When I was very, very sick, my body served as its own governor. I could not push myself further than I should, because I’d be overcome by a sleepiness that would stop me in my tracks. There were times before I learned this that I literally had to lie down right where I stood to [...]
self-development
For someone who never actually read The Four Agreements, I have thought an awful lot about it in the three years since I didn’t actually read it. Generally, I thought about how great it would be if there really was some very simple and straightforward “Practical Guide to Personal Freedom,” as the subtitle promises, a [...]
I have a friend whom I guess the kids would characterize as a kind of frenemy: thrown together by circumstance, stuck together of necessity, we are close in some ways but wary in others, always doing this delicate dance of extending ourselves while keeping an eye on the exits, or using our powers of incision [...]
First, it was stumbling across this shockingly timely quote by Christopher Isherwood, the beauty and truth of which made me cry. Next, it was swapping out my first-of-three annual Nikki McClure calendars from 2009 to make room for the first-of-three McClures for 2010 and noting what had been buried under all those months for all [...]
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Book review: Simple Abundance
There are some books you can sit down and write a smashing, relevant review about instantly upon finishing reading them. Pam’s book is one of those, as is Chris and Julien’s. Whether or not I learn something new from them (and I did with both books), these kinds of books cover topics I know well [...]
I came across a couple of items recently about Jay Leno, which I particularly noted because (a) he’s a person who doesn’t typically blip across my news radar field, so twice in one week was a sit-up-and-take-notice red flag for this pattern-seeking monkey; and (b), one resonated with me rather deeply. The first item was [...]
As I’ve mentioned before, in 2006, if any of you were alive back then, there’s a frame in my bathroom that holds a magazine cover from the New Yorker with a picture of a glass half-full of what looks to be orange juice. It’s from 1995, probably none of you were alive back then, so [...]
Yesterday, via various miracles of modern technology and brave union brethren having fought for what’s theirs, The BF done got a bum knee fixed up good as new (we hope) in less than seven hours, including schlep time to and fro. While we were allowed a bit of canoodling time pre- and post-procedure (of a [...]
At one time or other everyone wonders whether she’ll change the world in some way great or small But the truth is you can’t not change the world because everything you do makes it different, great and small You can change the world by the way you answer a question or the phone You can [...]
10 days into the new year, I can’t tell you if I’ll accomplish everything I’ve set out to do in 2009. I can’t even promise I’ll finish out the month with my goals intact. But I can tell you this, and with some astonishment on my part: in 10 days, I just realized, I have [...]
