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The Ghost and The Phoenix (#34)

I wish that I was one of those people who matures and grows, emotionally and spiritually, during the good times in my life, but I’m not.  For whatever reason, when happy, I often run stagnant.  Instead, it is the tragedy within my life that motivates me to my greater good.  I’m not speaking of enduring because even a drug addict is enduring, just in the most dysfunctional way possible.  What I’m speaking of is the overcoming of hardships that all of us face at one time or another.  Those difficult times that appear insurmountable on the front end, and on the back end, you wonder how you wer

Missing my Dysfunctional Self (#17)

I’ve made a commitment to share my fears in hopes that there is some thin veil of a lesson.  How easy it is when I share from retrospect.  It’s censored.  It’s safe.  However, I’m not a fan of safe.  How can I grow if I stay with what is comforting rather than what challenges me?  Oh, yah, I can’t.  So, here I am sharing my thoughts and experiences as I face my greatest fear, the death of my mother, my best friend and most certainly, a soulmate.