i'm finally learning not to comfort you
for how your foot cramps up,
after stepping on my back for so long.

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anger is a useful thing
(the Fire element)

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So, I've found it's been more than fruitful to contemplate/analyse my own instincts, triggers, automatic reactions and ways of thinking... and sometimes I've even changed these things as a result. I feel healthier. But how do I balance between 1) doing this and 2) just trusting myself, trusting my instincts ( Read more... )

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after talking to both kimi and christine (my sis) today -- both mommies -- i've been reminded that i'm not really tired - compared to mommies, i have no idea what tired is (echoing what stacia was saying the other day "before i had a kid, i THOUGHT i was tired ( Read more... )

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is so precious. she's about to go back to malaysia tomorrow, her country of birth, for several weeks (for the first time in many years I think). after some hours of frantic cleaning and packing, she randomly starts telling me stories of the past... her childhood, the vicious fights between my grandma and aunt, the worst day of her life when my ( Read more... )

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