Tag: Self Reliance
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New Year Negativity
Why are so many people passive aggressive and negative about 2022? I have heard so many jokes and comments that this year is going to be a repeat of the last two terrible years. I should have extended my social media hiatus a little longer. So many posts about that whine about how bad 2020-21…
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Silent No More
I am usually the quiet one. I see all the chaos in the world and I keep my mouth shut. I do not share my opinions. I was taught at an early age that if you can’t say anything nice say nothing at all. Writing what I think is one thing, and saying it out…
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The Collateral Damage From “I’m Fine”
It has been years now since I removed myself from a toxic relationship with an addict who chose to stay addicted to alcohol and drugs. He chose his lifestyle over everything else, including me. Only now, with the lens of hindsight can I see what I ignored and chose not to see. I was fooling…
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It’s No Big Deal
Photo by Ana Madeleine Uribe on Pexels.com When life does its best to put my face down in the mud of all the things that I am responsible for or slaps me with duties, I just take a step back. I look life square in its ugly face and say, “Hey that is no big…
Lori O'Gara, Author 