#218 Readers re: Should

Readers write about “should.” *  The minute I started paying attention to “should,” I noticed it everywhere! I stop myself from “shoulding” all day long! I hear my co-workers and my friends “should” themselves. I’m...

#217 I Don’t Know

One of the things I like about radiating love is the space it makes for “I don’t know.” For example: in a given situation, I may know that I have the right to feel done badly to. But when I radiate love, I find myself in an entirely different...

#216 Don’t Should on Yourself

Someone said, after reading last week’s Tenacity Note (when I failed to radiate love): “I would have been so irritated with myself!” Another reader would have felt guilty for having failed, believing she should have been able to do it. Another would...

#215 Radiate Irritation?

So, I was driving in the Ozark Mountains recently, on our way to Hot Springs from Fayetteville. (I was driving our little car, not the big truck and trailer.) It was a beautiful drive — steep and winding roads, awesome scenery. Suddenly, there’s a big...

#214 Why Bother?

Why bother? It’s been a while, I know, since I sent out a Tenacity Notes. An old and dear friend of mine died totally unexpectedly, and ever since I have felt completely bewildered. But now, as I rise out of my bewilderment, I find myself thinking, Why bother?...