn as we get older.  The question remains, how many of us actually get past the stage of [...]

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It’s been an interesting week and it’s only Monday.  It’ll be something to see how this week goes, though I doubt we’ll see the end result until after October 1, if not later.  I’m still not entirely sure what to think about the job situation.  We were told that our department is going to change to [...]

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So my ‘normal’ writing may dry up.  That’ll mean more time to blog… The owners of the company I write for are selling.  I just wish I had enough money to buy it for what they’re asking, which  is lower than what they’d ask from someone who is not one of their regular writers.  The [...]

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“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?” ~ Matthew 6:25 Something I’ve learned over the last year.  I need to stop worrying about things [...]

Read the rest of Zen or the Art of Worry

I was reading something from a copywriting course that I signed up for, and it got me thinking.  They suggested that if I want a niche to write or blog about, I should find something that I’m passionate about.  The question remains, what AM I passionate about?  What do I find interesting enough to do [...]

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Or maybe that’s zen.  I always forget how the word is spelled for a silly reason.  A friend of mine used to use the name Xen when playing morts on the MUD. Work is getting more interesting, but it may be a year before we know anything definite about what’s going to happen.  That means a [...]

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So today, the big-wigs at work sprang a big surprise on everyone.  Everything that we’ve heard is that the company I work for has been doing well.  However, today there was a meeting with the 2 people that founded the company and the current CEO.  They’re doing a merger with 2 other companies, our sister [...]

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Monday night, I turned my back on my 19 month old son for a few minutes (less than 5 minutes tops) and he picked up a tin can from the trash.  He got his finger stuck in between the lid and the side and cut his finger.  I got the bleeding to stop and put [...]

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