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meditation

I began meditating at age 11. The first time I experienced something profound. I had all these mathematical equations come bombarding into my brain. A year later, I meditated the strange doors before me. I wrote about it. But I lost the journal in a flood. I have recently begun meditating again.I have yet to have a profound of experience however, I do find that the world around the world around calms down when I control my breathing. I know there is something very spiritual behind meditation. I want to tap into it again. I think maybe I’ll just need to just slow down in life. Why not stop and smell the roses? There has to be something behind that ideaTake 10 minutes out of your day and try and meditate. All you have to do is breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth. It is amazing the relaxation you will feel.

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Oxytocin Clinic

today my best friend got married. It was a beautiful day. But internally I’m just not happy. I don’t know what’s wrong with me I thought about writing a status update on social media, but changed my mind. I think I’m going through a mid-life crisis. I am not happy. But I do not know why? What is wrong with I thought about writing a status update on social media, but changed my mind. I think I’m going through a mid-life crisis. I am not happy. But I do not know why? What is wrong with me?! I thought about writing a status update on social media, but changed my mind. I think I’m going through a mid-life crisis. I am not happy. But I do not know why? What is wrong with me?!

I can’t write how I feel Anywhere But Here. Do you know why? It is because my husband and family usually do not read my blog. They do however, read my Facebook status.to truly have an opinion on anything, I have to put it Here.

At age 39, I feel trapped. since my cardiac arrests last year I am restless. I should be happy. I have a wonderful husband, a beautiful daughter, I have a good life. But I think I am going through a midlife crisis. Nothing is like I thought it would be by age 39. Perhaps everyone goes through this. But it is not a happy state of being. I want my happy back.

Life was so exciting when I was 20. What happened? Where did all of my joy go? For goodness sake I have received everything in life I’ve ever wanted, but I still feel unfulfilled I have been married 10 years, I think I need a Date. I know that sounds crazy, but I mean that feeling you get the first time you go out with someone. Oxytocin that beautiful drug you get when you are pregnant or on a first date. Why can’t we get that over the counter?

So I apologize to you, my fellow Traveler in life. I have nowheres else to complain. And unfortunately for you, you have to listen. Because God knows I don’t want to even listen to my self. I am serious about that oxytocin Thing though. We should Market it. We could take care of this midlife crisis problem together! If I had my hands on some of that I would not be worried.

my entire life, I have said that my thirties will be and my forties will rock. I am so glad to be 39. It is almost over. I am thinking this is a part that everyone goes through, have I done everything in life I wanted to? midlife crisis suck. I want that oxytocin.

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Politics and religion

There are two things you never talk about on social media. One is Politics, the other is his religion. I try to never bring up either. But unfortunately, I talked religion on Facebook. Boy, did I learn my lesson.

An atheist asked a very open-ended question on Facebook. She asked, how can there possibly be a god, when there are so many horrible things in the world. AKA, starvation, murder, rape

Etc, etc, etc. I foolishly responded to her. I do believe in God. But I do not feel he interferes with human Affairs. I hate even giving him the pronoun him because the proper pronoun would be it.

Anyways, I should not have responded. I should have known better. There is no saying there is a God with an atheist. Boy, did she give me a mouthful. I know, many people feel that I hallucinated my afterlife experience. And that is okay. I am totally okay with having different beliefs. But don’t be mean and nasty because I have a different View. This is after all, the United States of America. And the first amendment guarantees me the right to any religion. The same goes for you. But let us not be nasty to each other.

Can’t we have a difference of opinion without can’t we have a difference of opinion without being mean and nasty? Apparently, we cannot.

So let me end this blog with this statement. I am a Democrat. I vote party lines. I don’t care if you’re a lesbian or straight or whatever you call yourself. Just be a good person. I certainly don’t care if you believe in God. Just be a good person. Now that I’ve talked about both religion and politics, please remember that neither of these forms of thought matter. All that matters, is that you’re a good person. Today be a good person. And for the love of God, don’t talk about religion or politics.

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Good yards, make good neighbors.

An interesting thing happens every spring and summer on upper Main Street in Vestal New York. It is, a male bonding thing that I can never understand. For one, I don’t mow the yard. For two, I am a female.

My neighbor, Chris, is mowing his yard. That means that my husband will soon mow our yard. He will see that Chris’s is nicer than ours, and he will mow his. This creates a domino effect. Once my husband mows his yard, my neighbor, Frank, will mow his yard.

Sometimes my husband, John, mows his yard first. Always followed by Chris and Frank. But no matter who goes first, the others will surely follow the next day or within hours of each other. Men and their yards. It is a very interesting thing to witness. I personally, plant flowers. So do the wives of my neighbors. This harmony between neighbors has probably been going on 4 decades before my existence.

Years ago, before Chris and his family moved in, a family rented the home for a year. The homeowners had terrible troubles with them. They purposely would put their garbage in a shed out back, instead of the weekly garbage pickup, just to be mean! But worst of all, they did not take care of their yard. It was snake friendly, having not been mowed enough, and filled with toddler toys on used. Needless to say, no one minded when they moved out and Chris bought the home.

You can tell a lot about a family from their lawn. Who mows your lawn? How often do you mow it? Do you take pride in your lawn? Or is it just something annoying you have to take care of so the village does not fine you.

No matter what your reason for caring for it, know that good yards make good neighbors.