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⋆ Co-Dependency 1
The conversation got railroaded by someone asking if she should forgive someone who ghosted her. I have a special place in my heart for ghosters. You do not know where a person…
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⋆ scribbles
"I realised I would not be happy without you in my life." I stared at this written sentence long enough for it to blur. Have you ever had someone cross your path that…
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⋆ boundaries
In preparation for a mini-course I will be holding for my final exam, I have been holding some conversations about a much-used (but often misunderstood) term: boundaries. In several conversations (and even more…
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⋆ Glue Song
"Because it isn’t." I replied with an answer to this, but I felt that I needed to post my answer instead. Love is just mostly attraction and expectations. You got attracted by looks,…
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⋆ Age of Anxiety II
Something in the way you love me won't let me beI don't want to be your prisonerSo baby, won't you set me free?Stop playing with my heartFinish what you startWhen you make…
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⋆ Age of Anxiety
Someone had mentioned to me that everyone under the age of 45 is living in the "Age of Anxiety". I had to pause and think of everyone in my social circle. Okay, yeah,…
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⋆ talking in circles
Unsubstantiated fear = obsessive thought processes = increased unsubstantiated fear = increasingly obsessive thought processes = even more unsubstantiated fear = uncontrollably obsessive thought processes = psychosis. Welcome to an infinitely recursive argument.…
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⋆ ugly karma
Buddha would say, "Ugly people are ugly because of their karma". His version of karma was this: karma refers to actions driven by intention (cetanā), a deed done deliberately through body, speech or…
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⋆ motherhood
Can we talk about the term MILF? I got called this, and a friend of mine asked me if I was chuffed. I said: "Nah. My femininity/attractiveness/desirability is hardly gauged by the fact…