Archive for the ‘Friendship’ Category
8
Apr
Posted by Mark Schmitz in Friends, Friendship, Gay, Gay, Lesbian Bi-sexual, Transgendered, Queer [GLBTQ], Healing, Intimacy, Life, Love, Lyrics, People in your life, Personal Growth, Relationships, Self Discovery. Tagged: 19, Adele, All About Me, Friends, Friendships, Gay, Intimacy, Life, Love Song, Lyrics, Make You Feel My Love, Mental Health, New Beginning, Personal Growth, Positive Thinking, Relationships, Special Friend. Leave a Comment
When the rain
Is blowing in your face
And the whole world
Is on your case
I could offer you
A warm embrace
To make you feel my love
When the evening shadows
And the stars appear
And there is no one there
To dry your tears
I could hold you
For a million years
To make you feel my love
I know you
Haven’t made
Your mind up yet
But I [...]
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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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7
Apr
Posted by Mark Schmitz in 12 Step Program, About Me, Addiction, Chemical Dependency, Drug Addiction, Friends, Friendship, Friendships, Intimacy, Life, Life's Lessons, Love, New Age, People in your life, Personal Growth, Purpose of Life, Recovery, Relationships, Spirituality. Tagged: A Little Help from Our Friends, Addiction, Best friend, Bond of love between friends, Friends, Friendships, Gift of friendship, Good friends, Honesty, Personal Growth, Recovery, Relationships, Rewards of friendship, Skills to be a good friend, Unconditional acceptance. Leave a Comment
“And when I see you happy, well, it sets my heart free. I’d like to be as good a friend to you as you are to me.” — Joni Mitchell
Friends are one of the greatest gifts and they come as a result of a life that’s sane and manageable. It takes time and energy to [...]
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4
Mar
Posted by Mark Schmitz in Friends, Friendship, Friendships, Intimacy, Life, Life's Lessons, Love, Mental Health, People in your life, Personal Growth, Recovery, Relationships, Spirituality. Tagged: Acceptance, Acceptance of others, Best friend, Emotional Tools, Friend, Friends, Friendship, Healthy Relationships, Honesty, Intimacy, Life, Life's Lessons, Love, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Platonic relationships, Positive Thinking, Recovery, Romantic relationship, Special friends, Tools for coping, Tools for personal growth. Leave a Comment
“A friend is a gift you give yourself.” — Robert Louis Stevenson
More. Some of us have come to believe that more means better. But there are some things where less is more, and one of them is a close friendship. The truth is, we don’t have many special friends, and that is exactly what makes [...]
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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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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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29
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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17
Mar
Posted by Mark Schmitz in Addiction, Blogging, Boundaries, Change, Conflict, Depression, Drug Addiction, Family, Fear, Friends, Friendship, Honesty, Humanity, Intimacy, Life, Loneliness, Love, Personal Growth, Pets, Positive Thinking, Prayer, Relationships, Spirituality, Suffering. Tagged: Addiction, All About Me, Blogging, Boundaries, Change, codependency, Conflict, Crystal Meth, Depression, dogs, Domestic Violence, Drug Addiction, Family, Family of Choice, Fear, foreclosure, Friends, Friendship, homeless, Honesty, Humanity, Intimacy, Life, Loneliness, Love, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Pets, pitbull, Positive Thinking, Prayer, Relationships, Spirituality, Suffering, Support, Vicious dog. 1 Comment
Fear thrives on distractions. Love thrives on presence. — Alan Cohen
February 19, 2008 was the date of my last blog. So much has happened since then. Much of the time I felt depressed. There were days that would run into one another. Long, endless days. Days in which I simply couldn’t or wouldn’t get out [...]
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