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Author Archives: WakundaMa
Celebrating the Miracle of Still Being Alive
I did not expect to be still be alive on my 57th birthday. At least that is how I felt back in 2019. So the fact that today is my 57th birthday is a rather monumental milestone for me. I’d like … Continue reading
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Reclaiming Freedom in the Face of Demand and Control
Today I had lunch with my brother. We started talking about some of past years when we were in places where we feared losing our jobs. At that time we both initially had the image that being unemployed immediately translated … Continue reading
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Taking Time to Take In
Lately I’ve taken to walking a lot more … sometimes for up to two hours at a time. I don’t listen to any music and I’m not talking to anyone. I’m just observing, thinking, day dreaming, breathing, and listening. When … Continue reading
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What is Depression?
Over ten years ago I was diagnosed with clinical depression. It stayed with me for perhaps a few months and then for many years was not part of my life. In recent months it seems to have come back into … Continue reading
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Found common ground with Stephen Hawking
So last night I ended up watching a documentary on Stephen Hawking’s life mostly centered around the book A Brief History of Time. What I was kind of struck with is that I actually relate to Stephen. Before I had … Continue reading
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Figured out how to make Word jump to end of lengthy document
Long before I was blogging I journaled privately. I journal in a single Word document. I’ve been journaling for over 20 years and my Word document is over 1100 pages long. What I started to notice over the years … Continue reading
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My Birthday and Past Two Decades
It’s 2018 and my birthday and I’ve been blogging here for almost 10 years. So I find myself thinking about the past decade. Few people know this but many years ago, in fact, 10 years ago my life had reached … Continue reading
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Another Try at just Being Me in the Presence of You
So I’ve become much more willing to be aware of more things that bother me and have been lovingly welcoming them to go ahead and bother me while I observe curiously. So I continue to explore what makes me feel insecure, … Continue reading
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An AARP article spawned following question: If you are “spiritual” are you lonely?
I found myself early on a Sunday morning reading the latest issue of AARP magazine. AARP stands for American Association of Retired Persons. As a kid, I remembered associating AARP with “old people.” So yeah I’m a member of AARP. … Continue reading
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Poverty is when you want what you don’t have
I remember about 15 years ago hearing a priest read a hand written speech previously given by Mother Teresa. In that speech she described working with the “poorest of the poor” in Calcutta, India. And during that time she came … Continue reading
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Had a Different Perspective on a Quote I had often Read
So I have several magnetics around the house with encouraging quotes. One which I have liked a lot says: The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one … Elbert Hubbard I’ve … Continue reading
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Grateful and Appreciative of Events Over Past 7 Years
Recently I went to something called the Furr Festival at a local park. It featured lots of cute dogs a few of which reminded me of Muffin. I also recently found a new job with an employer that’s much closer to … Continue reading
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Remembering my Baby Girl Muffin
My wife found Muffin in 2002 at the King of Prussia Plaza in a pet store. I was kind of annoyed because she already put a non-refundable deposit down on a dog without asking me. Honestly I didn’t think it … Continue reading
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“Secretly” Having a Hard Time Adjusting to Time
A few weeks ago I had an opportunity to attend a family reunion. After many years I got to see several of my Aunts and Uncles; then the next generation: my cousins; and then the next generation: my nephews and … Continue reading
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Pondering the End of Blogging
So this blog started back in 2009, now about 6 years ago, which really isn’t supposed to be a long time, but for me, and for those in the internet world it’s a long time. It was inspired by a … Continue reading
Allowing myself to accept and feel my emotional pains
So I’m now surveying the past few years of my life. I recall the times where I’ve experienced what feels like being emotionally “steamrolled” (at least that’s how it felt at the time) by people I’ve regarded as my supporters … Continue reading
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Why music from the past seems to be getting better?
So over the past several days there was this old radio tune playing in my head. I couldn’t get it out of my head. It was a song from either 70s or 80s that I can’t say I really liked … Continue reading
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Once computer geek … now an obsolete dinosaur
Many years ago the “world wide web” was something new and explosive. Back then it was cool simply putting up a website with the title “My First Website”. In fact you had to be a computer nerd to get a … Continue reading
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The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth
So last night I retired to my bedroom on the 2nd floor. I went to bed unusually early and within a couple of minutes my dog climbed the steps and popped her head in the bedroom and followed me in. … Continue reading
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Feeling my Mortality
I am having difficulty lately. Or maybe I’m more capable than ever as an ever maturing adult but as a result I am somehow also just feeling more. I definitely have a sense of many layers of feelings, too much … Continue reading
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