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Why Are You Waiting For The Other Shoe To Drop?
Awhile back I saw a post on Facebook, wherein the writer asked if anybody else has a problem being too happy? You know, when things are going well and you’re basking in contentment but you just can’t accept it and … Continue reading
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Tagged anguish, bliss, burst bubble, cosmos, energy, fret, happiness, jinx, moments, positive, relationships, universe, waiting, waiting for the other shoe to drop, worry
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When Friendships Go Awry …
People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. Well that’s what they say (whoever they is). But now that more of my life is in the rear-view mirror than out the front windshield I am … Continue reading
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Tagged amigo, awry, battle, conceding, connecting, dialogue, ending, energy, forgive and forget, freindships, lifetime, losing, middle age, reason, relationships, salvage, season, wine
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And Furthermore … I Call Bullshit!
In yesterday’s missive I talked about connecting with abandon, my new favourite phrase. But perhaps the one thing that I forgot to mention is that connecting with abandon also involves connecting with honesty. With authenticity. It means doing nothing by … Continue reading
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Tagged abandon, authenticity, bullshit, doing better, generic, honesty, middle age, present, relationships, social media, substance, writing
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Eat, Pray, Love, Patience or … Why I Wish I Was Liz Gilbert
I have always fallen in love fast and without measuring risks. I have a tendency not only to see the best in everyone, but to assume that everyone is emotionally capable of reaching his highest potential. I have fallen in … Continue reading
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Tagged book, Eat Pray Love, enough, falling in love, Liz Gilbert, memoir, middle age, potential, reading, relationships, writing
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Are You A “We” Guy Or An “I” Guy?
I’ve just had this big revelation. I mean huge. We’re talking the kind of monumental epiphany that could go down in the history books as life-altering, glacier-moving, cosmos-shifting BIG. Ready? Dating is hard. Especially when you’re old. I know my … Continue reading
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Tagged adult, compatibility, connection, dating, guys, I guy, intellect, intimacy, maturity, men, middle age, non-negotiable, relationships, we guy
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Love Languages … and why I (sometimes) hate my Blackberry.
Are you familiar with Gary Chapman’s book “The 5 Love Languages”? Quite a brilliant concept, actually, and one that is easily understandable and more importantly, fairly simple to act on. I have come to believe that understanding and then acting … Continue reading
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Tagged acts of service, blackberry, communication, dating, gifts, love languages, quality time, relationships, tough, words
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One Magical Word
If you could be described in just one single word, what would you choose? I don’t mean how would you describe yourself. I mean how would you hope to be described by someone else? A few years ago there was … Continue reading
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Tagged beautiful, dating, fascinating, generic, me, new guy, relationships, seeker, self, word
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A Fish May Love A Bird (Do Opposites Really Attract?) …
I’m struggling. I am struggling with dating and the arguable concept that opposites attract. I mean, mostly I’m just struggling with dating period because I honestly didn’t think I’d be back at it again at this stage of my life. … Continue reading
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Tagged dating, differences, emotionally unavailable, evolution, hopeless, middle age, opposites, opposites attracting, relationships, romantic
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Don’t go changing … or maybe do?
Change: to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone. There you have it. The dictionary.com definition of the word change. I kinda like it, … Continue reading
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Tagged changing, compromise, dating, love, middle age, relationships, romance
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