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Being attached to our suffering


Joss, the author of the Crowing Crone blog, made a comment on Waiting for Water to Boil about being attached to our suffering. That reminded me of the saying “better the hell you know rather than the one you don’t”. … Continue reading

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Waiting for water to boil


Sometimes the process of healing, or maybe I should say growing, can be a lot like waiting for water to boil. It always seems to take forever. There is a problem with this mindset. Just like when waiting for the … Continue reading

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Dark side of my mind


While I can’t say for sure, but I am guessing that everyone has a dark side to their mind. I know that I do. The dark side is a place in my mind that centers around pain, suffering and death. … Continue reading

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Compassion


Compassion is such a hard concept. In many ways we view it as either a trait of saints or only drag it out of the closet when it is for the less fortunate. We rarely understand what compassion can do … Continue reading

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