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I jumped right in with every intention of swimming across the river.  I could see the other side but felt tethered to that common shore I had always known. Suddenly I stopped swimming. Upon reading the blog entry "Swimming Upstream" by Jeannie Page, I paused to reflect on my goals.  Were they realistic and right for me?  Was I setting a goal for goal setting sake and once achieved, then what?  Wading in the waves I wondered which way to go, should I keep swimming across the river or return…

Admitting you are in love is like admitting you have a problem.  Although being in love inspires poetry and is at the root of romance, it requires courage and the honest analyses of one’s emotional inadequacies and aptitude.  Admitting that you are not in love is no less challenging.

I was not in love with my first husband but I liked him and we were good friends; I still like him and we remain good friends.   Good relationships can be sustained on mutual understanding,…

I am habit-less and void of any ritualistic routines.  Eating chocolate in its pure darkness, laced with milk or nuts, backed in cakes or molded into bars is the closes thing to a religious practice that I have.  The cacao tree is by far the best tree in the garden and it alone conveniences me that there is a God who is good.  

Even eating chocolate is not a habit and far from an addiction.  I have never been addicted to anything.  It is not that I have the strong will to…