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
By Valerie on May 31, 2011
Well allergy season is now in full assault, and while I don’t get “normal” allergies, this time of year wreaks havoc on the chronic fatigue. So between that and already being worn out from the samba gigs, my fuckedupitudeness is pretty much at maximum.
Crap. Continue reading »
Posted in another 100 days Tagged acceptance, allergies, CFS, illness, letting go, reality, slowing down
By Valerie on May 19, 2011
and on the 15th day, she rested…
That must make me twice as powerful as God, or maybe just half as sensible. Continue reading »
Posted in another 100 days Tagged CFS, God, illness, in the moment, napping, slowing down
By Valerie on May 12, 2011
Well, I certainly would have written a very different post half an hour ago. One on hope, risk, reason, fear, yadda yadda. A thousand thoughts roiling in my head.
Not now. Now I remember why I sit: Continue reading »
Posted in another 100 days Tagged in the moment, monkey mind, slowing down, stillness
By Valerie on March 30, 2010
I’m a fiercely loyal friend, who tends to get scrappy in the defence of the people I love (for the record: that’s mentally scrappy – it’s all on the inside and I generally manage to keep my mouth shut and stay out of fistfights, but the knee-jerk response is still there). So, imagine the schism in my brain when the person I want to come to the rescue of and the person I want to kick the tar out of for harming a member of my “clan” are the same person. Continue reading »
Posted in philosophizing Tagged ass-kicking, Bill and Ted, cultivation, love, slowing down, space
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