On Being Present

“Do not ruin today with mourning tomorrow.” ― Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making Being PRESENT can also be said to be MINDFUL, especially emotionally and, to that, how we react to things.  Our Lizard Brain;  that thing I call my Evil Inner Witch (EIW)  that criticizes, that undermines, that uneasiness, that place of worry, that [place of nasty nightmares, that thing that was meant to help us survive in caveman times, can be our very worst

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May 3. 2016 - The Lizard Brain/ My Evil Inner Witch, and Grief

“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist I have loved everything Paulo Coelho has ever written.  He truly speaks to my inner self.  His writing is full of symbolism and analogy and that is the language of the soul, for me.  I did many blogs, on an old site, about

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Philosophy of Mark-Making

A Woman of New Beginnings