#mindfulness

I struggle with gratitude.  And often forget for days at a time that I should be being mindful of all the blessings in my life.  But I get caught up in the minutia of everyday life, and even though I'm stuck in the house without much to occupy my mind, I still forget.  I have…

My last entry was in 2009.  I received an email telling me that my open diary account could be recovered.  The curiosity of who I was over a decade ago was too great for me to ignore.  I pushed the button, and I here I am.  It’s like talking to an old friend, where years…

I am excited to be writing here on OpenDiary again, though the impetus is somewhat unfocused. I do miss the solidarity of the OD community (circa the early 2000s), but the writing and the reflection that journaling requires is sometimes an emotional terrain that is hard to wade through. I have be...