Dear Not-Forgotten Girl, When things happen that really hurt or devastate . . . we must not ignore the pain . . . we must sit with it, feel it, and validate it. We must make it a cup of tea and have a chat with it . . . we must let it have its time to feel the way...
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Dear Awesome Soul, It is true that some people are born with incredibly wondrous talents that just seem to be innate and spectacular from the very moment they are discovered. Then . . . there are the rest of us. The ones who have to put in the hours, who have to...
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Dear Amazing Soul, "Wow, you made it through that!!!" "You learned so much." "You did the best you could and it was enough." "You are a real life everyday hero!" These things are so much better and so much truer than some of the mean things we tell ourselves about...
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Dear Brilliant Soul, The crazy life is oh so tempting . . . ohhhh sooooo tempting. It is tempting to go, go, go, and prove, prove, prove, and seek, seek, seek for apPROVE-al, isn't it? It is tempting to do what everyone else is doing . . . and to make it shiny,...
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Dear Seeking Soul, Happiness is often misunderstood . . . just as happy people are often misunderstood. A very confusing paradox in life is that sometimes we cannot truly be happy until we work through the things that are making us feel so sad or angry. Stuffing...
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Dear Treasured Soul, Sometimes you are entirely too hard on yourself. While it's SO GOOD to have big goals in mind for yourself, to shoot for amazing things, and to expect wonderful results . . . it is impossible to always have everything go exactly as you hoped,...
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Dear Going-Too-Fast Girl, We need white space. We need eye rest. We need peace and quiet. We need to stop thinking so hard, stop moving so fast, stop worrying so much. Sometimes we forget that one of the most important parts of our daily work, our weekly work, our...
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Dear Striving Soul, Important things often take a really long time to blossom, don't they? The things that mean the most to us usually require a lot of sacrifice and taking care of . . . day, after day, after day. Important things take time. Meaningful things...
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Dear Beloved Girl, There are times when we have old things in our hands that we are afraid of being without. With our fists tightly clenched around those things, we walk around fearing what will happen if we ever open our hands and let them go. We worry whether or...
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Dear Gift-Filled Soul, Every day we need to make decisions that protect the things most precious to us. It's important to create boundaries for your life. Boundaries are the limits, the fences, the border patrol that protects whatever is most precious to you . . ....
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