For the Warrior, Poet, Mystic: On Finding Love

March 6, 2010

LOVE

as

Outward Kindness

rests

On Strength,

Magical

and

Certain,

Mystical

and

Centered.

ETHEREAL JOY

from

CHANCES TAKEN.

Peace

Walks Slowly

On Still

Water

Between World

and

Illusion,

at times

Unaware,

Guided By

LOVE.

*

(Swans, Boats)

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How to Stay Sane While Waiting for a Diagnosis

March 4, 2010

This week I have the distinct pleasure of putting Vermont’s universal health care system to the test.

For a few weeks now, I haven’t felt exactly right. I can feel my heart beating harder than it should, my chest hurts, my cycles are all screwed up, and I feel like I’m breathing through a straw… at 10,000 feet above sea level.

For the record, I’m not usually a hypochondriac. In fact, I go to great lengths to avoid seeing anyone in the medical profession, for reasons I won’t get into right now. If anything, I have a tendency to downplay the significance of my symptoms. But I have a new theory that EVERYONE becomes a hypochondriac while waiting for a diagnosis. The degree of paranoia is directly related to the amount of time one has to wait.

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The Myth, The Legend: One Passion to Rule Them All

March 1, 2010

Please note: This is a guest post by Amanda Farough, from VioletMinded.

For some of us, finding that one true passion is just not an option. We want to do it all.

I’ve never really been able to concentrate on one thing at a time. I’m a notorious multitasker with an apparent inability to focus. In university, people kept telling me to slow down, pick something, decide on a path. Academic advisers would preach that my future (and future earnings) depended on my finding a niche and sticking with it, at least until my mid-thirties.

I can’t tell you how many times that gave me borderline anxiety attacks.

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