Tag: relationships
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Protected: Anjuelle Floyd | Stories of Women Making Things Right and Healing Relationships With Their Mothers
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“Seasons in Purdah” | …a novel by anjuelle floyd…
What would you do if the loss of your sight ignited a war between you two best friends? This is the case for 35-year-old, psychologist, Sahel Ohin, involving her two friends from childhood, Titus Denning and Carl Pierson. The surgery that could return Sahel’s sight might also kill her. Sahel’s husband, Titus, a cardiac surgeon,…
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Of Relationships, Dharma and That Mirror of Mirrors Which Sits At Our Core…
The decisive question for man is: Is he related to something infinite or not? That is the telling question of his life. … In the final analysis, we count for something only because of the essential we embody, and if we do not embody that, life is wasted. … In our relationships to other men,…
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Of Books, Tension, and The Mind on the Page…
Presently I am reading Anuradha Roy’s novel, An Atlas of Impossible Longing . As with any good novel, interactions between the main characters are strained. Tension abounds, but not in a melodramatic way. The story moves with a nice speed for an opening. I look forward each evening–a hallmark that I have found a jewel…
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Of Knots, Persephone and Releasing the Seeds of Our Pomegranate…
“When peeling the pomegranate the goal is to release the seeds and discard the membrane surrounding the seeds”. How Do I Peel A Pomegranate by Ann Johnson Human relationships present a challenge much like peeling a pomegranate, or perhaps at time, like unraveling a knot that has formed in the chain of a necklace, a…
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Of Conundrums, Pockets of Time, and Water to Down Our Bread…
I once had a client who said, “We [humans] consist of but pockets of time. Spend time on things that don’t matter-waste time–and you throw away yourself.” As with life and pockets of time, humans also consist of a conglomeration of relationships, none so important as the one we hold with ourselves. Despite all, we…