I asked within, how am I helping? What is going on inside of me that creating a monster out of a disagreement? As it often happens, the answer seemed to have been prepared for a long time just waiting to be invited to the table.
Author: Cǎtǎ Gǎrdescu
I am a connector, a lover of all things beautiful and a fighter when things get hard. I try each day to live truthfully, learn as much as I possibly can and push myself in the right directions. I am learning to trust my gut and my instincts and embrace uncertainty.
Diamonds in the mouths of pigs (no offense to pigs, they just can’t recognize a diamond when they see it …)
People I thought would realize the special space I had welcomed them in and appreciate the act for what it was, used my words, my vulnerability and my struggles as weapons to attack me when something in my behavior did not suit their needs.
Just a bit of food for thought today …
I started the book with the intention of discovering a bit of the puzzle surrounding my late brother’s overdose induced demise and … I found myself in the book more than I ever expected.
What I want to be when I grow up
The part of myself I like the least and that frustrates and puzzles me the most is how affected (to read emotionally hijacked) I get by reactions that people have to my words and actions.
Two roads diverged in the woods and I … always have a choice to make.
And when we are tempted, as we often are, to say, I have no choice, this is what my life is like, we still actually do have a choice. Because life is seldom what happens to us and so much more often how we interpret or how we perceive what happens to us.
When the space between hardworking and working too hard becomes invisible
Several weeks ago, my therapist and I were discussing my propensity to work more and more, regardless of how tired I felt or of how many people around me told me to take a break. I was honest about how much taking a break scares me …
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