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Category: Life Insights

Category: Life Insights

What Did 2020 Teach You?

What did 2020 teach you? I hear people saying how 2020 was awful and can’t wait for it to be over.  As if the calendar year changing will magically make the troubles go away. I agree that it was a very challenging year. But whatever happened, I don’t see it …

December 31, 2020 December 31, 2020 Life Insights  Midnight Oil
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Risk and Reward Are Two Sides of the Same Coin

Risk and reward go together.  They are different sides of the same coin. You can’t have rewards without risks.   Daring to experience happiness is a risk. You have to hope for it.   Making friends is a risk. You are opening yourself up for potential betrayal and letdown.   …

December 21, 2020 December 21, 2020 Life Insights  Cloud Cult
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Birds Born in a Cage Think Flying Is an Illness

“Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness.” — Alejandro Jodorowsky I think I am living a dream. Ever since releasing my last cover, I’ve been doing two things with my free time. 1) Working on a recording, or 2) fighting the Resistance against it. Resistance is the …

December 13, 2020 December 13, 2020 Life Insights  Alejandro Jodorowsky / dreams
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Forgiveness Must Come after Anger

I used to think that anger is evil. A good, moral person doesn’t get mad at other people, I thought. If I am mad then there is something wrong with me. A moral thing to do is to forgive and forget. Well, there is a catch to that. Forgiving is …

December 3, 2020 December 3, 2020 Life Insights  anger / forgiveness
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You Can’t Receive the Attention That You Can’t Give Yourself

I like to be adored, admired, respected.  Supported, taken care of, pampered, even.   Who doesn’t, right?   And I am fortunate to have people in my life who send me those delicious feelings.   The problem is, I am not always receiving them.   How ungrateful! I chide myself. …

November 29, 2020 November 29, 2020 Life Insights
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