Category: Challenges

Challenges

Rejection

A few people have suggested I write something on couple style love. I find that hilarious as I was married for 24 years and now am not. I don’t think my pondering on the subject should be trusted at this point. So, I picked rejection to contemplate instead. Funny thing about rejection though, is that it really can’t be examined without looking at its counterpart, love. My friend Ron Holtz sent me a quote from his new book, which looks like it will be really good! This partial teaser speaks to value: “One quickly learns that the rainbow arching over...

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Worry

I sent this photo of Marilyn Monroe, blowing a pink bubble, to a friend the other day, for a laugh. The expression on the photo is not really true for me, but it’s definitely a goal of mine. To defeat the tendency to worry. When I was 23 and pregnant with my first child, I worried about everything. I tried to become informed about the whole adventure but eventually had to trash the books, turn off TLC (The Learning Channel) and just waddle out the 40 weeks. When I reached week 42 and the boy showed no signs of making...

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Nuance

I told my brother-in-law that I don’t like universal statements because they all break down at some point. He said, “you just made one.” Wow. So as much as I am guilty of it, I still don’t like them and will work to stop repeating them. I came across a Wayne Dyer quote online the other day and it did not sit right with me. It reads, “Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It’s not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the weather, an argument, or your age that is to blame. You...