Really I am not sure if everything has sunk in fully…. I know I have been overwhelmed… Not sure if in denial, but I have not really taken any positive action. Now it is time. I have done some research… I have reached out to some key friends. Yesterday I took a couple positive steps, […]
Melancholy a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause Hmmmmmmmm So what does Pensive mean engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought Exactly what I am feeling/thinking…. my emotional state… But no obvious cause…… hmmmmm…. interesting. Can I pinpoint the cause…. Is it my diagnoses of prostate cancer? Is it a
I will admit since I separated from my wife the quiet days are always tougher than the busy days. There have been many many very hard and emotional days. Since the cancer diagnoses… actually the calmness I have been feeling has helped. Less emotional turmoil in those quiet days. But they are still hard. Thoughts
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Thanks!!!! I do appreciate every bit of help, all the advice. The links, the ideas, the different stories of success… it’s all valuable. And it is also overwhelming….. Everyone seems to know someone with an alternative solution. The biggest problem for me is that I cannot simply take things as they are, I need to
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In some ways I am a contradiction. I am good with Chaos (anyone who sees my office or workshop will understand this). I love spontaneity. I take risks. But I also love to plan. See, to me planning is the big idea, it puts parameters around things. It opens up time and space to allow
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Yes… friends and family are so important. I realize that I need to connect deeper, share more. I always felt that if I was a good friend to people, since I can usually tell when they need something, when they are going through a tough time… that they will sense the same in me. But
One thing I have heard a lot when you read about self-help books, about discovering yourself, is that you have to be true to your self. Is that selfish? I have always put others first. I get immense satisfaction in helping others, in serving others, in making other people happy. So how do I balance
Purposeful Do it Right Deliberate Courageously Living with Intention Those are some of my thoughts, the words rambling through my head as I thought of what I wanted to say. In order to have no regrets, we must be purposeful in our decisions. I want a full life. So many things I want to experience.
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Calmness….. Serene Hard to describe exactly, but on the way home Tuesday, as I reached the mountains… it came over me… this calmness. Almost a confidence in my future. An assuredness of the decisions I will make going forward. I could feel a change… and that more changes would come. I also knew that change
Logan asked me today ‘What did they say? He knew that I had talked to Jackson, my parents and my sisters, even some friends. He wanted to know what others had told me when I told them. What could they say…. What should they say? Everyone is very empathetic, they all said they were very sorry
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