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Thursday Seeds | Don’t Say It, Yell it!
This is a post for those of us that rarely ask for what we need. It feels uncomfortable and awkward to say the least. It feels like whining and weakness. And so, we just suffer through. And our kids watch us, the nephew and niece that look up to us do it too. They catch on that this might even be a sign of strength. We can play hurt and we can take a hit. We can sit down and be miserable and turn that energy into a true strength that others would see as genuine. And most times, it actually is. But there are times when that can become…
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Thursday Seeds | lay down the letters
“It’s all in how you lay down the letters.” You are playing board games with your date. It’s winter, the fire is on, coffee is on the table with this scrabble board. He is a fanatic about board games and impressed that you own a board from all the way back to the 90’s. You have how many words down on the board unchallenged? He has just as many. The game is getting cutthroat. He places this word on the board: QUEAN You look at him with hesitancy… Did he mean to? He nods his head slowly. “You want to have me look it up for you? It’ll cost you…
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Thursday Seeds | Monkey Mind
I should do this. In the middle of doing this, I need to do that! What’s the laundry look like? Did that kid of mine lock the door? Is the coffee pot on? [insert other appliance that can take you down this road] You know this road? It’s the road that keeps you from what you most need to do: CALM DOWN! Not one person can tell you to calm down and you do it. It almost never works unless you’ve done the work. Did you forget that person’s name that you are about to introduce? Worse, did you say their name wrong? “Where’s Jeff?” “Oh you mean Jim?” Oops.…
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Thursday Seeds | Feelings are Feelings
Do you know that feeling of someone that wants exclusive time with you? It’s nice. Do you know that feeling of some folks that want to exclude you from their time? Not nice. Maybe they included you before but don’t want to anymore. It begs the question why. Why would they exclude you? You did something they didn’t like. You were too loud, too sharing, too closed off, too pretty, too ugly, too petty, too not them… What’s your reaction to that? A feeling. There are opinions as to whether you were those things. There are opinions that it’s not even about you at all. …until it is. What are…
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Thursday Seeds| Plants are people too!
Plants can be as good at being friends as any person. They love it when you talk and they don’t talk back. Sure there is science behind that. O2 versus CO2 and who needs what and who expels what. In the 70’s, it was “talk” to your plants to make them grow. But now most folks are aware of the science behind it. I’m betting that this is pretty important stuff when you are in the orbit of our plant on the international space station. And now, most sustainable gardens are known too. Guess why. They don’t stop talking about them! Ha! You must be a plant! Here’s the trick,…
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Thursday Seeds | Math is the Way
Math and Calculus are used to create the strength of a lens that can correct our vision. Sure, computers do that mostly now but it’s all based on math, physics and calculus. Here are pictures for those of you that are already weirded out by this post. Math is not bad, it’s GOOD!! I know you could be traumatized by your early teachers, parents, friends that would ask, “You don’t know that?!?” or “You are wrong.” Do not let it! If the numbers stress you, think of the pictures. Circles, Squares, triangles. Not geometry theorems so much because they could also stress you. Stay in the fun side with me…
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Thursday Seeds | Get her to think
“Everything is a catchable throw.” [Epictetus] It’s a way around the idea of being perfect. And I don’t know about you, but I am far from it. And with that said, there are skill sets that I do have that should be celebrated and also cultivated. I’m alive and so I should still grow. I can plant seeds on my own behalf. I think we call them #intensions . I need to keep learning. It’s never a task that is done, it is constantly changing and moving just as I intake air. Change is not a bad thing, It means you are alive. No change equals DEATH. I’m not…
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Thursday Seeds| Boil Her Down
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Thursday Seeds | Water Her Down (Part 2)
Immerse her in water. She needs to be pulled out of a concentrated state and put back into balance. Because the frequency sounds of waves on the shore have been scientifically proven to heal the body, she needs to go to the shore, the beach, the lake for medicinal purposes. Sure, we say it’s for work life balance but this is a part of the watering down of the concentrated parts that want to ask “Is this all there is?” Water has that answer in spades. “No, dear Chile, it’s not all there is. Come with me and see the endless blues and greens.” We joke about being salty when…
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Thursday Seeds | Water Her Down (Part 1)
Just like the plants, she needs water. Every human is 60% water. She needs more. There are internet breakdowns that suggest that we need even more depending on the part of the body. Brain: 75%. Blood 83% Heart: 79% Bones: 22% Muscles: 75% Liver: 85%. Kidneys: 83% And this water that resides cannot just sit there. Circulatory system doesn’t work so well unless that water comes right back out. And guess what, It can’t JUST be from the kidneys. That means sweat. She has to sweat. She has to sweat it. She has to move until she sweats. Now the most delicious way to do that is: ……. …
