Tag: sadness

  • Why pay the price?

    “Unhappiness is a very expensive hobby.” – Hugh MacLeod Unhappiness can happen if you’re clinically depressed, or possibly a victim of war, dread disease, or some calamity. If you’re unhappy because you just haven’t done the work to move beyond your circumstances, that’s another issue.  You can step outside the cycle of attitude and reaction,…

  • Assumptions Distort Love

    “Assumptions are the termites of relationships.” -Henry Winkler When we make assumptions about a loved one we close ourselves; we are no longer open to see them as they are. We can only see them as we think they are. The fulfillment for love, connection and intimacy are diminished because we are no longer having…

  • The Four Agreements

    Be impeccable with your word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love. Don’t take anything personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do…

  • Never Alone

    There are times when we feel so alone, And everything conspires in a world so cold; These feelings are real for you and me, And together we face them to awaken and see.

  • 3 Methods of Emotional Preservation

    It seems to me I’ve never stopped feeling anything. Healing seems to only ever take two forms. We can either distance ourselves from the emotion, which feels like temporary hiding, or find something to drown it out. This poses a unique problem as I retract from the New Age touchy-feely man I was to focus…