Day: May 8, 2010
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What I’ve Learned from Blogging
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree of Truth. Defy your past? That’s right—defy it. A pox on all those people who tell you to “embrace your past.” Embracing it doesn’t do anything but keep you trapped in old patterns that no longer serve you. Look, we’re all a little messed up. It’s…
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And Mommies with Bad Judgment
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree of Truth. Sometimes mommies just do really stupid things that will ensure that their little boys are either going to grow up to be fascinated by Alpha women or terrified of them. A few weeks ago, I set aside several hours to do some particularly strenuous…
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Bad Mommies
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree of Truth. One of my hot buttons that I don’t think will ever cool down is to see another mother do something really stupid or self-centered. Who am I to judge? I’ll tell you. I am the non-swimmer who’s stayed (more than once!) with …
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Pencil in Some Fun?
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree of Truth. My mentor applauds my high-focus on getting projects completed and new ones kicked off. There is, of course, a “but” to this praise. “Hmmm,” she says. “You’ve planned for activities that support the career sector, the home sector, the spiritual sector, the health sector.…
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Inner Chatter
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree of Truth. “Have you noticed,” AngelSu asks me, “that your inner chatter has stopped?” I would have been shocked at her observation, except that I’d had the same epiphany earlier in the day. With this new sense of calm comes a lessening of the “voices.” Not…
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Just an Anecdote about Garbage
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree of Truth. She’s with the contracted janitorial service for my office—a talkative and cheerful Asian woman—and though I desperately try, I really have to strain to understand her, even after a year of seeing her every workday. I make an effort to communicate but her command …
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Defy Your Past
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree of Truth. Like attracts like. There’s something about an energy that’s put out by others that our antennae pick up on and we’re drawn in. Some similarity. Some…reflection. After my divorce, it seemed every other person I talked to was dealing with verbal abuse and didn’t…
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Why the Tulip
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree of Truth. I’ve been asked why the girl in the previous post has a tulip. This has been described to me in detail by my ex- mom-in-law, but I’ll be brief. It’s not so strange that this child would show up in this meditation, yet she…
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9 of Pentacles: The Lady in the Garden
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree of Truth. I’m not sure what happened to author Jill Jones. I lost track of her. I used to read her “literary suspense” novels from St. Martin’s Press in the 90’s and we’d meet up at various writers’ conferences and talk about various New Age topics.…
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Serious Matters: The Little Girl with the Tulip
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree of Truth. I stand on the astral, and the second I know where I am, I am moving. Forward. Long strides. Set jaw. Only fools would try to stop me. I am as I always am on the astral-taller, leaner, long brown hair flowing behind me,…