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A few months ago, I was fortunate enough to spend about 5 days with a friend. Just us two! We worked side by side, we checked in with each other, we had meals together and we walked around NY together. It was easy, fun, light and sweet! It had been so long that I had… [Continue Reading]
When I was growing up in Trinidad, I was repeatedly told that I was “too emotional”. I have struggled with that label for most of my adult life and certainly felt the weight of non-acceptance the whole of my childhood. Heck, why would I expect others to accept me as an adult when I was not even… [Continue Reading]
Emerson, “Whenever you meet anyone, remember they are going through a great war”. If we could only keep this statement in mind when we rush to judge people. We interact, draw conclusions and we act as if those conclusions were actual fact. We create arguments around the made up facts. We play judge and… [Continue Reading]
She wouldn’t accept my offer of a bracelet. She wouldn’t let me make a crown for her. She refused to come closer. She was one of the 200 or so students in one of the orphanages that my clown group visited. There I was sitting on a step, making crowns from pipe cleaners. The kids were… [Continue Reading]
What happens to us when we feel disappointed? We know that we feel let down or ignored or invisible, and a host of many other feelings….but WHY? What causes me to feel so let down? Something quite disappointing happened to me a few weeks ago and in the midst of a tsunami of feelings,… [Continue Reading]
Fair fight…..if only! Yes, if only all of our fights could be fair and above the belt. That’s so hard to do though, isn’t it? We feel attacked and we strike back. It’s that old fight or flight, right? I can either run away or I can slam you right back. Are there other choices?… [Continue Reading]
I just heard an 18 year old on THE VOICE whose singing made me smile. What he said about is 8th grade teacher, however, made me cringe and weep. She told him he would never amount to anything! Blake Shelton said “SCREW HER!” Adam Levine asked “What’s her name?” The classy young man decided not to… [Continue Reading]
Have you ever embarked on a training regimen where you were required to stop every so often to take your pulse? Why do you think the trainer or teacher makes you do this? Well…it’s a heart health thing, right? There are ranges of the pulse that are healthy and ranges that are not. When your… [Continue Reading]
Sometimes, in the privacy of our own homes and the lonesome feelings of our own heads, we MAY be tempted to give up the fight, path, journey, struggle. A small voice might say…What’s the use? You are just spinning your wheels in mud….who do you really think you are? Has this ever happened to you? If… [Continue Reading]
I was recently on a flight and saw the movie A Thousand Words, it was funny and introspective at the same time. I did not expect introspection from Eddie Murphy. The premise of the movie (spoiler alert) is that Eddie Murphy’s character has 1000 words left and when he reached this quota, he will die. There… [Continue Reading]
A few months ago, I was fortunate enough to spend about 5 days with a friend. Just us two! We worked side by … [Read More...]
When I was growing up in Trinidad, I was repeatedly told that I was "too emotional". I have struggled with that label for … [Read More...]
It was the size of a small marble for more than 10 years, the lipoma on my shoulder. I used to feel it right under … [Read More...]