Less Bleeding

A benefit of spending less  time with chaotic people  is that
less of their chaos  bleeds into your life

Shim self

A  peaceful relationship is  knowing the selected person is being shim self and that your partner knows you are shim self .., neither is taking it personally

Ring of Trees

I threw my mother's ashes among the highest points of a ring of trees.  The trees were selected in response to her love of trees.

The collection of trees grow behind  a friend's restaurant. ....  A woman pointed out .. I have a bucolic 
living space to visit my mother 

Soccer Ball

I was sitting in the guest room, of a grade school friend, watching a DVD. Her son was kicking a soccer ball outside window.,,

The  TV was turned off in favor of passing the ball with the boy..,

It is always better to live life then watch life

One stone at a time

I know a man that wears his emptiness like an elbow patch. I was convinced that each of my texted compliments would have the weight of a stone returning to fill up his quarry of sadness.

The  amount of the words..., telling him how sexy he was ,., how smart he was, how good he was.., how accomplished he was..,,  negated the believing of them

I liberated myself of the practice and our communication drastically improved

Only Now

I have been  doing less. The texts I exchange with a man are shorter and less complimentary. I stopped
asking a woman to hang out.

The results came fast. The man's texts became smarter and playful. The woman asked me to the movies during the first 24 hours of my  stopped requests .

Doing less was chanted to me while growing up... I am ready to make the change

Raw Bravery

A man was describing a scene from his love life... A girl rejected his kiss.., it was bad timing

He said, " it was a low point and I just want to forget it"

Tears were my reaction to his  verbal form of raw bravery