Father, give us courage to change what must be altered, serenity to accept what cannot be helped, and the insight to know the one from the other. This is the original version of the serenity prayer, originally coined by theologian Reinhold Niebuhr in the early 1930s. I believe that on this most momentous election day …
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How to amplify your own happiness, even in dark times
People seem to believe that true happiness is something you have to seek out and find or that someone else has to give to you as a gift. But those theories are not true. Happiness can only be cultivated, farmed, created, if you will, on one's own, internally. However, it is fleeting and must be …
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Trust
Trust is to human society as water is to life. It is the necessary precursor to every relationship, no matter how minor or fleeting. Trust is something you cannot have or build by yourself; it requires another being to build with, and it requires time. There are no surefire shortcuts to build trust. On the …
2AM
2am is not a normal time to be awake, and yet I am more often than not. I don't work the graveyard shift or anything... Typical day job for this lady. And yet. And still. Some nights I just don't feel tired and I end up working or writing or reading, completely losing track of …
Superheroes Will NOT Save Us
We are in a very dark place. Where I live, in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, we are currently experiencing institutional failure after institutional failure. Human tragedies stacked upon each other in such quick succession that we are growing numb. It started with the COVID-19 pandemic in March. Then there was the growing …
Pandemic Revelations
I am starting to see some patterns in some of the "normal" white people I follow on Twitter and elsewhere. The narrative goes something like 'Has anyone else started to feel a little guilty about XYZ?' These statements reflect recent revelations about race, gender/pay inequities, or even autism. Like it NEVER occurred to these people …
Tips and Tricks for Maintaining your Mental Health Through the Pandemic
You are ultimately responsible for your own mental state during the pandemic and you have more control over your mental state than you think. We are all now restricted in ways we did not anticipate. Understanding and REALLY internalizing the fact that in the before-pandemic times, your beliefs about how much control you had over …
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Stop half-assing life
This title is directed at myself as much as anyone else. But really, everyone, let's collectively STOP. There are way too many situations where we are just all phoning it in and that has to end at some point. Show up, for real. Be real. Take a stand. Believe in something. Make noise. Raise a …
Leadership and Power
Leadership is not the same thing as power. What we are witnessing in the world's right now is the slow, steady recognition that, while there are people in positions of power in the country and in the world, they ARE NOT behaving as leaders. Power can present as leadership for a time, but it is …
How the Pandemic is like Car Insurance
My husband works in the insurance industry. He's never thought of himself as a "natural salesman," but in truth, he is exactly the sort of person you would want to have walk through the intricacies of your auto insurance coverage with you. He cares deeply about people and wants to educate them more than he …
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