Two hands in darkness holding a lit candle

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I’ve always related to the line that Eldon Tyrell says to the replicant that he created, Roy Batty, in the original Blade Runner (in the movie replicants can have superior strength, speed, agility, resilience, and intelligence — but they have a 4 year lifespan): The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long, and you have burned so very very brightly, Roy. As a person, I’ve often felt that I have extraordinary gifts in intelligence, creativity, and empathy. But due to my chronic illnesses which affects my energy levels, I feel that I’ve never been able to use these talents to their full capacity.Read More →

A night sky half filled with clouds lit by the moon and half filled with dark clouds

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After the first few sessions that I had cuddling, when I realized that — yes, this actually could work — I told my husband that I had ‘aspirations without expectations.’ Expectations don’t work for me. Once I start having expectations for myself, I start to get anxious if I’m not meeting the milestones that I set out for myself. What’s even worse for me are OTHER PEOPLE’s expectations. They take me to a very bad place. If I feel like I’m not meeting other people’s expectations — I feel like a failure. It doesn’t even matter if other people’s expectations are unreasonable. And it doesn’tRead More →

A bonsai tree in a wooden bowl with a toad sitting in the bowl

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Have you ever stepped into a class where — you already have talent — but you realize there are SO MANY MORE things to learn?? And even when you know how to do something ‘right’ you don’t know *how* you know, because for some reason you’ve always been good at it. So the fact that there are *reasons* and explanations BLOWS YOUR MIND? That was how my first acting class was. I like learning, so that was exciting. Don’t Let Other People Decide How to Shape *Your* Bonsai Tree Sometimes, especially when it comes to the arts, we just look at it as a talentRead More →