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Niceness Alone Doesn’t Cut It–Quote
“In our culture, people tend to be valued for being inspiring and entertaining. With perhaps the notable exception of some morning-show hostesses, people are rewarded for being bold and...
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She was of the Stuff of Which Great Men’s Mothers are Made
” Deeds of endurance which seem ordinary in philosophy are rare in conduct, and Bathsheba was astonishing all around her now, for her philosophy was her conduct, and she seldom thought practicable...
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I lost 220 pounds today
I lost 220 pounds today. You wouldn’t believe how much lighter I feel! It’s all because of a conversation last night with my soon-to-be ex-husband. He called to beg me to take him back. He begged...
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Confidence isn’t the Absence of Fear, it’s How You Act in Spite of Fear
“Emotional courage is what we’re all striving for in the end. The courage to tell the truth is something people need to be proud of, as is the courage to be yourself, to trust love and the healing...
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One’s embrace may be turned outward
“Nobody grows up. Everybody carries around all the selves that they have ever been, intact, waiting to be reactivated in moments of pain, of fear, of danger. Everything is retrievable, every shock,...
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Think of Life as Course Corrections
“While breaking ground requires courage, so does changing course. It’s something I’ve come to appreciate as being vital and requiring a good amount of guts. I call it course correction and it can...
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It Had Been Said That She Was A Little Off Her Head
Jurij Moskvitin (middle) acompaning Karen Blixen/Isak Dinesen (right) meeting composer Igor Stravinskij (left) at the City Hall of Copenhagen (Photo credit: Wikipedia) “It had been said that she was a...
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A Weak Husband Living With An Excellent Woman
Greta Garbo ”The divine Woman” 1928 (Photo credit: Movie-Fan) “I could only wonder what sort of model husband and father he might be if he changed. But change that elemental would come only if he hit...
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I Was a Bride Married To Amazement
“When it’s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. When it is over, I don’t want to wonder if I have made of my life...
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A Good Hat Has An Idea
” All the sisters had what was called a hat face. They looked good in hats, knew how to put them on. You can give a beautiful hat to a beautiful woman, but if she doesn’t know how to wear it–the...
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Rise Up Everyone and keep Rising
This is one of my very favorite Facebook posts EVER. This. THIS. As my muscles ache after a long day at the show…..THIS. As I watch and admire my 80-year-old mother still make plans and have such a...
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For My Friends Who Love Bernie
My Republicans friends…I love you but this post is not for you. It’s for us left-leaning Democrats and Independents. See you next post, okay? My friends who love Bernie…it should be no secret that...
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Jennifer Jumping
In the dream she’s always falling Falling seems to drive the dream. From shark fin cliffs– Through clouds that smell of buttermint, Her arms are wide to ride the wind. No ghost hand shove, no...
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As She Gathered Her Skirts
As she gathered her skirts and headed briskly up the staircase she hoped the view was worth the strain on her tender lungs, bruised from the ill-fated excursion to the Teparda bog the evening before....
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The Heart Throws No Fish Back In The River
“Love, my mother believed, was the only specific for true beauty—an abundance of it could make a woman who was as plain as zwieback go into the streets smiling, with her head high and her shoulders...
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