The Cookie-Cutter Life

I love the passion of swear words; they are regulars in my vocabulary. This made me chuckle and smile. It's a great message but not one that I really need to hear often. However, I'm bookmarking this because it made me smile and it's always great to hear 'you are f*king awesome!'.

Absolutely love this. It would be nice to hear this every day.

Love it! One of the reasons I hate most social media- just an adult brag book of attention seeking insecure souls. I was happy to leave it behind many years ago because I got tired of being someone’s audience. I have my own life to live and I choose to live a genuine life where I don’t need validation, approval and fake friends.

You're pretty feckin awesome yourself 😉

Finally. I don’t know I needed this or a mantra with swears but holy shit I did.

True words, there is no template how to live the life and it's me going with it.

Thanks for making me smile and being so real. Namaste!

I am 80. I stopped living a CC life 50 years ago. It's a mindset really, more than in the details of how your life is lived. Just make sure the choices you make are your own choices. Then own responsibility for the good and bad consequences. No one's life is easy. Be in the driver's seat for your own life. And enjoy the ride!

Gave up the cc life 20 yrs ago.....even thru periods of being unwell and struggling..... Ralph Waldo Emersons "What is Success" and the words of the Desiderata ( read on here by a UK guy ) AND your very direct hits of hope have resonated more with me ....thank you👍😊

I have a strong personality and for that reason my personality can seem a bit "caustic"? I'm not always everyone's favorite person. People love when you bullshit them to their face, even if they know it's bullshit they'd rather hear that than the truth; I can't be that person, but I'm honest, I can live with that 😉 Thank you for this, soul sister. 🙏💚

You do have a way of being practical, insightful, compassionate, understanding, supportive, with delivery that blends seriousness with just the right touch of "kick in the pants" and (for me, at least) gentle humor. It's perfect. I was grinning by the end of this - the warning about swear words, then using one twice which I have heard debated as to whether it is or isn't actually profanity, then (as I was taught to do) using a substitute word for the f-bomb, which becomes all the more effective and powerful when it is used in that single instance before returning to its more mild substitute. I don't cuss, never have, preferring as a kid not to get in trouble for it but quickly coming to realize that the richness of the English language provides so many unique and far more accurate ways to describe my emotions and experiences. Though as studies have shown, sometimes a heartfelt profanity under times of stress, pain, or heightened emotion can actually initiate and expedite the recovery process faster than not using such a word - and sometimes it is simply cathartic and/or the only way another will truly hear what you are saying. I still don't cuss (despite my military service and childbirth) but I don't flinch from it anymore like I did as a child. It has a purpose and a place, and I think you used it with great skill and exactitude in this piece. Enough to clearly make and emphasize your point, never gratuitous, never over the top. Loved it. I'll certainly keep this in mind as I continue to stay strange and live my "me" life. 😊 Thanks for continuing to share these "Hits of Hope." I look forward to each new one. I see the light in you. 🤲🏻💖🤲🏻

Betsy's meditations help me get back up when I've sunk low. To me, they are affirmations in "You" form rather than "I" form. I've read that for many people, the "You" form can be much more powerful than the "I" form; it certainly works like that for me. The few well-placed swear words add emphasis, power, and authenticity.

Hi Betsy, I love when people are real and stop pretending with each other, but you are awesome by telling us exactly how to feel and stop promoting bullshit, just live and enjoy life they way you want without trying to please everyone and stop being like everyone, just be yourself.. thank you for this honest talk. NAMASTE! 👍❤💯

OMG! You are so so right! Needed this so badly today. Thank you!

Once again; you have hit the ball out of the ballpark! Namaste

A terrific boost of hope. Thank you

That hit the spot as always! Thanks Betsy 🙏