Archive for the ‘Family’ Category
14
Jun
Posted by Mark Schmitz in Economic Choices, Family, Food, Grocery Products, Grocery Stores, Life, Tough Times. Tagged: Asian Cooking, Asian Noodle Salad, Buckwheat Soba, Economic Downturn, Economical Food Options, Edamame, Food, Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market, Pasta, Prepared Foods, Quick and Easy Summertime Salads, Sesame. Leave a Comment
I love cold pasta dishes during our hot summers here in Arizona, and I especially love the flavors of Asian style salads. Now, I am not usually the type to post a review of a product, or to recommend one publicly in a post such as this. But this product has impressed me for its [...]
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7
Apr
Posted by Mark Schmitz in Addiction, Awareness, Chemical Dependency, Drug Addiction, Family, Friends, Friendship, Friendships, Humanity, Life, Life's Lessons, Personal Growth, Recovery, Resentment, Self concept, Spirituality. Tagged: Apathy, Disease of the Spirit, Don't Value People, Forgiveness, Hate, hatred, Indifference, Life, Personal Growth, Recovery, Self Directed Hatred, Self-concern, Self-improvement, The other side of Love. Leave a Comment
“The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that’s the essence of inhumanity.” — George Bernard Shaw
Hate is the other side of love and shows at least energy and passion. Probably most of us feel surges of hate at some time or another, especially toward [...]
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4
Feb
Posted by Mark Schmitz in Boundaries, Change, Childhood, Conflict, Family, Fear, Friends, Friendship, Friendships, Humanity, Intimacy, Life, Life's Lessons, Love, New Age, Opinions, People in your life, Personal Growth, Personality, Positive Thinking, Recovery, Relationships, Self Discovery, Self-improvement, Shortcomings, Spirituality, Trust Personal Growth. Tagged: Addiction, Boundaries, Conflict, Decision Making, Family, Family of Choice, Fear, Friends, Friendship, Friendships, Honesty, Intimacy, Life's Lessons, Love, Mental Health, New Age, Opinions, Personal Growth, Positive Thinking, Recovery, Relationships, Spirituality, Wisdom. 4 Comments
“It is an old an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way.” — Rollo May
Our boundaries are both inside and outside ourselves. No one can set them for us; we can only set them. For many of us, boundaries are often unfamiliar. We may wonder, What are they? [...]
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26
Jan
Posted by Mark Schmitz in Addiction, Change, Chemical Dependency, Childhood, Drug Addiction, Family, Honesty, Hope, Humanity, Life, Life's Lessons, Opinions, Personal Growth, Recovery, Relationships, Spirituality, Suffering. Tagged: 12 Step Program, Addiction, Adversity, Anger, Blame, blame everyone else, Blame the world, Change, Chemical Dependency, Childhood, Conflict, Drug Addiction, Dysfunction, dysfunctional family, Family, Family of Choice, family problems, Family System, Honesty, Hope, Humanity, Humility, Intimacy, Knowledge, Life, Life's Lessons, New Age, Opinions, Personal Growth, Recovery, Relationships, Sexual Addiction, Spirituality, Suffering, Wisdom. 2 Comments
“It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to halt.” — Plutarch
Working through the memories of childhood is a task each of us eventually faces. Addiction in a family system contributes to addiction along the way and affects our own individual addiction(s) and creates drama in [...]
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24
Dec
Posted by Mark Schmitz in Change, Decision Making, Enthusiasm, Family, Friends, Friendship, Holidays, Hope, Humanity, Life, Life's Lessons, Love, Opinions, Personal Growth, Positive Thinking, Relationships, Seasons, Short Story, Spirituality. Tagged: All About Me, Blogging, cactus and lights, Change, christmas, Christmas, Christmas Past, Christmas Present, Cookie Recipe, Death and Dying, Decision Making, Depression, Enthusiasm, Family, Family of Choice, Forgiveness, Friends, Friendship, Friendships, Holiday, Holiday Tradition, Holidays, Hope, Humanity, Knowledge, Life, Life's Lessons, Love, Meeting Needs, Opinions, Personal Growth, Positive Thinking, Raspberry Meringue Kisses Cookie Recipe, Relationships, Seasons, Short Story, snow covered forest, Spirituality. 3 Comments
For my entire life I have anticipated the holiday season with joy. Never have I before felt anything close to a hint of dread when it comes to Christmas. Every year, my mother would spend literally, weeks, deep cleaning every room of the house, decorating each and every room in the house, trimming the trees; [...]
