Living Through the Holidays

Although I take full responsibility for every choice and decision that has brought me to the life that I know today, I continue to stumble over the hurdle labeled acceptance. Accepting responsibility for one’s actions and choices is very different than accepting the disappointments that resulted from the actions and choices.

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Our Experiences Define Us

They lyrics to this song speak to how events and experiences in our lives shape who we become.

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What Attracts Narcissists?

As we learn more about Narcissists and NPD, we sometimes come to realize that the most recent experience we are reeling from is not the ONLY experience we’ve had in our lives.  While we can itemize the things to look out for and ways to extricate these emotional vampires from our sphere, it may be [...]

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How to Expose a Narcissist

Reviewing some of the search terms that got people to this site, I found this topic.  I believe it to be of general interest but not for the most obvious reasons. I feel that it is necessary to re-cap a few facts that I’ve learned about Narcissists.  Narcissists are not easy to profile because they [...]

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A Silly Poem Came To Mind Today…

I sure don't describe this as some of my best work but, while I was working today, this poem flitted into my head so I thought I would share it here: There once was a woman I knew Who thought that she knew what she knew Then she met him and went for a spin [...]

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Lessons from Flamingos

I visited the San Diego Zoo for my birthday this year.  While my friend and I were looking on at the Flamingos, something unusual happened.  All of their heads shot up at once.  Their alarm was obvious.  I commented to my friend that their behavior was strange as they began to squawk and pace about [...]

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Lessons Learned

Time may or may not heal all wounds but I honestly can't describe my present frame of mind any better than this awesome song by Carrie Underwood. If you'd like to pick up some of her heart-felt and beautiful music at Amazon, check out this link. Incoming search terms:my experience with a narcissistthe mad hatter was [...]

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Oedipus Complex?

Here comes another day, fraught with memories that comprise a most massive disappointment of my life for a thousand reasons and simultaneously for no reason at all.  My mother, who lived a full life, died two years ago on May 26th.  June 3rd marks the anniversary of her funeral, and another siginificant event in my [...]

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Lumberjack Day Parades

Days of festivals and parades are supposed to be fun.  Like my cat, who is disturbed by the noise, I stay in a back part of the house so as to be less affected by Lumberjack Days.   As I worked in my office, it occurred to me that there was only one "kind of" [...]

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What Is Success?

In a recent discussion, a friend of mine opined about my Narcissist. I heard myself saying that, if he was such a loser, why did his life appear to be going along so much better than mine. And, since saying that, I’ve heard a similar thought from another soul who reads my blog. They opined [...]

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