When someone says something unpleasant to another person and then justifies it with "Sometimes the truth hurts!" then I know for a fact that the person who is making the comment is completely uninterested in actually helping the person they claim they are trying to...
It is the nature of a sunrise to be beautiful, really, whether we notice it or not. I’ve spent a lot of time not noticing.
it is time to engage the next stage. I’ve moved through my goals of three years ago, and now I have to commit to my NEW best goals
It’s also about time that I start being honest with myself first and foremost, and stop being ashamed of the things I love.
This isn’t a meandering, depressing essay about inadequacy, in case you were wondering. It’s more a surprised realization of how often I tend to sit idly by and wait for disaster to strike, and why. My adopted brother David and I were at dinner discussing something...
In 2007 I saw the movie Hot Fuzz and proceeded to stumble, tumble, and otherwise crash into a slow-motion emotional breakdown that culminated in April of 2008 with a multi-day catastrophic withdrawal from life. Intensive therapy came later. FTR, Hot Fuzz is a comedy...
One thing I’ve had to come to terms with, though, is that sometimes friendship isn’t about you. Sometimes people have their own issues…
If the idea of “respecting an individual’s choices” has morphed into “you may not criticize anyone, ever, for any reason, not even for LYING” then sign me out
I have had insomnia for two nights in a row. For the last two years, outside of illnesses, this has been unusual for me.