A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog dealing with my conflict over whether to remove my excess skin or love it. I had decided not to pursue any more elective surgery in pursuit of society’s idea of the perfect body. My mistake was to tell my female medical team this. All of the womenContinue reading “Confidence”
Tag Archives: mental-health
Protecting My Peace
“Be ready to lose it all to protect your peace.” As noted in my earlier blogs, I’ve been doing a lot of adulting these past few years. One thing I realize is that if something is upsetting my peace, either change it or accept it. Nothing changes by complaining about what is happening to you.Continue reading “Protecting My Peace”
Bad Habits
“The process of building habits is actually the process of becoming yourself” – James Clear I’m in the process of reading the “Atomic Habits Workbook” by James Clear. My level one tai chi class is reading it for this section of our training. I have three bad habits that I know I need to change.Continue reading “Bad Habits”
Welcome to the Humility Corner!
Hello everyone! I’m your host, Peace. Hopefully, this will not be a reoccurring feature of Sparrow’s Playground. Today’s lesson is about the adolescent adult behaving badly, LOL! One of my new mottos is “I don’t have to be wrong for you to be right.” I heard the quote a long time ago from the RabbiContinue reading “Welcome to the Humility Corner!”
Soul Surgery
In February, one of the podcasters I was listening to said, “You can’t heal without having the conversations. In 2025, I started having difficult conversations with myself about my opinions of myself, my relationships, and the stories I told myself, in the past and presently. I know I can’t rewrite my past. What is doneContinue reading “Soul Surgery”
Gratitude
My podcast quote for this week is “The solution to complaints is gratitude.” When I heard this quote last week, I deeply understood the podcaster’s message. In high school’s senior yearbook, I was given the title, “Class Protestor,” because of my love of arguing about social issues and injustices. I still love debating things peopleContinue reading “Gratitude”
Movies vs. Reality
My two favorite rom-coms were “The Mirror Has Two Faces” and “The Truth About Cats and Dogs.” Both have similar themes – a frumpy girl falls in love with an attractive man, and after a comedy of errors and mixed signals, the man realizes he is in love with the frumpy girl, and they liveContinue reading “Movies vs. Reality”
Master and Student
Happy New Year! I have two quotes that I heard this week that I want to dive deeper into. The first quote is “You’re not going to be a grateful master if you haven’t been a foolish master.” In 2025, I learned how important that was. I started taking Tai Chi classes at the endContinue reading “Master and Student”
Pain and Suffering
In looking at the many quotes I have written down these past 6 months, I have decided to write about the one on pain and suffering – “Pain is eventual; suffering is optional.” I’m not going to lie, when I look back on my life, I remember all the times I was hurt and inContinue reading “Pain and Suffering”
Podcast Queen
Hello everyone! As part of my Adulting 101 education, I have been watching self-help, diet & fitness, inspirational, and comedy podcasts. One quote I heard during a podcast has created a lot of reflection. The podcaster said, “You’re not living life; you’re living the story of your life.” Basically he was saying that your lifeContinue reading “Podcast Queen”
R.R. Peace, Author and Poet 