Tag: personality
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Protected: Of Daughters, Secrets and Revisiting Old Terrain …
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Of Life, Revelations, and Our Differences That Bind …
Not a day has passed during the three weeks since posting my last blog that I have not felt guilty for failing to hold to my schedule of blogging. It is a promise I give to myself, and a responsibility I maintain as a published writer. The nagging feeling that has haunted me now abates…
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Of Relationships, Dharma and That Mirror of Mirrors Which Sits At Our Core…
The decisive question for man is: Is he related to something infinite or not? That is the telling question of his life. … In the final analysis, we count for something only because of the essential we embody, and if we do not embody that, life is wasted. … In our relationships to other men,…
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Of Conundrums, Pockets of Time, and Water to Down Our Bread…
I once had a client who said, “We [humans] consist of but pockets of time. Spend time on things that don’t matter-waste time–and you throw away yourself.” As with life and pockets of time, humans also consist of a conglomeration of relationships, none so important as the one we hold with ourselves. Despite all, we…
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Of Setting, Change, Action, and Dilemmas…
What creates setting, both physical and emotional? And what goes into creating a setting that stimulates a reader to feel? What is the challenge of creating a formative and transformative setting? What needs to remain static and constant in a setting? And what needs to cry out for change? These questions point out the importance…
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Writer’s Block, Travel and Encountering Ourselves…
It’s really hard to write. I’m traveling with my youngest. I hated leaving home. And yet I felt stuck. Stuck. Not a good place to be as a writer. And yet it happens. I don’t experience writer’s block, as much as encountering periods wherein it is just hard to write. I lack the stamina to…