Love With No Place To Go

All that talk about positivity has gone out the window.  I find myself overthinking everything.  My happy, carefree attitude of taking one moment at a time has disappeared.  It is what grief is all about.  One must be ready for it to get through it quickly.  I'm trying!The trick...

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Riding the Roller Coaster

 I've been accepting the negative emotions today, facing them head on.  I'm not trying to ignore the bad feelings, I acknowledge them and ask myself why.  My responses go on a list so I can deal with them later.It has been one of the best two weeks since The Captain went into the hospital...

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Emotional Boundaries

 Inspiration and intuition guides us in the direction we should move toward.Our true feelings are reality and work hand in hand with intuition.  The tricky thing is setting emotional boundaries along with embracing those true feelings and intuition.Being true to ourselves is essential and...

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Emotionally unsettled

My horoscope today from Daily Om . . . as usual, on target . . . "You may feel emotionally unsettled today, which could cause you to struggle with feelings of frustration and instability. You may find it helpful to spend some time alone, working through your feelings and adopting a more...

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Getting the groove back

    Get serious with your life?  Really? Seriously, I still don't have a complete grasp of what I want to do when I grow up.  The big picture is a lot more focused, however, there is so much in between getting there and here in the today. Although I had joined the...

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Attitude and adjustments

Attitude is a complex mental state. Definitely an understatement! It can be a mix of feelings, beliefs and values . . . a combination of infinite variables. Sometimes attitude is a result of a simple feeling. Attitude can make the difference between a positive or negative...

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Rocky Relationships and Negativity

Although it is not a particularly funny subject, we can look back at the emotional battles of any type of relationship and see a certain amount of absurdity and drama that exists when tensions run high and have a good laugh after everyone has cooled off.   Even the strongest of marriages...

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Emotional Boundaries

"Creating emotional boundaries increases our sense of safety and allows us to interact with others from a place of inner strength and calm. Our defensiveness usually results from feelings of powerlessness, fear, or intense vulnerability.  Rather than striking out at perceived threats...

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Refuse to be a victim

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought. Peace Pilgrim "We focus on the negatives, losing ourselves in the ‘problem.’ We point to our unhappy circumstances to rationalize our negative feelings. This is the easy way out. It takes,...

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Anxiety and life phases

~ I'm Fine | Heart ~ It has occurred to me today that life is just a cycle of phases, some good, some bad, all contributing to the person we are today.  Of course each time we tend to feel as though we are losing it, like in my featured song by Heart. Since we are entering Week...

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Nasty habits and motivation

"Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done,  it's always your choice." Wayne Dyer OK, fess up . . . I guess we all do it at times . . . it is ok to want to feel miserable and throw a pity party. I do it without realizing that I'm doing...

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