Reflections
Latest Reflections
Newest writings, expanded thoughts, and fresh lantern lines.
This is where the newest Mental Magnolia writings will gather: expanded thoughts, honest questions, perspective shifts, and the occasional lantern found along the trail.
As new reflections are published, they will find their place here.
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What does hindsight reveal about the paths we took and the ones we didn’t? Looking back on our lives can be strange. Sometimes the things we once wanted most aren’t nearly as appealing as they used to be. Occasionally something we barely noticed at the time becomes one of our…
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When What’s Up? came out, I was in my early twenties. More than thirty years later, I can hear it and still recognize that same basic feeling: looking around at the world and thinking, Seriously… what is going on? That realization is funny at first. And then maybe a little…
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October started with monsters. Not the kind hiding under the bed or wandering around in old horror movies. The more ordinary kind. Jealousy. Resentment. Anger. Pettiness. Envy. Selfishness. Judgment. Need. The desire to be noticed. The desire to be right. The thoughts and reactions that make us stop and think,…
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There are some song titles that make you stop and think, “Well… that sounds terrible.” 😂 “Wish You Pain” is one of them. But then you listen. Been here before and I just wanna see you grow Want you to grow ’Cause everything that matters most That’s where it goes…
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Meeting the Parts We’d Rather Hide in the Attic There are parts of ourselves we display proudly. The qualities we like being associated with. The generous parts. The patient parts. The parts that make us feel like decent human beings. And then there’s the attic. Now Playing Song: “A Symptom of…
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“…cut me some slack, who do you want me to be?’Cause I’m too messy, and then I’m too f’n cleanYou told me, ‘Get a job’, then you ask where the hell I’ve beenAnd I’m too perfect ’til I open my big mouthI want to be me, is that not allowed?”~…
More is growing here as the library is reorganized. For now, you can wander through the full collection and begin wherever something catches your attention.
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