Each day holds a surprise. But only if we expect it can we see, hear, or feel it when it comes to us. Let’s not be afraid to receive each day’s surprise, whether it comes to us as sorrow or as joy It will open a new place in our hearts, a place where we can welcome new friends and celebrate more fully our shared humanity.
Henri Nouwen
Read MoreWe don’t stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
-George Bernard Shaw
Salt
I’m in the throes of studying for the NCMHCE board exam for the third time now. I failed it the first two times, or should I say, I learned a lot from the first two times (wink wink ). It’s the hardest damn test I’ve ever taken and has required more than a whole year of my life to hopefully pass. I’m seasoning my approach this time around with a heavy hand of confidence, salted ever so intentionally with openness and a good sense of humor. Lord knows this process has been quite humbling.
Read MoreWhatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
–Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Read MoreStay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow.
Carrie Fisher
Read MoreI, I will be king
And you, you will be queen
Though nothing will drive them away
We can be heroes, just for one day
-“Heroes” by David Bowie
Just as victim hurts so good like three too many helpings of apple a la mode, rescuer soars on wings of eagles complete with the cape and mask of a superhero. Ahh, the Righteous Rescuer, a role I have often worn proudly, like a pair of killer Louboutins or something. This role is a double threat in that it temporarily feels loving on both sides of the table; from where the rescued sits as well as the rescuer. However, Strong Series part II zeros in on the rest of the story: how this role temporarily flies high, yet falls short…really fast.
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