 By Jim Selman | Bio
There are two kinds of break-ups. The
‘soft’ breakup is where both parties in a relationship more or less
stay in communication and talk about their differences, their
discontent or their changing needs until they arrive at a conclusion
that “This just isn’t working” and agree to go their separate ways.
Sometimes they remain friends. In any case, this kind of mature and
honest ending allows both parties to let go of past expectations or
disappointments, eventually reach some degree of ‘completion’ with the
romance and move on with their lives. The ‘hard’ breakup is when[ Read More]
Written by eldering at Fearless Aging
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By Jim Selman | Bio
I have not spent any time at all reading,
watching or listening to the media about what are euphemistically
referred to as Tiger Wood’s “transgressions”. I haven’t had to: it
seems to be on every channel, and the ‘talk of the town’ wherever I go.
Whatever the pain and anguish this is causing him and his family, it is
disgusting for our voyeuristic nation to be so fixated on what, at the
end of the day, have been human foibles for centuries and are
commonplace in many parts of the world. I know that celebrity-watching
is becoming a growth industry, but have we ever considered why?[ Read More]
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By Shae HaddenBio
Snow blankets the crocuses today... I can see the remnants of autumn
leaves nourishing the roots of these fragile blooms, reminding me that
the blossoming of new growth is part of life's natural cycles of birth
and death. I've been looking at myself and my life from the perspective of 'new'
for the last while...(see my post on the Mirror of Old) and the view
has freed me. Each morning, I've taken an extra moment to really look
at myself in the mirror, to take in the woman staring back at me as if
she is someone I'm creating anew each day. The signs of age are still
visible, but I see something else I hadn't noticed before.[ Read More]
Written by eldering at Personal Empowerment
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