Capricorn Tales

Are you single and fretting over Valentine's? Maybe you're becoming increasingly depressed, or blue, because you keep seeing those jewelry commercials on television, or those candy commercials?  Or your friend's or coworkers keep telling you their plans, or hopes of a potential special moment? Well, I am here to virtually hug you and to tell you, it will be okay.  First, don't begrudge your friend's or coworkers their happiness.  Smile sincerely and be happy for them.  Being happy for them, will make you feel better and will increase your outer (yet invisible) glow.  Hey, you might glow so brightly, you could end up with a Valentine's date if you go to Happy Hour on a Friday night.  Now, how do you get over yourself and move beyond the stigma, that is kind of self-imposed, of being single on Valentine's day?  Take your power back and put you first.  There are a million and ten places open on Valentine's day.  Severa...

I have blogged off and on about a personal journey I have been on for about a year or so.  It's nothing earth shattering for anyone but me.  I hate to say it, but I kind of became a cliché.  Indeed, I had become that person who needed to find themselves.  One of my favorite quotes along the way came from Tolkien, "Not all those who wander are lost".  It kind of contradicts my previous statement, well not kind of, it does, because I talk about finding myself, but truly, I knew where I was all the time.  Are you confused yet? Think of it as standing outside of your body inside a hall of mirrors.  Like a carnival there are images of you everywhere, but only one of those images are you.  So you go about seeking the solid figure and along the way you hit dead ends, walls, other mirrors with images of yourself and so on, until you finally stop, breathe and realize if you look at the mirror in front of you, there you are.  You stop trying so hard...

I often worry that when I am blogging, people will think me a narcissist, or someone with a big ego, but I can promise you this is not the case and I can also promise you that I am done worrying about such worries.  What, you ask?  With the advancement of social media, I find that I am not the only person to share on Facebook, or Twitter (where I am actually more like myself, then on FB where all of my family and friend's are. lol). I began blogging off and on several years ago in an attempt to share more. My friend's tell me I am funny and outgoing and a pleasure to be around, but when it comes to my feelings, I could (and sometimes still can) be quite shut off from the outside world.  Part of the journey I shared in many blog posts last year, was about learning to come out of my shell.  I know it's silly, but learning to be confident, was definitely one of the more interesting aspects of my journey. All that said, people are goin...