Archive for April 29th, 2008
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Posted by Mark Schmitz in Addiction, Chemical Dependency, Drug Addiction, Fear, Life, Personal Growth, Recovery. Tagged: 12 Step, 12 Step Group, 12 Step Program, AA, Addiction, Adversity, Alcoholic's Anonymous, All About Me, Authentic Self, Boundaries, Change, change is painful, Chemical Dependency, CMA, Conflict, Crystal Meth, Crystal Meth Anonymous, Drug Addiction, Fear, Gay, Lesbian Bi-sexual, Transgendered, Queer [GLBTQ], Homosexual, Honesty, Life, NA, Narcotics Anonymous, Pain, Pain leading to growth, Pain leads to healing, Personal Growth, Positive Thinking, Prayer, Promiscuity, Queer, Recovery, SA, Sex Addict, Sex Addicts Anonymous, Spirituality, Suffering, Truth. Leave a Comment
“Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.” – English proverb.
When I am in pain, I know where it hurts. Other people may be ready with suggestions and advice, but I am the only one who eventually can know what the matter is.
We are each a unique expression of humanity and we are the only [...]
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Apr
Posted by Mark Schmitz in Change, Childhood, Environment, Fear, Fiction, Friends, Friendship, Hope, Humanity, Life, Life's Lessons, Loneliness, Personal Growth, Positive Thinking, Relationships, Short Story. Tagged: butterfly, Butterfly in a jar, Change, Childhood, Children's Short Story, Environment, Fear, Fiction, Friends, Friendship, Hope, Humanity, Knowledge, Life, Life's Lessons, Loneliness, Personal Growth, Positive Thinking, Relationships, Short Story, Short Story for Children, Symbol of Hope, Wisdom. Leave a Comment
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he was a beautiful butterfly and she belonged to someone now. Her delicate wings glistened in the light like stained glass windows in a cathedral. She sat on a little twig, her big dark eyes peering out at the world from behind the protection of her glass enclosure. She was happy. She was safe from [...]
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Apr
Posted by Mark Schmitz in Change, Life, New Age, Opinions, Personal Growth, Positive Thinking, Recovery, Seasons, Spirituality, Viking Runes. Tagged: Adversity, Ancient Runes, Aurochs, Change, Consult the Runes, course of right action, Decision Making Tool, Decision Making Tools, Interpreting the Runes, Life, loss, loss of everything, Manhood, meditation, New Age, Opinions, Pain associated with change, Personal Growth, Positive Thinking, Recovery, Rune Reading, Seasons, Spirituality, Strength, The Wild Ox, Uroz, Uruz, Viking Runes, Wisdom of the seasons, Womanhood. Leave a Comment
Uruz ~ Ur ~ Strength ~ Manhood ~ Womanhood ~ The Wild Ox
Uruz
The Rune of terminations and new beginnings, drawing Uruz indicates that the life you have been living has outgrown its form. That form must die so that new energy can be released in a new form. This is a Rune of passage [...]
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Apr
Posted by Mark Schmitz in Decision Making, New Age, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Viking Runes. Tagged: Ancient Runes, cattle, course of right action, Decision Making, Decision Making Tool, Decision Making Tools, Fehu, Feoh, First letter in Germanic Alphabet, Germanic Alphabet, I Ching, Livestock, meditation, New Age, Personal Growth, Possessions, Spirituality, Tarot, Viking Runes. 1 Comment
I am going to do my best to explain with as much detail as possible, the meaning of each of the Runes over a series of upcoming blogs. The interpretations I am sharing are not meant to be definitive in any way. Please consider the information as guidelines.
The first letter of the Germanic alphabet [...]
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Apr
Posted by Mark Schmitz in Intimacy, Life, Love, New Age, Opinions, Personal Growth, Positive Thinking, Recovery, Relationships, Spirituality. Tagged: butterfly, Flutterby, Intimacy, Katie Couric, Life, Love, Miracle, nature, New Age, Odds, Opinions, Personal Growth, Positive Thinking, Recovery, Relationships, Spirituality, Symbol of Hope. 1 Comment
Is it true? For a human being to ever see a butterfly in our lifetime is a miracle! Someone shared this factoid with me a few years ago, and then I heard Katie Couric mention it just before she left the “Today” show. I’ve been searching the Internet, looking for some data that would [...]
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