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Suicide Survivor

Why Bother With Boundaries?

Setting boundaries is handy. Knowing that we can say, “no”, or put physical distance between us and another means we know ourselves, at least a little bit. When we state a different opinion other than the popular one, or decline an invitation, we set ourselves apart. Socially setting ourselves apart requires a resilience to rejection…
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Suicide Survivor

Why Bother Noticing Another’s Fortitude?

Every year, mid-December, a few of my siblings and I always accompanied Dad on a hunt for the perfect Christmas tree. First, he’d drive to the various tree lots in the city and we’d read the hand painted plywood signs that advertised the prices. Then we’d return to the lot with the best deal.  Climbing…
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Misc

Why Bother Knowing We Matter

It is easy to get lost in the shuffle, the crowds and cacophony of life. After all, we are one of a billion other people that populate the surface of this earth. Yet, John Donne says in one of his poems entitled, No Man is an Island; “No man is an island, entire of itself,…
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Learning

Why Bother Seeing What Needs Changing?

I appreciate the comments and insights I sometimes receive from my audience. For instance, one of my readers responded to, Why Bother to Noticing Shame. They said, “You cannot change what you do not see.” This led me to think, how do we see what we need to change?       Never Too Old…
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