Category Archives: Journal Writing
About Authenticity
Writer’s Island prompts #12 and #13 “Change For the Better” Was a bit disappointed when I went to see what the prompt might be for today. My last blog was about all the changes I have had to deal with, … Continue reading
Posted in authenticity, Balance, change, Choice, ee cummings, fitting in, Individuation, Journal Writing
Tagged authentic, authenticity, becoming me, belonging, birth certificate, change, choices, Definitions, dig in, doable, ee cummings, fitting in, for the better, inside my skin, justify, niggle, self, suggested attributes, tap dancing on a high wire, teaching and learning, this blog, validity, what is really meant
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In The Way of the Fox
The fox, the Wild Thing, Masks, the socialization process blanket, and how it all fits together. Continue reading
Posted in Blanket, boundaries, Choice, creature, Definitions, Family, Fox, Friends, Journal Writing, Logic, Masks, socialization process, Society, wild thing
Tagged actions and choices, avatars, backtracking, Definitions, example, family as basic social unit, footprints, Fox, Friends, group, history, hounding pursuers, inadequate, inappropriate, individual, influence, lacking in logic, Masks, masquerade ball, membership, peer group, secret society, skewed view, socialization process blanket, target, unbalanced, wild thing
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Opposite Sides And Another Challenge
I truly like to hear at least two sides of an issue before making a decision. In my last blog, I wrote about why we have difficulty with admitting that we don’t know certain things. I knew when I finished, that I … Continue reading
Posted in advice, Balance, Challenge, Choice, exercise, grief, Growth, Journal Writing, Life, love, Opposite Sides, pain, Self-Awareness, synchronicity, Uncategorized
Tagged carved in stone, Challenge, change, dog and god, expression, grief, issue, know vs don't know, Knowing, love, Opposite Sides, pain, parameters, second chance, story
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I Just Don’t Know
One of the greatest, and possibly most profound, advantages of keeping a journal is that it is the one secure place where one can openly admit that one simply doesn’t know. Why is that the hardest thing to do? To just … Continue reading
Posted in Balance, Choice, Individuation, Journal Writing, Knowing, Life, questions, Self-Awareness, Uncategorized
Tagged answers, belonging, fine line, fool, foolish, giving, group, human psyche, independence vs dependence, primary need, private existence, public acceptance, public vs private, questons, tiptoeing
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One of Those Days
There are those days, when I don’t wish to write prose. When as soon as I try to compose stately sentences that march cleanly across the page and down between the margins, the pen starts dancing to its own music, … Continue reading
Posted in Growth, Journal Writing, Life, Poetry, Self-Awareness, Uncategorized
Tagged control, focused concentration, jive, music, peace of mind, poem, silence silenced, unbound knowledge
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