The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: strengths

  • The Things We Do to Fit In

    Assimilation may be the social norm, but it’s a value judgment.

  • What to Take with You

    There are things that I know are true about myself.

  • Don’t Compare. Contrast!

    A lot of women in America (and, I’m sure, in other places as well) are trained from practically birth to compare themselves to others and find themselves wanting. We can’t live up to those photoshopped models in the fashion magazines. How many of us look in the mirror and are unsatisfied with what we see? I…

  • Oh, I Get It. You Don’t Care.

    I have a friend that I enjoy talking to, but I’ve long since discovered that she is not someone to seek out if I want to vent or feel the need for compassion or commiseration. She just doesn’t want to hear it. She’s a classic See-No-Evil type of person. Oh, she’ll be quite happy to…