“The Most Beautiful Black Cat in the World”

Or so we had to tell her everyday to get her to stop meowing incessantly at us in the kitchen, the bathroom, and the hall. Cleo was one of a kind, even in her kittenhood: she was awkward and ungraceful with stunning almonds of eyes that told you she knew more than you. Almost 12 years, with two states and 10 moves behind her, she was resilient.

 

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Is inauthenticity a word? Well it is now. I’ve been thinking a lot about my relationship with social media, and my social media relationships. I have 360 people on my friends list and until very recently I had a hard-fast rule against adding anyone to my page unless I’d had a real, meaningful conversation with them in real life at some point. During my pregnancy I became “friends” with a group of women who all were due in the same month as me, and I’ve added roughly 40 of them to my page since then. Keeping up with so many people is overwhelming at times. And it begs the question: how authentic are we actually being online?

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Today, I’m not going to spend my time trying to “correct” the minds of others or worry about where our great nation is headed.

Or give all my energy to a battle that’s already been won. And I’m not willing to start a new one.

No today, I will not ask those who participate in democracy, who promote it, to actually “Act” it. Nor will I try to lift the veil created by the media and politicians who blindsided so many.

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On August 6 of this year, Kathryn Budig (a pro-yogini) wrote an article for MindBodyGreen about her week-long social media cleanse. I had no idea because I too was on a social media cleanse. I went a bit longer (2 months off facebook) and a bit deeper into the feelings and thoughts surrounding my own social media use.

Why Cleanse from Social Media?

Yoga is all about purification. A cleanse / detox is usually about taking out the crap and getting back to what your body, mind and spirit need.

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