Stream of Thought

Loss Of A Population

Those that felt persecuted by society’s authority for investing in drugs demeaned and discounted the empaths who did not need the chemicals and tried to encourage, instead, focusing on self development.

The difference between us was that empaths chose to rise above fear’s codependency, forging new experiential paradigms by productively using the data they gathered – whereas the “users” fashioned the data gleaned by the drugs experienced into excuses for not doing anything.

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“She Hit The Floor”

Attempting to hold back while the only way is forward, car repairs, licensing fees – undesired but absolutely needed emergency expenditures crowd with blaring impending timelines, refusing to give way to prior commitments of household required bills and rent approaching.

Why is now any more intense than times before?

The difference is that I am reclaiming a part of myself I was forced to leave behind a decade ago while being smacked by new demands as I step through the door.

(Title Ref lyrics from “Low,” Flow Rida)

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Where The Wild Things Grow

When the pain squeezed me unrelenting, I asked what I needed to change. It was leave standard employment and return to complete independent contracting.

This was a difficult decision because when taking on such a feat, it is preferable to have “a nest egg” saved upon which to have some financial security.

I do not know when I have ever had reliable resources or continuity, so why does the present feel any different when approaching spending?

Up until now I have continuosly taken wild leaps of faith and expected there would be at least a next trickle of replenishment coming down the stream.

But something inside is shifting and I feel more cautious and vulnerable…maybe because I am returning to embracing my innermost dreams.

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Improvising As I Go

The night before networking, I struggled to find dress pants and bring together a nice outfit for the event.

I could not find a pair that fit me at the stores I visited and when I got home, it hit me how I had nothing in the closet – I mean literally nothing that could work well because I do not have much clothing.

However, I found an extra black jacket in our hall closet that complimented my black clinic outfit, and added a soft, dark scarf for warmth.

Stick to what you know when entering new territories Then you can be Authentic.

I presented well and felt competant.

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What The Future Brings

When I turned 40, I was fresh-eyed and hopeful for the future.

Becoming suddenly swept put to sea by someone else’s mid-life crisis sucked me into a ten year rip tide of fighting for recovery.

Turning 50, 51, and now 52 requires no real reaction except that it has taken cognizant self-differentiating from how outdated “norms” of society want to categorize me.

I am “other” than what is expected to be perceived.

It is my consolation prize to myself that I refuse to compromise as I reestablish my identity.

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Transforming “Alien-Nation”

Americans have been a part of a “think tank project” which haa focused on ensuring that we are not thinking properly nor productively.

Rather than creating communities of values that insist upon intellectual growth and personal accountability, we are coaxed into a type of waking sleep of consumption meant to keep us listless and wandering.

Who could we be as individuals if we woke ourselves up? What greatness as a nation could we contribute to nourish our neighbors and help them stand strong as our global community?

(Title play with words)

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On A Wing’s Prayer

First week back into work, now on my own compulsion, both cars suddenly need attending.

When I think of bills and rent steadily approaching while limited funds get diverted, I reflect on so many odds that I have encountered over the last ten years.

I do not know how I have made it this far when the journey has been so perilous – except by one step after another, and soaring when I’ve been able.