Tag: life
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Not All Fear is the Same
If you are doing something to change your life, fulfill a dream, or learn something new, and you feel scared, feel the fear and keep going.Being scared means you’re doing something outside your comfort zone.It doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do it.It means it is different.You need to know the difference because one keeps you safe.The…
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Making a Difference
On a regular basis on my Facebook feed, I ask how people are intentionally making a difference in the world, or I encourage them to do something to make a difference. I know this can feel absurd because the world is big, and the problems are big, and we are…not as big as the world,…
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At the End of the Day
I don’t know what happened in your day today, but you get to choose:1. What you remember2. How you continue to feel about it3. The impact it has long term Choose forward. Cheering for you,Jerri 🙂
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Being Intentional about Mental Health
Lately I’ve talked to a lot of people who are battling anxiety and depression, who are feeling hopeless, who have a solid level of self-loathing going on, and all of them tell me how this and that the other is the problem. The fact is for all of them, they are their own biggest problem.…
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The Problem
Have you ever read any of the Hank the Cow Dog books? I have read or listened to several, and at first, they seem really funny. In fact, I would read them while I peddled several miles on the recumbent bike in the gym and laugh so hard people would come over to ask what…
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Fitting
I was getting ready for lunch with a friend. When I looked through my clothes to find something to wear, I realized none of them fit me anymore. Not like they are the wrong size, although some are, but they don’t fit ME. They fit who I have been for years. The casual, blend into…
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“Are You Happy?”
“You post all this sad stuff.Are you ever happy?Do you ever laugh?” LOL Um, yes, to both, a lot. You can ask my website designer for my photography page I have fuzzy slippers, and I am not afraid to use them. 😁 Being serious, sorry I am literally laughing out loud at the irony, I…
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Being a Friend versus Being Available
I shared a video earlier about a woman (Anne Hathaway’s character) who is bipolar. In the video, she is explaining this to a colleague, whom she respects and is trying to build a friendship with. It’s a beautiful video, and almost every time I watch it, I choke up. I want to clarify, this is…
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When the “New Normal” isn’t really Normal
I tell myself I am normal, that I am a normal late-middle-age woman with a normal house and normal life and normal…you know…normal. And then there are days like today when I realize I’m not. Today I attended a funeral for a wonderful woman who taught me in high school, and it was fantastic seeing…
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I Beginning Again…Again…Or Am I?
Do you ever feel that way? Like you are beginning again…for the kazillionth time? My mathematical brain describes it as: (Beginning again) to the Nth degree. I admit I tend to find that thought deflating and often defeating. I mean, I’ve tried this, whatever “this” is, before…several times…and failed. What in the world makes me…
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