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— Marcus Aurelius · via Tiny Buddha
For most of my career, I trusted my ability to assess risk. I spent decades working in technology, much of it in information security and startups. Risk was not an abstract concept to me. It was my job to anticipate what could go wrong…
Read on Tiny Buddha (opens in a new tab)“What stands in the way becomes the way.” — Marcus Aurelius
I’ve had two strokes, and after each, there were things I had to relearn. Walking wasn’t what it used to be. My balance became a problem. There are days when my head is foggy, and I have trouble concentrating. My body doesn’t always…
Read on Tiny Buddha (opens in a new tab)“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” — C.S. Lewis
I’m not sure why some of us have a tougher journey than others, but I can say I wouldn’t be who I am today if I hadn’t loved a narcissist. Most days now are filled with love from my three little rescue doggies. But there are days I am…
Read on Tiny Buddha (opens in a new tab)“Do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are.” — Squire Bill Widener
For years, I had a private deal with myself: I would really change when life became manageable. When work slowed down. When the family was okay. When I had more energy. When there was less stress. When I could finally focus. The problem…
Read on Tiny Buddha (opens in a new tab)“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” — Carl Rogers
There is a part of me that really, really loves vitamins. Like…a lot. I have always been endlessly fascinated by health, which means I can spend a wildly unreasonable amount of time talking about inflammation, mitochondria, blood sugar…
Read on Tiny Buddha (opens in a new tab)“Don’t take anything personally. Nothing others do is because of you.” — Don Miguel Ruiz
I used to walk into a room and check everyone else’s emotional temperature before I noticed my own. A tightened jaw meant I should get quieter. A distracted answer meant I’d done something wrong. If my partner sighed while unloading the…
Read on Tiny Buddha (opens in a new tab)“When people show you who they are, believe them the first time.” — Maya Angelou
In June 2011, I got a Facebook friend request from a guy I vaguely knew from college. We’d never dated, never even been close, but I knew him by reputation. Charming. Vain. The kind of guy who always had someone. He’d just been hired to…
Read on Tiny Buddha (opens in a new tab)“You don’t have to set yourself on fire to keep other people warm.” — Unknown
Tomorrow, a court will grant me a divorce after eleven years of marriage. I’ve spent the last several months rereading a decade of my own life like evidence in a case, trying to understand how I got here. What I found surprised me: not one…
Read on Tiny Buddha (opens in a new tab)“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” — George Santayana
I was gone about two hours. I’d gone to see my stepbrother, who lived nearby. My girlfriend didn’t want to come, so I told her to rest, and I’d be back soon. When I got back to my father’s property, where we lived in the camper we’d bought…
Read on Tiny Buddha (opens in a new tab)“Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it’s having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome.” — Brené Brown
It happened on a regular Tuesday night over the smallest thing. I was cooking dinner after a really long, exhausting day at my job. I spent the whole day fixing problems for everyone else, and I was completely drained. I reached into the…
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