Category Archives: Op-Ed

opinion, editorial, commentary, LOVE versus fear, humor, thoughtz, words of wisdom.

"Credit card collage - This morning I closed three credit cards from Chase Bank and Capital One. Then I did arts and crafts." ~AimeeOfAnaheim (Image by aimeeofanaheim via Flickr)

PRE-Occupy Wall Street ~ clever way to Occupy Wall Street from your couch

Check this video out & then ~ from the comfort of your couch ~ you can PRE-Occupy Wall Street
by sending them back the tons of junk mail
(with tempting offers to go in debt forever with them)
they have been bombarding you with for years.
I’ve been doing this on and off for years with Junk Mail & unsolicited credit card offers.
Not my original idea tho, i think my clever Mother started this when i was a kid.
~ snb

"Credit card collage - This morning I closed three credit cards from Chase Bank and Capital One. Then I did arts and crafts." ~AimeeOfAnaheim (Image by aimeeofanaheim via Flickr)

PRE-Occupy Wall Street ~ clever way to Occupy Wall Street from your couch

Check this video out & then ~ from the comfort of your couch ~ you can PRE-Occupy Wall Street
by sending them back the tons of junk mail
(with tempting offers to go in debt forever with them)
they have been bombarding you with for years.
I’ve been doing this on and off for years with Junk Mail & unsolicited credit card offers.
Not my original idea tho, i think my clever Mother started this when i was a kid.
~ snb

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love this positive message~PEACE Begins on the the Playground

“PEACE Begins on the the Playground” ~ i love this positive message!~sb
Mother Teresa said, “I was once asked why I don’t participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I’ll be there.”
{could apply to anti-bullying rallies vs pro-playground peace movement}

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love this positive message~PEACE Begins on the the Playground

“PEACE Begins on the the Playground” ~ i love this positive message!~sb
Mother Teresa said, “I was once asked why I don’t participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I’ll be there.”
{could apply to anti-bullying rallies vs pro-playground peace movement}

MODEL_TaraLynn (Photo Via Delphine Fieberg)

POSITIVE STORY + IMAGE about women having curves & wisdom… goes viral

POSITIVE STORY + IMAGE about women having curves & wisdom… goes viral ~snb
“A while back, at the entrance of a gym, there was a picture of a very thin and beautiful woman. The caption was ‘This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?’” [read MORE]

MODEL_TaraLynn (Photo Via Delphine Fieberg)

POSITIVE STORY + IMAGE about women having curves & wisdom… goes viral

POSITIVE STORY + IMAGE about women having curves & wisdom… goes viral ~snb
“A while back, at the entrance of a gym, there was a picture of a very thin and beautiful woman. The caption was ‘This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?’” [read MORE]

#personalTRUTH: time for it

#personalTRUTH: when u say-u don’t have time for it (someone, something), u mean-u don’t make time for it. your time is your choice.~@sarahneanbruce

#personalTRUTH: time for it

#personalTRUTH: when u say-u don’t have time for it (someone, something), u mean-u don’t make time for it. your time is your choice.~@sarahneanbruce

triple fractal state (iPhone photo)

w.o.w.~living in the now {by sarah nean bruce}

living in the now means knowing only where i am, what is happening for me ~ at this moment, in this time, right here ~ right now. [read MORE]

triple fractal state (iPhone photo)

w.o.w.~living in the now {by sarah nean bruce}

living in the now means knowing only where i am, what is happening for me ~ at this moment, in this time, right here ~ right now. [read MORE]

«the flower knows, lives, breathes only now» ~sarah nean bruce {iPhone photo by mim}

w.o.w.~living between eternal consciousness {by sarah nean bruce}

{by sarah nean bruce}
Our life is lived entirely between each breath
That moment
That pause
That entirety
That revelry
That existing
That eternity
Is the only real thing
And certain thing
Profound thing
[please read more]

«the flower knows, lives, breathes only now» ~sarah nean bruce {iPhone photo by mim}

w.o.w.~living between eternal consciousness {by sarah nean bruce}

{by sarah nean bruce}
Our life is lived entirely between each breath
That moment
That pause
That entirety
That revelry
That existing
That eternity
Is the only real thing
And certain thing
Profound thing
[please read more]

love & beauty are everywhere ~ take a moment, where ever you are, to contemplate our similarities and differences.~{photo by sarah nean bruce}

GOOD READ_Opportunities For New Patterns!

I “LIKE” this post, especially the part about wanting to create healthy relationships and declaring to the Universe your expectations in a man. i’ve been working on this for several years after being in a series of unhealthy relationships & partnerships with men. the last liaison left me quite disenchanted, but i sought out a great marriage therapist (i refer to him as my divorce counselor) so i could disconnect from my eX and become stronger on my own. Last summer i wrote about it ~ somewhat a manifesto ~ in my article “What a Modern Woman Wants and Seeks in a 21st Century Relationship” – a three part exposé. It’s been one of my most popular posts to date! i enjoy Erin Lanahan’s adventures and i SUBSCRIBE to it (literally & metaphorically).~sb

love & beauty are everywhere ~ take a moment, where ever you are, to contemplate our similarities and differences.~{photo by sarah nean bruce}

GOOD READ_Opportunities For New Patterns!

