Tweet For those who have loved and lost, as oh so many have, there’s often talk of “trying to find that feeling again” or being worried that “there won’t be anyone like him again”. Talk like that is, realistically speaking, useless. We are different every minute of the day–always changing based on internal and external… Continue reading Never the Same Twice
New Things…
Tweet Some WithoutBeingCrushed.com site news for your Monday. WordPress (the content management system that runs the site) just released it’s newest version, 3.0, last week. I’ve upgraded and I’m taking some time to play with some of the new options. So far, pretty neat stuff (most of it invisible to those of you who only… Continue reading New Things…
Calming the Mind and Heart
Tweet It should be relatively obvious to anyone that our mental state can thoroughly effect our external appearance and actions. When you’re tired, you’re not quite as quick to react. When you’re angry, your blood pressure rises. When you’re in a good mood, you smile. What we often don’t realize quite as readily is that… Continue reading Calming the Mind and Heart
Men & Women: Breaking Up
Tweet There was an article that ran last week on ABC.com’s health section. It said, in part: Research shows that women have a harder time coping with a breakup, but the guys are the ones who feel more stress and strain when the relationship hits a rough patch, researchers found. On the upside, men also… Continue reading Men & Women: Breaking Up
The Hidden Past as a Future Threat
Tweet Those last two posts were written five years ago and dealt with my own sudden realization of just how badly my mind had rewritten a piece of my own history. A lot has changed in the five years since then. One thing remains true: by uncovering the real truth in the things that my… Continue reading The Hidden Past as a Future Threat
Owning Up to My Past
Tweet [The story connected with this came up a couple of times in conversation recently. Going to link to it, I realized I’d never ported it over to this site. It was originally written December 15, 2005 in another journal of mine.] These stories I tell are my life. They are important scenes and sequences… Continue reading Owning Up to My Past
Blind Before Digital
Tweet [The story connected with this came up a couple of times in conversation recently. Going to link to it, I realized I’d never ported it over to this site. It was originally written December 5, 2005 in another journal of mine.] Long ago (back in the late 80s and early 90s), I kept paper… Continue reading Blind Before Digital