By Valerie on September 15, 2011
I was chatting with a fella the other night, asking him about how he met his girlfriend (I’m always fascinated by the myriad of ways people come together and fall in love) and he followed up by asking me:
What about you, you’re unpartnered right now?
Unpartnered… I’d never heard the term before and found it odd. My state of being as a state of not-being something else. Continue reading »
Posted in philosophizing, romantic ponderings Tagged change, family, lonliness, relationships, single, solitude
By Valerie on September 1, 2011
Some days are hard (a lot of them lately). I’m not much for posting/tweeting about that for a number of reasons. Firstly ’cause I think the internet if plenty full of whiny complaint and I don’t need to add to it; but probably mainly because when things get rough I tend to turtle, turn in on myself and just deal with. I think I needed this public venue to discover how private I actually am.
And yet today, I write. Continue reading »
Posted in philosophizing Tagged 12 Monkeys, acceptance, CFS, chronic illness, dreams, pity party
By Valerie on August 24, 2011
So, my latest health adventure is my adrenals seem to be coming back online – though in fits and starts. Mostly this means I get the adrenal rush of fight or flight response out of nowhere. An ohmyGodohmyGodohmyGod alert for no bloody reason which leaves me wound up beyond belief.
My acupuncturist has given me some homework to help alleviate this energy crashing at the gate of vitality or whatever he called it after sticking twenty needles in my ass. Continue reading »
Posted in brain snacks Tagged breathing, health, letting go, stillness
By Valerie on July 30, 2011
I was out to dinner with a fella a while back, he asked me a couple of very juicy questions:
Who are you?
What do you really want? Continue reading »
Posted in another 100 days, philosophizing Tagged philosphizing, questing, self discovery
By Valerie on July 27, 2011
The idea of being stuck is rooted in the belief where you are is different than where you should be.
The definition of stupid is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Being as I just last week posted something I wrote 2 years ago on taking risks and falling flat on my face, I’m an idiot. Continue reading »
Posted in another 100 days, philosophizing Tagged acceptance, CFS, chronic illness, failure, falling, frailty, gentle, letting go, slowing down
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