It’s important to get out. Not just to see mountains but to see and interact with people. People who aren’t exactly like you. People who don’t see things exactly like you…
Author: Conna Bond
Conna Bond is a marketing and management professor and co-founder of Pineapple Social Media and Red Canoe Creative. She frequently blogs on marketing strategy, social media, digital marketing and information design.
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So often we are judged by our knee jerk reactions rather than by our thoughtful responses. We’re judged by our reactions when we’re hurt, cornered, fearful, hopeless, and alone rather than by our responses when we’re peacefully and thoughtfully convicted. There is more to us than search results, sound bites, and social media posts. We…
Inventing the Truth
In a conversation with friends about the role that acceptance plays in life and especially in healing, it suddenly clicked with me that…
Change
Change the way you think about things to…
Sometimes
Sometimes it’s enough…
Chasm
There’s a vast chasm between…
Anyway
Your emotionally immature parent Took things as they came Gave everything they had Hoped it would be enough. Your emotionally immature parent Saw the best in you Believed the best in you Tried to see the best in themselves. Looked. Hoped. Believed. Your emotionally immature parent Actually cared Tried to make life good for you…
In the End
We kept her alive maybe longer than we should have. The four of us. But those extra years were bonus years. Even when she didn’t know us…
To Be Educated
To be educated is to understand…
Missing the Point
In missing the point, it is possible to miss the entire experience.
When the Cows Cry
In the evening, the cows up on the hill at the Lonesome Dove Ranch cry as if they’ve lost their calves. It reminds me of my last phone call with my father.
The Problem With You
Be different. But not completely different. Just different in the way we think you should be different. Different in the way we think others think you should be different. Because we know. And they know. Better than you. Who you should be. Regardless of who you are.Regardless of how you feel.Regardless of what you know.Regardless…
Fragmentary Life 