Just the thoughts and musings of a middle-aged, aspiring Buddhist, late-diagnosed autistic female genius. You will probably not agree with me, but at least I will make you THINK. The only comments I take are high praise or gently constructive criticism. All others will be duly ignored.
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 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 …
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 …
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 …
One of my other "super-powers" that I've had since childhood is a powerful attractiveness to any and all biting insects and arachnids. We lived in Minnesota for the first several years of my life and my mother said she used to have to drag me inside in the summers because the enormous horse flies were …
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 …
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 …
In thinking about systems, we come to realize that all our actions, reactions and inactions have ramifications, effects on other people, and can even set off chain reactions. This is true in our relationships with our loved ones and families, but also with those we don't know and never see. Here is an example. Within …
What is a system? A system is an entity made of two or more constituent parts acting in concert. Ahem, in English, please? Here are some examples... your body is a system, made up of many body parts that help propel you through space and time. Your family is a system with multiple members doing …
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