Some things you don’t realize until much later in life, but it’s never too late. — Childhood Abuse came up in a therapy session. It was my first session with a new therapist to attack childhood trauma that has been haunting me for years and that I slowly have become aware of over the last 2 to 3 years. I was driving myself to the brink…

It’s become a love-hate relationship, and I hate the bitch. — Oh Grammarly, when I first found you, I thought you were my one. I believed you would take me to the promised land of the English language I’ve struggled with most of my life. Yes, English is my native language, but spelling, punctuation, passive voice, squinting modifier, prepositions, synonyms, I…

Most are unaware of it, and many deny it, but it’s something that needs to be addressed. — Imagine crossing a railroad track with an approaching train. You look both ways, judge the speed, and think you have plenty of time to cross the track. As you sit there second-guessing yourself, you decide to floor it and go for it! Fuck it, let’s do this! You hit the…

Raise your hand if you want a healthy, secure, and loving relationship. — If you know my track record, I am not an expert in relationships or good at them. I’ve dated three girls my entire life, but the lessons I have come to learn are priceless. Without the ups, downs, break-ups, and pain, I wouldn’t slowly be figuring out what I want…

Some of life’s biggest lessons come with the most misery. — The path I chose in life was my own doings. It has taken me 47 years to realize that. I wanted to blame childhood abuse, abusive exes, and outside sources for years. …

It’s no secret, everyone is full of opinions. — Johnny loved to give advice. He was the first to offer excellent advice on relationships, money, raising kids, being a great parent, health and nutrition, and many other things. Anything you needed, Johnny had some advice he loved to give willingly, or most of all when it was never asked…

Their fake reality is their reality. That’s the scary part. — Jake came from a semi-affluent family while growing up in the Midwest. He was the youngest of three and was spoiled from the day he was brought home from the hospital. Jake wasn’t spoiled, in a sense, you think; he was conditioned to believe he wasn’t good enough and couldn’t…

The replaying of events will drive you to the brink of insanity if you don’t trust your gut intuition and their actions, not words. — When you finally muster the courage to leave, you will repeatedly go over in your head with bouts of self-blame and anger. The anger will come in waves, then followed by guilt. You will question if you are making the right decision. You will wonder if they were right, and…

You are probably wasting more time than you think. — Many waste years of their life worrying about shit that doesn’t matter — years in relationships with those that don’t value or respect us. And years chasing something that we “think” will make us feel better. Only to end up at the end of our road saying, WTF. What’s not…