Sleeping sometimes brings deep insights. I should really put a disclaimer on this page:
PARDON OUR DUST
WORK IN PROGRESS
…maybe that should be a sign I wear around my neck, too. Ha!
Anyway, yeah. Hi! I’m Xiane, I’m a mess but I’m trying to be better, and I REALLY appreciate and am awed by the patience that you [...]

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I was talking to Eric, one of the delightfully fun and interesting baristas at my local coffeeshop tonight. We were talking about various things we’d learned about religious topics, and I shared a quick gloss about my First Communion and Confirmation ceremonies -yep, I was raised a Catholic, for those that didn’t know! One of [...]

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If you’ve known me for a while, you might be aware that I used to be very poor indeed. How poor? Well, most of my meals consisted of:

day old bread
lunchmeat ends, bought in random packs for cheap
pasta
apples
water
things I took from trays left on tables at restaurants

Obviously, this was before I became a veg-head, and it [...]

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All the people gather
Fly to carry each his burden
We are young despite the years we are concern
We are hope despite the times
All of the sudden, these days
Happy throngs, take this joy wherever, wherever….
I wish to meet each one of you And you, me, you, if I can and I can
We have many things in common, [...]

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This is Chapter 10: Recovering A Sense Of Self-Protection. This week we explore the perils that can ambush us on our creative path… in the essays, tasks, and exercises this week, we search out the toxic patterns we cling to that block our creative flow.
Tasks:
* Take the Workaholism quiz. Are you a workaholic? You [...]

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