I “LIKE” this post, especially the part about wanting to create healthy relationships and declaring to the Universe your expectations in a man. i’ve been working on this for several years after being in a series of unhealthy relationships & partnerships with men. the last liaison left me quite disenchanted, but i sought out a great marriage therapist (i refer to him as my divorce counselor) so i could disconnect from my eX and become stronger on my own. Last summer i wrote about it ~ somewhat a manifesto ~ in my article “What a Modern Woman Wants and Seeks in a 21st Century Relationship” – a three part exposé. It’s been one of my most popular posts to date! i enjoy Erin Lanahan’s adventures and i SUBSCRIBE to it (literally & metaphorically).~sb

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uni-tasking via the slow internet movement (thoughts on tiny buddha article)

i think i really like this “movement” i read about in today’s tiny buddha article… especially the part about stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system.
i’ve been slowing down for the past few years {especially after my foot/leg injury 2004/2005}
~ plus balancing work/career with art/play ~ and it’s helped improve my life immensely.
amazingly, the overall effect makes me feel like i am accomplishing more {mind~body~soul}
by living more balanced and not pushing so hard ~sb
please read article ~>

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uni-tasking via the slow internet movement (thoughts on tiny buddha article)

i think i really like this “movement” i read about in today’s tiny buddha article… especially the part about stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system.
i’ve been slowing down for the past few years {especially after my foot/leg injury 2004/2005}
~ plus balancing work/career with art/play ~ and it’s helped improve my life immensely.
amazingly, the overall effect makes me feel like i am accomplishing more {mind~body~soul}
by living more balanced and not pushing so hard ~sb
please read article ~>

Portrait of Virginia Woolf (January 25, 1882 – March 28, 1941), a British author and feminist. (Wiki Image)

p.o.w.~desensitizing & minimizing fears

i think i used a form of this cognitive therapy ~ Exposure & Response Prevention ~
{its inception probably introduced by my marriage/divorce counselor}
with my fears {financial, relationship, creative, social} to start desensitizing myself in 2007.
and to this day, i look these phantoms in the face,
i don’t avoid them or
run from them or
become anxious by them.
It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.~Virginia Woolf
READ MORE ~>

Portrait of Virginia Woolf (January 25, 1882 – March 28, 1941), a British author and feminist. (Wiki Image)

p.o.w.~desensitizing & minimizing fears

i think i used a form of this cognitive therapy ~ Exposure & Response Prevention ~
{its inception probably introduced by my marriage/divorce counselor}
with my fears {financial, relationship, creative, social} to start desensitizing myself in 2007.
and to this day, i look these phantoms in the face,
i don’t avoid them or
run from them or
become anxious by them.
It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.~Virginia Woolf
READ MORE ~>

in 2004 i was clinging to a love and an illusion that was not true and not real.  in 2006 i began the process of letting go of that unattainable and unrealistic love of someone else.  in 2007 i started releasing my fear and i started loving my self.   in 2008 i was like a small bird when i let go and i flew away to a better self and a higher plane and  i truly abandoned the quixotic dream that kept me trapped and grounded and and faint-hearted.  i constantly release love and love continually embraces me. {photo by sarah nean bruce ~ feb 2004}

poetic~releasing

“You only lose what you cling to.” ~Buddha
when we clung to love it was kept just beyond our reach
then we released ourselves from loving others desperately
and we released our attachment to being loved by them

when we began to truly love ourselves
we discovered we could love others unconditionally and
from a place of overflow

and because we love ourselves,
we allow ourselves to love others freely
we do not love others from a place of scarcity {please READ MORE}

in 2004 i was clinging to a love and an illusion that was not true and not real.  in 2006 i began the process of letting go of that unattainable and unrealistic love of someone else.  in 2007 i started releasing my fear and i started loving my self.   in 2008 i was like a small bird when i let go and i flew away to a better self and a higher plane and  i truly abandoned the quixotic dream that kept me trapped and grounded and and faint-hearted.  i constantly release love and love continually embraces me. {photo by sarah nean bruce ~ feb 2004}

poetic~releasing

“You only lose what you cling to.” ~Buddha
when we clung to love it was kept just beyond our reach
then we released ourselves from loving others desperately
and we released our attachment to being loved by them

when we began to truly love ourselves
we discovered we could love others unconditionally and
from a place of overflow

and because we love ourselves,
we allow ourselves to love others freely
we do not love others from a place of scarcity {please READ MORE}