My name is Mark and I am a people pleaser. At least that is someone I have been for the greater part of my life. It was important to me that I be validated, recognized, coddled, complimented, or simply noticed or acknowledged. Granted, any one of these things on its own is not necessarily a [...]
Who has the time for virtue? I kid. Actually patience is a practical practice in diversion and the perpetual classroom for living in the moment. For most, nay… many… patience is not something to be struggled with, but instead the default programming. For others it is a toil in existence and often a losing battle. [...]
Or perhaps I should say that I am stepping up the ritual from something that already exists. It is no revelation that resentments are an ongoing problem in my life. I would imagine that they are a problem in most lives but it would probably be best if I concentrated on my own before worrying [...]
The alternative tends to give me heartburn. Tonight I had a very pleasant evening of fellowship and correct thinking. This is not so hard to come by… and often is done in my world by writing out the path to a better solution within blog passages and journal entries. Where I have discovered that my [...]
Even though the problems seem to sell a great deal easier. It’s tough to be a niche seller in this rough economy. There are days when I can find myself straying from the merchandise out of simple loneliness in lack of buyers and wandering over to look at the negatives out of sheer boredom. I [...]
At least. They say that all the world is an actor. Some are definitely better at that job than others. But some, you could say, are amazingly good without even knowing… How convincing are you at showing the world and the people around you on a daily basis that you are who you want them [...]