Wellbeing

John, meet your closet floor

Cheryl made a trip across the bay to visit the Tampa IKEA store a while ago. A visit with the Swedish retailer usually lasts a full day and this one fit the pattern. Don’t you just love IKEA? Have you hugged a Swede today? I stayed home and reacquainted myself with regret. Inner John: Hey John, you remember regret don’t you? Public John: Yeah, we go way back. Inner John: Didn’t…
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Family and FriendsSoapbox

Stray comment

I was having a good day. Everything was fine until I heard one stray comment. Do you have days like this? Can one or two sentences ruin it for you? I wish I could say I have the self assurance to shrug off what other people think and say, but it’s not me. Not at all. It sticks with me. It burrows and churns through my mind, infecting everything that follows. “I don’t get it.
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