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16
Dec
Posted by Mark Schmitz in Addiction, Boundaries, Change, Depression, Family, Fear, Friends, Friendship, Honesty, Hope, Humanity, Intimacy, Life, Life's Lessons, Love, Opinions, Personal Growth, Positive Thinking, Relationships, Truth. Tagged: Addiction, All About Me, Boundaries, Change, Conflict, Depression, Family, Fear, Forgiveness, Friends, Friendship, Friendships, Honesty, Hope, Humanity, Intimacy, Knowledge, Life, Life's Lessons, Love, Mental Health, Opinions, Personal Growth, Positive Thinking, Recovery, Relationships, Truth, Wisdom. 4 Comments
“Perhaps the most important thing we can undertake toward the reduction of fear is to make it easier for people to accept themselves; to like themselves.” — Bonaro Overstreet
I was going about my life when suddenly; I became aware that I was feeling anxious, uncomfortable and insecure. But what I feel underneath is afraid. Even [...]
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7
Dec
Posted by Mark Schmitz in Boundaries, Conflict, Family, Friends, Friendship, Honesty, Humanity, Life, Life's Lessons, Lying, Opinions, Personal Growth, Poetry, Relationships. Tagged: Boundaries, Conflict, Family, Friends, Friendship, Gossip, Gossip Express, Honesty, Humanity, Humor, Life, Life's Lessons, Lying, Opinions, Personal Growth, Poems, Poetry, Relationships, Sense of Humor. Leave a Comment
This one is an informational subject.
It may even strike that nerve and single you out.
The only one you apparently have,
Or so I’ve heard,
Through the vast endeavors
Of the he said – she said crowd.
Oh my god, you’re the talk of the town!
Like a novel one can’t put down.
On the best sellers list, it cuts like a knife.
I had [...]
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6
Dec
Posted by Mark Schmitz in Boundaries, Childhood, Family, Honesty, Humanity, Life, Life's Lessons, Love, Personal Growth, Relationships. Tagged: Addiction, All powerful, Boundaries, Brian Boner Art, Childhood, Childlike Wonder, Children, Dysfunction, Family, Gratification, Honesty, Hope, Humanity, Immortaility, Innocence, Invincible, Kingdom of Children, Life, Life's Lessons, Love, Opinions, Personal Growth, Pleasure-oriented world, Recovery, Relationships, Self-centeredness. Leave a Comment
“Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies.” — Edna St. Vincent Millay
Children feel themselves all-powerful in an infinite world. Nothing disappears, nothing passes away. In our earliest days, our pleasures were limitless and timeless. Reality was only an obstacle to gratification.
In our drama, our addictions and other unhealthy behaviors we often remain fixed in a [...]
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13
Sep
Posted by Mark Schmitz in Addiction, Change, Chemical Dependency, Drug Addiction, Family, Friends, Hope, Humanity, Life, Life's Lessons, Opinions, Personal Growth, Recovery. Tagged: Addiction, Change, Chemical Dependency, different point of view, different vantage point, Drug Addiction, Family, Friends, Hope, Humanity, Life, Life's Lessons, look at life from all angles, look at situation from all angles, Look at things differently, Meeting Needs, Mental Health, Opinions, Personal Growth, Recovery, Wisdom. Leave a Comment
“If you look at life one way, there is always cause for alarm.” –Elizabeth Bowen
A narrow view, especially one that is attached to an obsession, is going to produce a very partial perspective on life. Many of us may have come to believe that everyone is always fantasizing, acting out, getting involved in some kind [...]
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28
Jul
Posted by Mark Schmitz in Change, Family, Fear, Friends, Gay, Gay, Lesbian Bi-sexual, Transgendered, Queer [GLBTQ], Hope, Intimacy, Life, Life's Lessons, Love, Personal Growth, Relationships. Tagged: abuser, Challenge, challenges, Change, Crazy Life, difficult times, Difficulty, Embrace fear, Face Difficulty, Facing fear, Family, Fear, Friends, Gay, Gay, Lesbian Bi-sexual, Transgendered, Queer [GLBTQ], Hope, Instability, Intimacy, Life, Life as victim, Life challenge, Life is a roller coaster, Life with abuser, Life with crystal meth abuser, Life with drug addict, Life with Narcissistic partner, Life with paranoid schizophrenic partner, Life with partner who has mental health issues, Life's Lessons, Love, Personal Growth, Relationships, Rollercoaster of Life, Strength in the face of adversity, victim. Leave a Comment
The most thrilling, tantalizing, INCREDIBLY SCARIEST RIDE you’ll ever dare to take!
Sometimes I don’t want to experience the same ride as the last time…
My life with my partner has so far been feeling like a roller coaster ride. Don’t get me wrong, I love roller coasters. The real ones that is. But lately [...]
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