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Spiritual Residue
Have you ever noticed that when a toxic coworker goes on vacation, the atmosphere at work visibly lightens? People are more relaxed. They are more prone to smile and be lighthearted. You actually hear laughter in the workplace again. On the other hand, there are some people that can make you smile when you merely…
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Fear and Worry for the Morrow
There is no bigger waste of time and emotion than agonizing about what may or may not happen in the future. It’s pointless, because the anxiety won’t change anything at all about it. All it will do is make the present a lot less pleasant. Don’t get me wrong. One should most definitely look toward…
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Human Force Fields
Recently, an employee with a company closely related to mine retired and I kid you not, we all felt as if we’d taken off a shoe that was two sizes too small. The man was toxic, hostile, anal, and completely evil. I’ve never in my life met anyone who was so universally disliked. The day…
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Positive Impacts
I lived with someone for 16 years before I broke it off. Much of that time I was unhappy, but for the most part I don’t think of it as a total loss. Life was lived. Trips were taken. We laughed, we cried. Time passed. Among other things, he’s a DJ, and the other night…
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Sending Art into the World
When you are a creative person, the art that you make feels like it’s a part of you. When you sell it or give it away, it feels like you’re sending a child off to college. You still have a connection, but you know that for all intents and purposes that child has embarked on…
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The Weight of Words
A couple months ago I was sitting in a restaurant with a group of people, one of whom was trying to sell a skin product that I couldn’t have been less interested in, when she turned to me and said, “It could even take care of that thing on your cheek.” Everyone kind of took…