Category Archives: Reflections
compliments
love your earrings, great job on that presentation today, you’re such a good cook. It can feel uncomfortable when someone compliments your style, work or skills. Should you negate or downplay the praise? Say a kind remark in return? Change … Continue reading
Aging
Meryl Streep once said: “One day you wake up and realize that your youth is gone, but along with it, so go insecurity, haste, and the need to please. . . . You learn to walk more slowly, but with … Continue reading
Thoughtful reflection
It doesn’t have to be a grand gesture or wizard’s wave of the wand. It can be as simple as sipping a cup of tea, taking time to read a poem or soaking in a warm rosewater bath. Rituals like … Continue reading
life is not yer mother
Oooh. You have to Bone-Grow. Nobody is coming to hand you the missing pieces. If the friendships you crave don’t exist, you have to forge them. If the structure that would benefit you isn’t there, invent it. Same with the … Continue reading
Kintsugi
The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” — Ernest Hemingway Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real-life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new … Continue reading
Real Life of an MSW 