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Scratch Beneath the Surface

Alison Blasko — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 23:34:49 +0000

“Don’t judge a book by its cover!” We all like to spout this cliché, but few of us truly adhere to it, myself included. We live in a diverse, complicated world. We rely on our senses to navigate it—sight being one. We make assessments based on the images and preconceived notions our senses communicate to […]

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Healing with Acronyms: MISFIT

Alison Blasko — Thu, 26 Dec 2013 23:01:10 +0000

Manifest Inner Strength Find Individual Truth Remember the “island of misfit toys” in Rudolph? The winter wonderland where all the oddball toys huddled in the cold with tear-streamed faces lamenting how once again Santa left them behind and they’d once again be homeless on Xmas day. As a child I always waited […]

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Healing with Acronyms: FOOL

Alison Blasko — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 23:02:59 +0000

Forget Others’ Opinions Laugh Even Shakespeare’s darkest tragedies infuse comic relief. Can we say Macbeth and the Porter in unison everyone. The town fool supplying tension-breaking buffoonery is a staple in all great drama. Laughter at follies, and especially at others’, is part of our human dynamic. Without it the world would be […]

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Healing with Acronmys: PAST

Alison Blasko — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:06:15 +0000

Pull All Stuff Together And put it in a box. Can’t change the past. The past will come back to haunt you. Stop living in the past as the present is all we get that’s why it’s called the present for it’s the gift of today. We’ve all heard and said […]

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Reflections from the Pond–Integrity and the Blank Canvas by Betsy Lohrer Hall

Alison Blasko — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 23:39:53 +0000

A well-trained Olympic diver neatly parts the water as she enters it—she barely makes a ripple. Thinking or acting with integrity is much like this. It is clear and direct, and it may seem effortless. But it is not easy; it takes practice. So today, I practice. I aspire to having right thoughts, right words, […]

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Anger–A Daughter’s Rage at Alzheimer’s by P.J. McIlvaine

Alison Blasko — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 15:33:46 +0000

We were sitting in a restaurant–me, my mother, and the jerk who eventually became her second husband (he was also the creep who tried to molest me under the guise of fatherly pretense). He went on and on about how much he loved my mother, that my brother and I had nothing to worry about. […]

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The Hero Within–A Journey Toward Happiness by Jenny Ngo

Alison Blasko — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 16:20:25 +0000

PARADIGM: Stuck in a Habit When I was young life was difficult, or rather I was resistant to it. You always hear people say “I wish I knew then what I know now” and boy doesn’t that ring true for me. I knew nothing of the concept of allowing or being in the flow. I […]

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Healing with Acronyms: EGO

Alison Blasko — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 21:01:59 +0000

Express Genuineness Outwardly Ego—that three-letter four-letter word. Everyone’s got one. Yet everyone complains about everyone else’s. Ego as of late has gotten a bad rap. It has become synonymous with arrogance and a self-inflated sense of one’s value and worth. It’s become a three-letter word to toss someone’s way when we want to avoid […]

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