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clichés, quotes & truisms

- from love & rockets to shakespeare -

- from the breakfast club to deepak chopra -

- from my therapist to the random southern gent on the street -

sometimes real, profound and deep; sometimes simply funny; sometimes both

Feb 11
11 min

It's Okay To Not Be Okay - Part 2

We agree...yes? So, then what? In my last post, I discussed the newly minted cliché It’s Okay To Not Be Okay. I sang its praises for...

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Jan 25
7 min

It's Okay To Not Be Okay

A (Welcome) Cliché Brought To Us By 2020

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Dec 19, 2020
8 min

Embracing the Contradictions and Complexities That Make Us Human

Man is an embodied paradox, a bundle of contradictions - Charles Caleb Colton As I sit here drafting my own obituary in my head, I’m...

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Nov 9, 2020
7 min

This Too Shall Pass

You Are The Sky. Not The Thunder, Lightning, Clouds or Rain. You Are The Sky.

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Oct 18, 2020
8 min

The Fifteen Minute Pity Party (With Flex Time)

Go Ahead And Throw One - If Beyoncé Can Have One, Then So Can You

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Sep 25, 2020
4 min

A Letter I Will Never Get To Send

But Don't Need To: A Merry File.

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Sep 5, 2020
5 min

What's In A Name?

My name ain't Susan. Or Mack for that matter.

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Aug 25, 2020
3 min

My Birthday Wish(es).

An Open Letter To My Sons. On this day, my 48th birthday, I wish upon you many gifts.

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May 19, 2020
9 min

Said The Buddha: Don't Judge Others, Because You Are Not Perfect

As did Bob Marley. And my mother. And me. And also, duh…

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Feb 9, 2020
6 min

Live, Love, Learn, LAUGH

I won’t remember each time I laugh or what it was that made me laugh, but I’ll never forget the first time.

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