MERRY MARIE

Bonjour, mon ami! How are you today? The cousin to kindness is humbleness. Admitting that you screwed up is not only mature, but it's also freeing. Did you say a word you didn't mean to? Apologize, acknowledge, be better next time. Did you make an assumption about someone you didn't know and you caught yourself being prejudiced? Apologize, acknowledge, be better next time. Did you not know something that indirectly affected someone else? Apologize, acknowledge, and think of o

Bonjour, mon ami! How are you today? I often fall into dark moods. I can't help it; it's like my power-down mode. If I've been around a lot of people for an extended period of time or if I've been around a lot of noise, I must power down to recover each and every time (#InternalBattery, #Ambivert, #Balance). If I do not get adequate rest, then those brain wires start to get a little erratic (#Human, #SleepAndDrinkWater). But my dark moods are not necessarily a bad thing. Why

Bonjour, mon ami! How are you today? Humans are funny. We create elaborate stories that we tell ourselves and others to make ourselves believe that we are worthy of others' love and attention. You are loved and you have God's attention, always. So stop fretting about what others think (#NobodyCares). We don't need titles or descriptions or adjectives to tell us who we are. Words help us describe who we are, yes. But we don't need these words to know who we are. We need these

Bonjour, mon ami! Sometimes I think I’m psychic, but I’m not. I’m just very, very observant. I like patterns. I study patterns, I like design, and I like beauty. I appreciate other people who appreciate things that are beautiful just because they are beautiful to look at. Life is about joy and awe, isn’t it (#ChildrenAreTheLight)? I am also very, very observant and very, very anxious because these are the exact qualities that helped my ancestors survive (#YepISaidIt). What,