Will this year end in the same way last year did?

Could it be that you have not had thirty years experience but one year’s experience thirty times.
You know what feels right; you know what feels wrong. But how do you go about living the right and letting go of the wrong?
Plant your feet on the ground, pay attention to your inner voice and what your conscience is saying. Raise up to yourself.
Say YES when you want to say yes; no when you don’t. Be impeccable with your word and take responsible for your choices, there are consequences to everything.
And above all, don’t shy away from conflict or fear – move through it, that’s what Big, Brave people do.
There’s no one way or right way for everyone.

It’s Almost Thanksgiving

What a glorious Fall this has been. The colors were magnificent this year and the air crisp and clean. The promise of a new year is closing in and with it the wonder of the unknown. Just when you think you’re free from the past – it comes back to bite you in a text. Can we ever find comfort in the past and live fully in the not knowing what the future brings?
I ruminate, I write, I do – all of which to say is I try to live most fully, most ethically, most rightly for myself.
I am not a simple person living in a complicated world. I am fraught, at times, with anguish – negativity, regret. What we do with all of that is what matters, not that we ‘have’ it. It’s not us, just synapsis firing at random. We are not the diagnosis – that’s just a way of simply talking amongst ourselves hoping for a shared understanding.
Really, if you want to understand – listen between the words, discard the labels and be thankful you are who you are in all your glory.

Is A Promise Of Nothing Ever Good Enough?

Is a promise of nothing, a promise of something?
Let’s define a promise. Let’s say a promise is a concept predicated on a statement, deed or behavior not ever to be broken. So a promise of nothing or of ‘no something’ is a promise void of direction, focus or goal. Let’s say an agreement is a legal term for a promise. Is what we exchange in commitment vows a promissory note of something and, what is that something that we are promising?
Pre-nuptials spell out something related to tangible goods, but what are we spelling out with our promises?
What is the something never to be broken? Is a promise of nothing or something ever good enough when not spelled out?