Human relationships are sources of both joy and pain, heavily influenced by our willingness to take responsibility. Many avoid accountability due to pride, fear of judgment, or a modeled lack of ownership. Recognizing our role in relationship endings, rather than attributing them solely to jealousy, is crucial for healing and reconciliation.
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“Surviving Self-Awareness” IS A Thing!
As far as I was concerned, I was taking a long sabbatical from writing poetry and was gonna be completely focused on different types of continuous prose. However, poetry decided that it wasn’t done with me, and in the midst of my departure, poetry instructed me to engage, by sometimes literally waking me in theContinue reading ““Surviving Self-Awareness” IS A Thing!”
The Dangers of Forgiveness
Many solid-appearing relationships (platonic, romantic, etc.) are sustained by different motivations that do not require any depth or real considerations of forgiveness when things go awry. Then there are those relationships where there are regular emotional check-ins with private and public acts of respect. In these relationships, people hold themselves and their “relationship partners” accountableContinue reading “The Dangers of Forgiveness”
FORGIVE YOURSELF….
“Hold your head up, and do NOT wear your shame like it’s your skin” – Stacey A Palmer She has offended you, somehow. She apologizes and seeks your forgiveness. You refuse (for whatever reasons internal to you). You see her smiling and going about her day. “She doesn’t appear contrite,” you say. “Farthest from theContinue reading “FORGIVE YOURSELF….”
PARENTING, ADVOCACY AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN 