Author: S R Janssen

KICKING THE TIRES OF MAY 21

S R Janssen
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Road side moment

Shifting Perceptions

What seems to be, is, to those to whom it seems to be . . . .”

William Blake

Those words that gave me food for thought this morning. A mind-twister bout seeing what we assume we will see. If we change our assumptions about what we see when we look, will we see differently? I really evaluate my assumptions when it comes to my nearest relative. I see her tinted with my negative feelings about her and my feeling set point is one of exasperated duty that feels more unpleasant than feeling love. Furthermore, I have no desire to feel more appreciative of her. However, I do choose to want feel appreciation for her: that requires changing my assumptions about her, or maybe my assumptions about myself.

KICKING THE TIRES OF MAY 20, 2019

S R Janssen
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Moving Forward on Mondays

Ha! Delusions

Still in bed (what else at 3:00 on a chilly morning with twenty pounds of cat pinning me down), I thought about Oprah Winfrey and Diana Gabaldon and their extraordinary success. Looking at their faces in my mind’s eye I realized an unpleasant truth about myself. My personal vibration throughout the years has been pretty low and dismal, all the time I was congratulating myself on what a wonderful little girl I was.

Gains of Recognition

My fairy godmother gave me some wonderful gifts: a sense of humor, a love of language and words, my ability to find great interest in damn near anything, and a basic good nature. I chose to underplay them in favor of an attitude painted more with more negative colors than positive. Nevertheless, I feel myself blessed because here I am at seventy-two feeling my exciting life is just beginning instead of coming to an end.