Taking a Chance for Myself After Years of Marriage.
My sisters and I watched it for years. It made us angry, so we chose emotionally damaged boy/men at early ages. They divorced theirs. I stayed. And left.
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We Awakened Something Within One Another.
Our small town was small, everyone knew one another. If you painted the numbers on your mailbox with a new paint color, everyone would know.
Moving On: The Harsh Paves the Way for Beauty.
We have to be willing to take it all. To know that we can survive the harsh, and that it paves the way for even more beauty.
December Harbor: When Life Felt Navigable Again.
That December, the stark Northern landscape offered a visceral draw for me... I was enticed by its barrenness... It felt comforting -- simple, spacious.
Traveling Still: Relinquishing Control as a Daily Commitment.
I took a series of traveling personal retreats at various centers and remote cabins. Regardless of location, each time was an intensive deep dive.
Dichotomies: Every Piece of Discontent in a Relationship Is the Contribution of the Two.
It takes two... This realization was known and placed somewhere in my being, but I had never had the emotional capacity to apply it to my own life.
Long Story Short: The Purpose of Her Collected Visions.
Southern Christianity does not abide women having ideas, never mind visions. She read voraciously of all things spiritual.
Dare to Be Unique.
With genuine uniqueness comes the end of comparisons. How can you measure yourself against someone who doesn't have the same goals as you?
My Shame-Filled Love Affair with Food.
Initially, I would set the intention during the fast to be shown what emotions my food intake and dietary habits were obscuring.
A Queen’s Quest for Sovereignty and How It Led to Divorce. {Part Four}
There is no point at which I say, “There, I am totally free. I am sovereign. Crown me Queen.” No, it’s more like, “I’m doing my best.”
!["You must have a room, or a certain hour or so a day, where you don’t know what was in the newspapers that morning, you don’t know who your friends are, you don’t know what you owe anybody, you don’t know what anybody owes to you. This is a place where you can simply experience and bring forth what you are and what you might be. This is the place of creative incubation. At first you may find that nothing happens there. But if you have a sacred place and use it, something eventually will happen. […]
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Our life has become so economic and practical in its orientation that, as you get older, the claims of the moment upon you are so great, you hardly know where the hell you are, or what it is you intended. You are always doing something that is required of you. Where is your bliss station? You have to try to find it." #JosephCampbell #RebelleSociety
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Happy Monday, Rebel! What's your bliss station today? ❤](http://scontent-mia3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/s640x640/80006255_3335064936520499_8943008855071934994_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-mia3-2.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=111&_nc_ohc=JQacZPqUBGUAX8ZmjKf&oh=90e8a3cc995ece7aa26bb03526f10be0&oe=5EAF15D8 "\"You must have a room, or a certain hour or so a day, where you don’t know what was in the newspapers that morning, you don’t know who your friends are, you don’t know what you owe anybody, you don’t know what anybody owes to you. This is a place where you can simply experience and bring forth what you are and what you might be. This is the place of creative incubation. At first you may find that nothing happens there. But if you have a sacred place and use it, something eventually will happen. […]
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Our life has become so economic and practical in its orientation that, as you get older, the claims of the moment upon you are so great, you hardly know where the hell you are, or what it is you intended. You are always doing something that is required of you. Where is your bliss station? You have to try to find it.\" #JosephCampbell #RebelleSociety
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Happy Monday, Rebel! What's your bliss station today? ❤")
