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Return To My Childhood Castle
7 year old, bluejays, bringer of life, calm, caring, castle, castle walls, child, child of the Universe, compassionate, crested tit, EMDR therapy, eyes, feelings and fears, foreboding, fresh from the dryer, gray, grown woman, healer, Higher Power, inescapable, information, life, light, love, loving parent, magpies, mission, pigeons, puffins, purpose, relevant, sadness, safe, sage, Sherlock Holmes, soul, sparrow, starlings, strength, summon, therapy, thick, thought palace, travel, unconditional love, wet blanket, whole, wise, wise womanWhere does a 7-year-old go to when the world gets to be too much? Well, if you’re me, you go to your castle. Rather like the mind palace of Sherlock Holmes but instead of holding information, this castle houses a little girl and all the feelings and fears she brings with her. It provides a…
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Waiting for Bliss – Practicing the Lost Art of Delayed Gratification
1983, 2023, Amos Bronson Alcott, bells of bliss, bliss, cast out, checking in, chemistry, Christmas, delayed, destiny, destroyed, Don Quixote, Fate, fire of empathy, fireworks, flames of compassion, Forever, good souls, gratification, guided tour, Hanukkah, impulsivity, Kwanzaa, lies, light, Nipsey Hussle, Non-Delusional, nostalgic, Oprah, random dude, rebuild, soulmate, thank you, The Plan, The Way, Thinking, truth, unloved, windmills, Winter Solstice“Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.” -Amos Bronson Alcott I have long struggled with impulse control; that need for immediate gratification and instant reward the moment the task has been completed. I had thought of this as a personality trait and nothing more until recently. Someone…
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