Tag: Life Lessons
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Check This Out
I find the phrase, “Check this out” problematic for me, though I say it all the time. To be fair, I am a librarian by day which involves checking of books in and out all day long. It is part of what we in the business call, library lingo. Particular words that mean one thing…
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Do You Miss Being a Kid?
Facebook Fodder I wonder how many of us really miss being a kid. If we look at what it is that we really miss and compare it to our daily lives, maybe it isn’t being a kid that we miss. Sure, for most of us childhood was a mixture of fun and worry. I had…
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What I Want to Say
or maybe I shouldn’t say… Here is a list of things I want to say…maybe I shouldn’t say them. Come on! I know there are things you wish you could just say sometimes and don’t for whatever reason….right? I am not the only one….I can’t be…Well anyway, here it goes… I am so tired of…
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Don’t Apologize for Being Happy
“green coconut tree during daytime” by Jorge Vasconez on Unsplash I have an amazing life. It is full of love and happiness. No I am not wealthy. I often have very little in my checking account. I am not famous, at least not yet, however, I keep writing what I want to write. I live in…
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How to Get Rid of Anxiety
It’s easy. Really it is easy. I know, because I did it. I got rid of all my anxiety and most of my overthinking in a little less than a year. It is a work in progress. First I am no doctor. I don’t even pretend to have all the answers. I can tell you…
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When Lemons Fly
I suggest duck and run. “woman’s head beside lemon” by Florencia Potter on Unsplash A few years ago my life was flipped on its head. As it turns out it was the best thing to happen to me…in a long long long time. Other people in my life would not agree. They like to point out…
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2 a.m. Friends
“We’re born alone, we live alone, and we die alone. Only through our love and friendships can we create the illusion for the moment, that we’re not alone”~ Orson Welles “black and brown rotary phone near gray wall” by Paweł Czerwiński on Unsplash Who are your real friends? One way to find out who your real…
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A Lot of People Say It.
but do they mean it? Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com I hear and see this on social media all the time, he/she is my best friend. Sometimes they are talking about a friend they have known a long time Sometimes they are talking about a person they are involved within a romantic relationship. That person…
Lori O'Gara, Author 