Carrie: The other thing I need to work on is “letting things go” in general. Holding on tends to eat me alive because I’m way too sensitive about literally every single thing. Me: Give those things a smile, a deep breath, and a blessing. Then let them go. You don’t need to keep checking in…
Carrie: “I want to kill all the other drivers on the road while I’m driving to work. I hate the situation I’m stuck in at work!” Had a good chat with my friend Carrie, who hates her job situation but is afraid of standing up for herself by telling her boss what would be better…
Self-assembled happiness springs forth from being kind without the expectation of anything in return. Reid Walley, May 15, 2022
Your religious beliefs is software Your culture is software The way your parents raised you is software What your parents disciplined or rewarded you for is software What you learned in school is software How your teachers graded you is software What you were made fun of by your peers is software What your friends…
The NBC News article: Boy Scouts reach $850 million settlement with tens of thousands of sexual abuse victims. The settlement is the largest in a child sexual abuse case in United States history. My brother made a quick back-of-the-envelope calculation and arrived at ~1,300 victims per year (divide 80,000 claimants by 60 years (1960 to…
The best action I’ve taken to protect my own well-being is to not join my Mom in her unhappiness. I acknowledge her unhappiness, but I don’t put it on and wear it with her.
My Mom never rebounded from her divorce from my Dad, from me and my brother eventually going to live with Dad, from the sale of the family cabin, from the death of her Mom, from the sale of her childhood home. She’s been unhappy since 1971 (the divorce), and it got a little worse with…