Take what you can use, disregard what doesn’t resonate, and share as you’re led…
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Love? Look to Forrest Gump
Valentine’s Day– what a lot of misplaced heartache is going on in the world today due to this fictional holiday! Sure, it’s a holiday in the sense that it’s listed on the calendar, but come on- we’re supposed to take it seriously as a representation of love? If this day is causing you any sense…
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Forget your reflection and focus on projection
My no-fail method for dealing positively with getting older: get out of the mirror. It’s so basic it sounds like a joke, but I’m completely serious. I’m average in the looks department- one of those people whom others often refer to as “cute”, though at 54 I’m well past what can reasonably be considered middle age, so…
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Friends with benefits
Friends with benefits According to Dictionary.com noun (used as a euphemism) a friend with whom one has sex without a romantic relationship or commitment We’re not going to talk about just friends having sex, though it’s an interesting topic. Personally, I don’t think in most cases both parties involved benefit equally. It often seems to me that one person may be completely benefiting, while the other is…
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The thing is not the thing
“Until you learn to heal the wounds of your past, you will continue to bleed into the future. You can bandage it with food, alcohol, drugs or work, but eventually it will stain your life and you will continue to bleed.” -Iyanla Vanzant Healing the wounds of the past begins by acknowledging the wounds of the past.…
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I Love George Bailey
*It wouldn’t be Christmas to me without George Bailey. I wrote this piece some time ago and I read it often as a reminder to myself to hang in there when I’m feeling the way George did on his “crucial night”. If you are having a crucial night yourself, I ask that you remember that…
LA Holmberg: fit beyond Form 