Tag: Life Lessons
-
The Agony of Making Decisions
“Don’t be afraid of change. You may lose something good, but you may gain something better.” Unknown Making a life-changing decision is seldom simple. It’s not as stark as choosing between black and white. Our palette is usually somewhere on a spectrum in a myriad of gray. There are rarely win-win solutions. That’s a myth.…
-
The Toxicity of Shame
I’m not sure who first identified the acronym for shame, but it’s spot-on: Should Have Already Mastered Everything. In other words, I should be perfect. I should understand this. I should know how to do this. I should… fill in the blank. Author Brené Brown, who spent many years researching shame says, “Where perfectionism exists,…
-
What Will Be
Does the long, winding road lead to a destination, an intersection, or a dead end? I have baggage. Sometimes it feels like a ten-ton anchor around my neck. I’m a survivor. But before I was a survivor, I was a victim, and victimhood dies hard. It took me a long time to realize that too often…
Roger M. Cahak 