Category: DECISIONS
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MAKING MY PEACE … with snake symbolism in 2025
Making My Peace … with snake symbolism in 2025 I have much to learn in 2025, the Year of the Snake. In medicine, the snake appears prominently in the caduceus and Rod of Asclepius, representing healing and wisdom. The snake has several symbolic meanings, such as medicine, wisdom, transformation, balance, mesmerism, mystery, creativity, sensuality,…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with gaining ground in 2025
Making My Peace … with gaining ground in 2025 As 2025 begins, I embrace grounded energy, guided by ancient wisdom, meditation, and intuitive divination. The year brings, for me, movement forward through a steady, inspired, and creative path. Here, I reflect on how these insights converge for growth, resilience, and quiet triumph. The Tortoise:…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with less, more, and more or less
Making My Peace … with less, more, and more or less Less is more, says the adage, more or less. What does this mean? “Less is more” is a proverb and a principle that means that fewer things or fewer actions are better and more effective, and less complicated, than having a greater…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with the notion that rejection can be good for the brain
Making My Peace … with the notion that rejection can be good for the brain Being rejected is not the end of the world – it’s the start of a re-think and improvements in life, and that makes it good for the brain say psychologists. I wrote in the previous post that rejection…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with rejection – from a city!
Making My Peace … with rejection – from a city! Rejection can be hard, difficult, and painful, with a long-lasting legacy. I still have nightmares about one such painful rejection. An unusual and unexpected rejection. A bolt out of the blue. I was stunned into silence – and, yes, tears. And I think…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with unravelling plans
Making My Peace … with unravelling plans Let’s face it. We make plans, lots of plans in life, and many of them just don’t work out as we had hoped or envisioned. And that’s what happened last week. A mate from Australia was in Paris, where I live, and I’d planned a trip to…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with ambivalence
Making My Peace … with ambivalence Ambivalence? What is ambivalence? The Cambridge Dictionary says ambivalence is ‘the state of having two opposing feelings at the same time, or being uncertain about how you feel.’ I am rarely ambivalent, but many people are. Is ambivalence caused by apathy? No. Apathy means no interest. Ambivalent…