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My dearest friends, I apologize for my prolonged absence (with the exception of my latest post), but for an extended period of time I felt like I had nothing to post. I was blissfully content with my life and -if you know me well enough- I don't tend to turn to writing unless I'm working through something.  Writing is an outlet, and when one is blissfully content, one doesn't tend to need an outlet.  But I digress. I have been doing some soul searching as of late, with results I never would have foreseen.  After numerous lows battling my anxieties, I have now embraced them.  I now am craving to challenge myself, push myself, and see just how far I can test my boundaries.  I'm ready for something new, so new things are happening.  I want to grow.  I want to blossom.  I want to take the drive, my passion, my capabilities and push myself to find out more about myself.  I finally feel ready.  Now don't get me wrong, I am scared beyond be...

I used to believe that all I had to do, was understand how to compromise.  The biggest tool I could have was that of compromise, or so I thought.  If I could master how to manipulate and shift situations to create a win-win of sorts for both parties, I would be set.  I would never lose.  So I worked, for many years with many people, on how to compromise.  I thought I had it all figured out.  I, unfortunately, now am beginning to think my efforts to master compromise –while admirable and of importance- were largely futile.  Compromise certainly has its time and its place, however I have begun to suspect that acceptance is far more powerful and far more important than the ability to compromise. I do not mean to undermine or minimize the results compromise can bring forth; often, dialogue between two people is unintentionally an effort to reach middle ground, to find some sort of familiarity to reconcile or meet upon.  It would seem compromise p...