Our sense of smell is a curious thing. Forming powerful connections to our memories, scent turns us into time travellers. One whiff of an old familiar odor and off we go to another time and place, sometimes wonderful and comforting, like the scent of pipe smoke taking me to see my long dead maternal grandfather, …
Month: May 2021
First of all, I in no way whatsoever intend to hurt, offend, demean, dismiss, or disrespect anyone who has been in an abusive relationship of any kind. I’m not making light of abuse, at all. I am examining the ways I treat myself in an effort to be a healthier person. This is my lived …
My apologies for the stream-of-consciousness nature of this post. I have tried to rework it, but it resists. My thoughts are a tumbling jumble of crap that I need to sift through. This makes no sense. So if I continue the thinking of my previous post: I need to matter, and I only matter if …
“People’s actions are motivated by their needs. When we discover our needs, we discover who we are.” Dr. Lance Sweets–Bones, Season 3, Episode 14, “The Wannabe in the Weeds.” I have been watching the TV show Bones during my morning workouts, and this line really resonated with me in my current journey to figure my …