InCatharsis ChroniclesbyDiane Reed·Oct 13My Dad and the Convenience StoreI owe him so much and never thanked himA response icon5A response icon5
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Joseph LeSanche·May 15Eight: The Twelve Steps of Aging ProperlyStep Eight: Made amends where possible, except when doing so would create fresh chaos and theatrical drama.
InWrite A CatalystbyJoseph LeSanche·Dec 2, 2025Step 8 — The Stoic WayWhich is harder — the apology, or the silence that follows when we never make it?
Herman·Nov 19, 2025(D 10/26/24) “Whenever my amends needed to be made”Whenever? Anyone not in the 2nd grade or below hopefully knows that ideally, amends should be made at the time of the transgression. No one…
sandy@Mindfullivingandlearning·Aug 19, 2025We’re Geniuses at Rationalizing Bad BehaviorBut our souls are aware…
The Phoenix Path - Rising from the Ashes·Aug 17, 2025My Apology Was So Useless, I Had to Retire ItMy sponsor told me I have an apology problem. Not that I don’t apologize, but that my apologies are so empty they could be used to store…
Parker Hasselback·Jun 23, 2025The Quiet OneNishimara Yugiri had always been a quiet, overlooked boy. His schoolmates referred to him as “the quiet one,” a label that defined his…
