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.

  • Now Playing Song: “Where the Streets Have No Name”Artist: U2 Watch, then come back.  I want to run, I want to hideI wanna tear down the walls that hold me insideI wanna reach out and touch the flameWhere the streets have no name I’ve always loved this song, but as…

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  • Hold up a quarter. One side is heads. Flip it over. The other is tails. Two different images. Two different sides. Both completely real. If I’m looking at heads and tell you what I see, I’m telling the truth. If you’re looking at tails and describe something completely different, you’re…

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  • “We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us.” — John Culkin Watch one video about something. Pause on another. Search for something once. Maybe watch one particular kind of video all the way to the end, and suddenly your feed has reached a conclusion: Excellent. This is who…

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  • There’s a picture painted in the opening lines of Bebo Norman’s Falling Down that has stayed with me for years: “Angel’s on a subwayShe’s buried in a magazineStuck inside a replayOf someone else’s dream” Now Playing Song: “Falling Down”Artist: Bebo Norman Watch, then come back.  We spend a lot of…

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  • Originally posted February 27, 2019 A term that we hear quite often, especially in mental health and special needs circles is ‘self-care’ but what does it really mean and why is it so important?  Self-care is the deliberate act of taking care of one’s personal physical, emotional and mental health. …

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  • A Magnolia Morning Radio Reflection There are some things we understand better when somebody explains them. And then there are things we understand differently when we hear them. That’s part of what Magnolia Morning Radio has always been about. Music can get around the parts of us that want everything…

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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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