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Christine Steeves Speakman
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Category: General – Life Becomes Understanding

Affirmations and Mantras

December 27, 2022 christinesteevesspeakman

It’s the last Tuesday of the year and the season of celebrations with the New Year fast approaching. What fills…

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What I learned from: Babies (to be continued)

December 20, 2022 christinesteevesspeakman

smile/laugh/trust

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Journal Time – not alone

December 13, 2022 christinesteevesspeakman

The hardest part of this season is the feeling of being alone. Sometimes we forget how many are around us…

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General: Whose path am I on? (to be continued)

December 6, 2022 christinesteevesspeakman

what path are we travelling

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Affirmations and Mantras

November 29, 2022 christinesteevesspeakman

What does your heart tell you? What are you carrying everyday in your heart? . . . . . I…

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What I learned from: My cat (to be continued)

November 22, 2022 christinesteevesspeakman

to stop/slow down/nap

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Quoting: Laurence Binyon’s For the Fallen

November 15, 2022 christinesteevesspeakman

I found his poem here at Poetry Foundation when I went searching for who wrote these words I hear every…

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Journal Time – time off

November 8, 2022 christinesteevesspeakman

It’s not that we really have time off, but maybe what we need to something to help us recognize this…

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General: What’s needed to be happy? (to be continued)

November 1, 2022 christinesteevesspeakman

can have everything and still not be

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Affirmations and Mantras

October 25, 2022 christinesteevesspeakman

Given the month of scares, this is one I repeat everyday because the unknown can be just as scary as…

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I first came to the internet to figure out how to get published and ended up a reviewer, copy editor, editor, blogger, writer, still reviewing.

I don’t know who all sees me and I’ve been asking the question – does it matter if anyone does?

The truth is…it doesn’t. It doesn’t matter if 1 or a billion sees me, or you, I’ll/you’ll always see myself/yourself. What’s that line…wherever you go; there you are. We all carry our own baggage.

There’s no escaping who we are…I don’t want to escape myself. I want to be me and with that, here I am, all of me.

 

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