mental-health
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Discovering the Quiet Truths of Growing Older… The morning, in its gentle clarity, finds me standing on the threshold of a revelation—a quiet place where tears gather not out of sorrow but out of the sheer truth of realization. Yesterday, we spoke of tears of joy, the spontaneous overflow that arrives unbidden, a celebration of…
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Thoughts on Getting Older, Rolling with the Punches, and Finding Meaning in the Unexpected… Well, that really didn’t go the way I thought it would… I think this is the new subtitle for my life. Life has a way of tossing us around, doesn’t it? Just when you think you’ve got things mapped out, something…
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A Reflection of Life and Dreams from an Ole’ Woman Conversations across generations offer a rare tapestry of wisdom, experience, and reflection. Engaging thoughtfully with someone who has lived through decades of change opens the door to profound insights about life, resilience, and the arc of history. Since I live alone and today this Prompt…
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Rambling Reflections on Not Knowing the Path and What lies Ahead… Looking up ahead, wondering where the road is leading me—can’t see through the fog. It’s odd, really, that no matter how many times I find myself here, staring into that hazy blank, I’m always taken aback. Each step feels heavier, sounds louder than usual,…
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Ramblings about the Times of Overwhelm I am not okay, I feel like I am teetering on the edge… The world is changing, yes it is always changing… Evolution is a part of life, not just for the planet but for its inhabitants as well. We grow, we learn, we see, we interact, we build…
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Quiet Moments Amidst Unfamiliar Landscapes Saturday morning arrives, gentle and deliberate, as if the universe allows this single sliver of time to move more quietly than the rest. Light filters through the limbs of the trees and finds it way into my front window, golden and soft, illuminating rooms that once seemed so certain and…
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Reflections on Enduring Positive Emotions Gratitude, with its gentle presence, runs like a golden thread through the fabric of my life. It is not the fleeting spark of celebration nor the bright crescendo of sudden joy, but a steady and abiding glow—a warmth that remains even as the seasons shift, as life evolves again, and…
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Sometimes life gives you long stretches where you’re on your own, maybe you’ve been single for years, or maybe you lost someone important and are figuring out how to keep going. I Myself have lived through both scenarios, once I was living single for a long stretch by choice, and quite happy. The last 16…
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Searching for Light Amid Uncertainty There are moments in life when the heaviness of absence—missing those we love, missing what once was—settles deeply into the soul. I am feeling this deeply, my empathy feels the world’s burdens as they seem to press more firmly upon my shoulders. I miss too many of the ones who…
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The Nerve Fraying Agony of Overused Phrases Yes, we live in a world saturated with language, where words whirl past us in coffee shops, at work, and through the endless stream of digital conversations that are now everywhere you go. I admit it seems that certain phrases linger longer in my mind than others and…
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