Thiel- You are loved. Indeed you are love itself. Indeed that is really all there is, is love where we are on this plane. It is the “air” we breathe and the “food” we eat. It is like the air you breathe into your lungs and take for granted until it is there no more. A baby in the womb breathes a fluid and then it is thrust into a world where there is light and sound in HD... Read more...
When my dad went to Vietnam in 1967, he took out a one million dollar insurance policy in case he didn't make it home. I was 4 years old. From that moment, I can remember our family talking about death and dying. As we grew in years and understanding, death and what we wanted to happen to our body was regular dinner conversation. It wasn't brought up every night, but enough times that we knew we could bring it up and it would not seem strange. I thought everyone did this. Read more...
Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer star in the 1944 film, Gaslight. Watch the trailer at the link to get a feel for the movie that inspired the term. The American Psychological Association defines gaslighting as "manipulation so extreme as to induce mental illness." It is now defined as to "make someone question their reality."
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"While living in South Florida, Dad's family lived in relative luxury compared to many in the (early)1970s. They had an automatic indoor washer, an indoor toilet, a small cottage they rented out in the back yard, and the convenience of town living. Here (an East Tennessee 10 acre farm, mid-70s), there was no indoor toilet for nearly a year and limited bathing facilities, no insulation in the attic or walls with only an oil furnace for the cold Tennessee winters, and an outdoor wringer washer with no access to hot water...
I admit to being a “go along to get along” person for much of my young life on into early adulthood. I had questions back then but did not desire to stir the pot and put myself in the light of my family's attention. Now that I have dumped much of my childhood trauma and baggage, I find my voice has taken wings thanks to my love of writing and the internet. I am now compelled to speak my questions in the public square, which at this time is social media and my personal blog.
Thiel- You are loved. Indeed you are love itself. Consider a bird as it is in flight. Riding the wave of wind. This bird dips and dives and swoops and swirls. It is content to ride whatever the wind there is and it only directs its path using the wind and air.
We all have intuition. Not all of us know how to use it. The phrases Gut Feeling, having a Hunch, my Spidey-Senses are Tingling, and Something smells Fishy are indications of that inner knowing that is occasionally felt. How empowered would you feel if you could tap into this skill any time you needed?
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There is a fabric that lays flat when smoothed out and life is that fabric. There is texture and pattern and grain- all there for those to live and feel and love in.
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