Hi there,
I was invited on over, but don't get a lot of time on the internet so I'll take this chance to introduce myself but you may not see a lot of posts from me - be sure I will check in to read a few things and learn though.
For the moment I'm working with adults with severe disabilities in the Midwest and have the joy and adventure of living in the moment when with them and trying to enrich their lives in anyway I can think up.
I'm also doing some reading on Psychotheraputic Dance, Art Therapy etc. and possibly getting a job as a Behavior Therapist for another support agency.
(thats the daytime trish at least.)
I have a pretty diverse background and won't cover it here. please feel free to hit me up and chat with me. This seems like an excellent forum and I'm glad I was alerted to it to share.
1 luv, trish

I'm the verbose one and I tend to forget specifics, hate quotes of authority and simply go with what comes into my brain.
I believe in paradox as the natural state of the universe and have no problems contradicting myself from time to time - it's all a process of growth, is it not?
I am not the same woman I was yesterday or 5 minutes ago or 5 years ago - I Will change my mind on a dynamic level for as long as I can claim it as mine.
The day all my answers are the same and nothing changes, is the day I need a jump start or it's time for me to die - stagnation = worse than death.

Right now, the answer to "how are you" = "physically ill and restless with bed rest."

People need to stop being sick around me, I've caught something new almost every week this winter and it's pissing me off now.
Each time I get sick, I feel like my immune system falls a little shorter on it's battles. I'm too busy to be sick! Gah!

hello Corey and friends, i'm an enigma, even to myself. Have lived in a few different worlds during my exploration of life as a Human. Seen much that caused me despair and much that lifted my Spirit to the highest realms. Here's some verse to explain a bit of how my mind works -

I'm practicing doing nothing
I'm doing it each day
it meeteth not my social standards
but what the hell I say
for it maketh not a difference in the big schematic
living high in an ivory tower
or sitting in a paddock
Busy is our drug
to suppress the gnawing fear
consume consume consume
let's drink to another year
it is for our ego
status quo and such
brain and body busy
doing things we don't like much
so whether your a leader
or a nothinger like me
we're filling in our time
between birth and death u see!
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'how are you?' we ask
not wanting to know
how quickly we go
when you answer so
We don't want to hear
that you're screaming with rage
that you feel like an animal
trapped in a cage
or your hung by your nails
in the pit of frustration
far from the rays of expectation
Let that out of the bag
and see how we run
we may never ask anyone
'How are you?' again
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THE POWER OF A LOVING MIND IS THE WEALTH OF HUMAN KIND.

I am ature smiling at you