Traveling the World Through Others
Today I am thinking heavily about the third agreement: “Don’t make assumptions.” Ruiz writes that we are living in a dream, and we turn this dream into a nightmare every time we assume what others are thinking or feeling about us. Oh, is this so true for me. My empathic abilities, which always enable me…
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After the past seven years, I am feeling pretty schooled in the ways of the world. In addition, this past COVID year and recent changes in my life have caused me to feel as if I have advice to give. You may be thinking what my qualifications are for giving you advice. Here is my…
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With everything going on in the news about women being attacked, women voicing their feelings of being unsafe, and even additional discussion of male harassment and violence against women, I feel like this is an interesting time for women in general. I must say, as a woman, I am surprised at the level of shock…
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My favorite of Chaucer’s tales was the The Wife of Bath’s Tale. During the Middle Ages, women were not valued or respected. Women were treated as property. They were not able to own property or be educated. Instead, women were fated to live lives of servitude to their husbands. Knowing history as I do, I…
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Based on recent events in my life and in our society, I want to bring back a post I wrote in 2015. This post was part of a series that highlighted accomplished women. Unfortunately, it fell a bit flat, but today I feel a renewed sense of energy. Women like Kamala Harris and Stacy Abrams…
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Being a woman comes with a list of positives and negatives. There are things that are tough to deal with, like sexism, feelings of inadequacy, body issues, and work/family balance to name a few. These things can be sneaky because they are often not out in the open, but they hide surreptitiously waiting to spring…
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When I was young, my grandmother would watch me pick up food for my plate. She would leer incredulously, “If you actually eat all of that, young lady, I will eat my hat.” I marveled at the phrase and accepted the challenge, forcing myself to finish every chosen morsel. My grandmother was a harsh woman,…
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“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.” -Emily Dickinson There is a constant shifting in this life between light and dark. The external events that are happening right before our physical eyes can cause us to toss and turn. …
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It is day six of my manifestation challenge. Part of my intentions for the New Year is to write more. I also want to try and speak more from the heart. I want to think less about what you, dear reader, may think, and more about what I want to say. I started my day…
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As soon as my students learn that I can read people, they always ask if I can read them. Some people are easier than others. Some feelings come through so strongly that I cannot ignore them. It is always through my left side. Today a teaching assistant was standing next to me, and I saw…
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