“In threatening and survival situations, we look for evidence of hope – a small sign that the situation may improve. When an abuser/controller shows the victim some small kindness, even though it is to the abusers benefit as well, the victim interprets that small kindness as a positive trait of the captor.” ~Dr. Carver (Love … Continue reading 2020 – Trust Your Self Above ALL Others
Tag: Paradox
The Deep End – (New Moon @ 23 Scorpio)
Credit: Maria Shriver (Doug Emhoff - soon-to-be the 1st Second-Gentleman) “But remember that forgiveness too is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withhold or bestow it is a power, perhaps the greatest. Maybe none of this is about control. Maybe it isn’t really about who can own whom, who can … Continue reading The Deep End – (New Moon @ 23 Scorpio)
2020 – Sunday Blessings – The Great Pivot
“The idea that we are independent of nature is a tremendous conceit, and true because we are, relatively speaking, divorced from nature by that very attitude. The constructs of human beings are really no more unnatural than bees' nests, and birds' nests, and constructs of animal and insect beings. They're extensions of ourselves.” ~Alan … Continue reading 2020 – Sunday Blessings – The Great Pivot
2020 – Sunday Blessings – Labor of Love
“I am the first and last. I am she who is honored and scorned. I am the whore and the holy woman. I am the wife and the virgin. I am the bride and the bridegroom. I am she, the Lord.” ~The Thunder, Perfect Mind 1: 5 – 10 Lessons Unlearned. Plot twist ahead. Epic … Continue reading 2020 – Sunday Blessings – Labor of Love
2020 – Timelines Shifting
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” ~J.R.R. Tolkein “The Fellowship … Continue reading 2020 – Timelines Shifting
Being My Own Self 