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Week 33 - ending 8/19: Helpless
Last week Lahaina was devastated by wildfires. While the news coverage focused there because of the incredible loss of life and property,...
Aug 19, 20233 min read
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Week 32 - ending 8/12: Maui Strong
We parked in the lot off Dickenson Street and walked the couple of blocks to Front Street. As we were walking my dad stopped and said,...
Aug 12, 20234 min read
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Week 31 - ending 8/5: Cement Shoes
Let me tell you where I am stuck. It is the sacral chakra. The place that stores all the trauma, guilt and fear. It is also the place...
Aug 5, 20232 min read
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Week 30 - ending 7/29: Compartmental
I have always kept my life very compartmentalized. Things, people, times, experiences all had their own special, specific compartments in...
Jul 29, 20232 min read
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Week 29 - ending 7/22: Generational
Some people say there are things passed on through the generations. Lessons, curses, things that need to be learned and resolved....
Jul 22, 20233 min read
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Week 28 - ending 7/15: Emotionally Unavailable
I am 2 weeks into a course on learning how to love differently. The first 5 weeks of the class go through the 5 Chinese elements and are...
Jul 15, 20232 min read
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Week 27 - ending 7/8: My Place Among the Discomfort
As I have mentioned many times before, starting in March 2020, I lost several people who meant a lot to me. Several people I honestly...
Jul 8, 20233 min read
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Week 26 - ending 7/1: Random Thoughts Short
I had several posts pre-written that I could have published today. However, none of them felt right. Even at the cost of them being...
Jul 1, 20232 min read
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Week 25 - ending 6/24: Overload
Many years ago I started on a sort of spiritual journey. It was not intentional or conscious. It began with horoscopes, meditation and...
Jun 24, 20232 min read
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Week 24 - ending 6/17: Inability to Continue
I have started writing so many posts. Posts about reflecting on some of the impactful people I have met in my life; reflections of...
Jun 17, 20232 min read
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Week 23 - ending 6/10: Dreams
The other morning I remembered one of my dreams upon waking. In fact, I not only remembered it, I couldn't get it out of my head. Once I...
Jun 10, 20233 min read
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Week 22 - ending 6/3: Ode to Endings
When I was in my early-20's, I learned a friends father committed suicide. He was in his mid-40's. I remember being confused at the time....
Jun 3, 20233 min read
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Week 21 - ending 5/27: An Ode to Indulgence
For 30 minutes I sat, watching nervously. Finally, my friend said, “you can’t just sit there. You have to at least try. Come on, I’ll go...
May 27, 20231 min read
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Week 20 - ending 5/20: Fear
I have mentioned it several times, but the last three years have been very intense for me. A lot of changes, hardships and shocking...
May 20, 20232 min read
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Week 19 - ending 5/13: Apathy and Non-Attachment
Over the course of this year I am sure I will write about the same topics multiple times. I tend to think, rethink, reimagine and think...
May 13, 20232 min read
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Week 18 - ending 5/6: Who Are You Not Being as a Result of What You Believe?
Looking online I found several questions for reflection. Today I will tackle the one that keeps grabbing my attention. Who are you NOT...
May 6, 20233 min read
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Week 17 - ending 4/29: Gratitude
This week is simple. I have decided to make a list of 17 things I am grateful for. I decided on this week since it is the last week of...
Apr 29, 20231 min read
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Week 16 - ending 4/22: Back in the Water
On Friday I got back in the water for the first time in 6 months. I went out for dawn patrol before work, since that is when it is less...
Apr 22, 20232 min read
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Week 15 - ending 4/15: The Will to Live
The desire and will to live. Will is defined as the faculty by which a person decides on and initiates action. Desire is defined as a...
Apr 15, 20233 min read
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Week 14 - ending 4/8: General Malaise
This week started off, like many others, so full of possibilities and hope. By Tuesday mid-day the excitement wore off and the malaise...
Apr 8, 20232 min read
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