I cannot choose how others behave. I can only choose how I will react. I will choose the actions that protect my serenity. -gws
Choice
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I am so much more than the expectations of others. -gws
Growing Up
It's so beautifully sad when our children cast off who we have known them to be to start creating who they wish to be. -gws
Autumn Memories 3
Gray mornings where the fog veils the landscape in its cloak of chilly mystery and muffles the sounds of a busy fall commute -gws
Autumn Memories 2
Vibrant yellow ginkgo leaves gilding the sidewalks in the tea-colored afternoon sunlight. -gws
Autumn Memories 1
I miss foggy autumn mornings in San Francisco having breakfast with my bestie in his haunted apartment in a building which was once a Gilded Age brothel. -gws
Death
The dead are not lost to you. They are changed. They are transformed. You have not lost them. You are feeling lost without them. Feel. Be. Grieve. Watch. Listen. Be present. They will make themselves known to you when you are both ready. Death feels like loss, but it is really just change we lack the skills to comprehend. -gws
Words for a Dear Friend
It's easy for me to imagine how you might be rolling through all kinds of emotions. I'll hold space for you. I'll sit with you in the quiet of your storms. I'll be your safety whether you're overwhelmed or just contemplative. I've sat with you through hard things before, and I will do it again. -gws
That Moment
That moment when you’re in freefall, just before you hit the ground to shatter apart into bitter shards of disappointment.
-gws
Where I Need to Be
I am right where I need to be, doing exactly what I need to be doing in the time that needs to be taken. The future doesn't stress or worry me. The next, right step does, so I will take my time, and place my feet carefully. I will make decisions studiously. I will trust myself and my Higher Power to push me toward the things that need to be done in the necessary time. -gws
Words Wishes and Wisdom 