Traveling the World Through Others
There is a famous line in Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption. Andy Dufrense is in prison with Red and they are discussing the future. Red, who has been in jail since he was a very young man, knows he will never make parol. He feels his fate and Andy’s fate are both sealed. They…
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We have all either heard or used this old proverb at some point. Its origin (according to http://www.knowyourphrase.com) is as early as 1175. It appeared in a book called Old English Homilies. Regardless of its origin story, it means that you can set up the circumstances for someone to do something that is beneficial for…
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The truth is so tricky. I have said before and I will write it here again…we lie to control how others feel about us. The last six years I have vowed to tell the truth. No big lies to protect myself. No white lies so others felt better. So why did I tell a lie…
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Malcolm Gladwell has written a ton of amazing books. One of my personal favorites is Outliers. This was the first book I read by Gladwell, but it certainly was not the last. For those of you who are not familiar with Gladwell, he is a researcher who poses interesting questions about life and society, and…
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2020 was a difficult year, but this year, my BF and I are getting married and building a house. Yes, we could have done things the easy way and just bought a house that was already built…but what fun is that? I have to be honest. I do not have an answer to this question.…
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Gabby Bernstein has been a favorite of mine for many years. She’s written a lot of books on manifesting and spiritual surrender. Her many texts have been a staple of my journey. May Cause Miracles: A Forty-Day Guidebook of Subtle Shifts for Radical Change was foundational in my own spiritual growth. In this text, Gabby…
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There are so many levels and definitions of love. It really means so much to so many, but often it is twisted and choked by what it is “supposed” to be. People shackle love with expectations and regulations because they want to save themselves from the pain of “loving” someone or something too much. Many…
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The word “victim” means someone who is harmed, injured or killed by someone else’s action or some event. This is the first definition. The second one (according to Webster’s Dictionary) is one who is tricked or duped. Either definition denotes a state many seek to avoid. Being a victim means you have suffered harm at…
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The act of grounding your energies and staying in vibrational alignment is an important function. Grounding can happen in a number of ways. Generally, I practice one or more of these methods weekly, but during these trying times, I find that I must up my vibrational game, so I ask myself (as well as some…
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Marianne Williamson has this great quote, which often gets wrongly attributed to Muhammad Ali, but it deeply reflects a state of mind many feel. She writes the following: ““Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that…
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