Category Archives: Self-Awareness

That Friday Night Feeling

Posted on February 1, 2009 by 1sojournal

I just spent the better part of an hour and a half writing and talking about the issue of self-trust. It’s a biggie and the umbrella under which each of us travels through every day and night of our … Continue reading →

Posted in alone, Choice, comfort zone, fear, Friends, lonely, Relationship, Self-Awareness, That Friday Night Feeling | Tagged alone in a crowd, alone vs lonely, anti-social monster, choices, comfort zone, dispel the feelings, eliminate, fear of feelings, feelings vs facts, fly away hair, Friday night feeling, Friends, need of others, no one else, relationships, self-blame, self-doubt, self-pity, self-questioning, self-trust, separating shadows, slavering idiot, trusting me, Universal trait, unlovable, validation, what I do, who I am | 7 Comments

Personal Take Cont. (WT, as well)

Posted on December 5, 2008 by 1sojournal

I came home from the hospital to a totally different environment than the one I had left beneath the rear wheel of my father’s big black Pontiac. My world had been altered and, when I looked in the mirror, … Continue reading →

Posted in Biography, boundaries, change, child, Definitions, experience, Family, Life, pain, Personal Story, Self-Awareness, wild thing | Tagged altered, beliefs, bogey man, change, comfort zone, different, don't fit in, embraced, Family, four year old, garbled, home, hospital, interpretations, lonely, misfit, not belonging, outside view, resistance, skewed, sniff, survival, uncomfortable in own skin, what's to be gained, worldview | 4 Comments

Masks

Posted on November 17, 2008 by 1sojournal

An old friend of mine, wrote a blog yesterday, http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=421091304&blogID=449405861 about the grief she felt concerning the suicide of a new friend. In it, she spoke quite eloquently about the masks we wear in public, sometimes in private. Use them to … Continue reading →

Posted in Archetype, Cher, grief, Journal Writing, Masks, metaphor, Movie Mask, Self-Awareness, Uncategorized | Tagged archetypal energies, art of self-protection, Cher, denial, Dumbledore, faces and roles, fear, Harry Potter, Masks, Movie Mask, naming, suicide | 2 Comments

Opposite Sides And Another Challenge

Posted on November 13, 2008 by 1sojournal

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 | 2 Comments

I Just Don’t Know

Posted on November 11, 2008 by 1sojournal

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 | 2 Comments

A Balancing Act (With Questions)

Posted on November 9, 2008 by 1sojournal

I recently received an email which contained a video of an amazing Russian balancing act. A young woman stepped onto a spongy pole held, on either end, by two young men. She proceeded to do flips and somersaults, high into … Continue reading →

Posted in Breathing Lessons, Choice, Growth, Journal Writing, Life, Life Message, Self-Awareness, Uncategorized | Tagged balancing act, breath, breathe, exhale, express, fine line, flips, freedom, inspire, message, one moment, patience, questions, react vs respond, responsibility, secret, silence, spirit, wise man | Comments Off

One of Those Days

Posted on November 7, 2008 by 1sojournal

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 | 20 Comments

One Moment

Posted on November 5, 2008 by 1sojournal

11/5/08 We have a new president today, Barack Obama. Each of us has partaken in a distinct moment of history in this past twenty-four hours. We, all together, have opened a new door of possibilities, not just for ourselves, but for each … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenge, Growth, Journal Writing, Life, Self-Awareness, Uncategorized | Tagged all together, Barack Obama, Challenge, changes, collectively, freedom, heal, history, ignorance, innocence, melting pot, momentous, nation, new step, one moment, possibilities, president, take opportunity, vulnerable | Comments Off

Talisman

Posted on November 3, 2008 by 1sojournal

I made another trip to Dictionary.com this morning, before coming here. I had been talking to a friend in Arizona, and she was telling me about a picture she had found and carried around with her because she so liked the … Continue reading →

Posted in Growth, Journal Writing, Life, Self-Awareness, Uncategorized | Tagged Anne Frank, Dictionary, drawn to, influence, journal, medicine bag, morning pages, naming, power, process of creating talisman, talisman, thoughts and feelings, Wikipedia | Comments Off

What Did You Say?

Posted on November 1, 2008 by 1sojournal

We all know there is a difference between hearing and listening. We can hear a thing many times before we understand what is being said. When we actually listen, we hear on a different level. I believe that people who write … Continue reading →

Posted in Growth, Journal Writing, Life, Self-Awareness, Uncategorized | Tagged a little writing exercise, best friend, best rainy day friend, Censor, Choice, Drill Sargeant, Editor, hearing, Lady With White Gloves, listening, Little Brother or Sister, Mommy Dearest, Older Brother or Sister, outcome, Pessimist, resistance, statement of fact, Staunch Supporter, tone of voice, Wild Child | 5 Comments