Archive for July 5th, 2008

What Can I Do to Take Care of Myself Today?

The real sin against life is to destroy beauty,
even one’s own – even more one’s own, for that has been
put in our care, and we are responsible for its well-being.
~Katherine Anne Porter ~

A good way to start each day is by asking, “What can I do to take care of myself today?”  To ask [...]

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Sexuality

                                       O Body swayed to music,
                                                 O brightening glance
                                                          How can we know the dancer
                                                                       from the dance?   
                                                                     - W.B. Yeats -
 
Sexuality is not something we do, but it’s part of who we are.  We are physical, intellectual, emotional, sexual and spiritual individuals, and all parts are equally important.  To consider sexuality as energy, [...]

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This Is Who I Am

Human misery must somewhere have a stop:
There is no wind that always blows a storm. 
~Euripides ~
 
 
 
 
It’s easy to think we’ll always be in the same boat, that our characters are fixed, our habits unalterable.  “This is who I am.  You can take me or leave me.”  I know that when I find myself [...]

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