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THURSDAY, May 23, 2019
I need a LOVE button for your post. I told Ron last night, "One of my friends climbed Mt. St. Helens today. All the way to the TOP!" He was duly impressed, too! I am so inspired by your achievement. Thank you for doing this. I know you did it for you, but at the same time I can't help but feel you did it for US, too. I know your trek yesterday touched me in a way I did not realize it would. Thank you for opening me to the possibility of what I can do if I put myself out there to do it.
Good morning. It was certainly an exciting day here yesterday. Was also very nice to see that David checked in and left his calling card. He told me he is reading every day so it was nice to see him leave some proof!
Weight was up a half pound today. Giving that to drinking more water and a good workout and a little too much salt. Nothing to worry about.
Today is Teacher for the Day. Lulu is doing a very good job. Of course, she wanted to treat everyone, and being the benevolent teacher that she strives to be, the kids are watching The Emperor's New Groove. I'm taking advantage of this time to read today's posts and not have to piece together a post over several hours when I have breaks.
I did some looking into Brene Brown's website, but it didn't yield too much info. I guess I'm going to have to read her book(s). An interesting thing I am realizing is that I am in a specialized self help category. I haven't really thought much about it, but the male focused self help material is usually very mainstream and feeds the traditional male ideal.The female focused material and work is also mainstream, but seems to focus more on breaking through the cultural limitations of femininity to help women realize their full potential as a person, (not only as a woman in our culture). Hope that makes sense. Anyway, as a gay man I find that I don't really fit into either category and I struggle to find my place of belonging in this realm. It is an interesting aspect of getting better or "more whole" as a person. I guess it boils down to taking what works and leaving the rest, but I'm not always sure I take the right parts. I think I will order her first book, maybe an audio book... I've never done one of those before, but I think that might be the way to go. I could listen while I drive to work or while grooming.
Thoughtful Thursday one and all!
