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rbnyc

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5. This was really helpful.
Thu Dec 8, 2011, 08:56 AM
Dec 2011

I've been struggling to resist negativity at work and have been trying to protect myself from negative people at work who suddenly seem meaner and more poison.

Humor and joy - that's what I need to cultivate. If I can't encourage it in others, I can exercise those muscles for myself.

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As long as we're chanting buzzwords, you forgot "proactive," "synergies," and "leverage." nt TheWraith Dec 2011 #1
Thanks! Fire Walk With Me Dec 2011 #3
Really? BeHereNow Dec 2011 #4
Love you Fire Walk With Me... BeHereNow Dec 2011 #2
This was really helpful. rbnyc Dec 2011 #5
Beautiful reminder... OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 #6
I am struggling. LWolf Dec 2011 #7
Part of the reason I post these messages Fire Walk With Me Dec 2011 #8
I am a teacher. LWolf Dec 2011 #10
Stick with what makes you happy, and oppose the nonsense. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2011 #11
Me too! nt rbnyc Dec 2011 #9
me 3, lwolf magical thyme Dec 2011 #14
I'm torn. LWolf Dec 2011 #15
can you find another way to teach? magical thyme Dec 2011 #16
Probably. LWolf Dec 2011 #20
LWolf, in light of what you've written... BanzaiBonnie Dec 2011 #17
Yes. LWolf Dec 2011 #19
It is really important to keep your vibrational energy up eilen Dec 2011 #12
Is it so much a division between the two as it is that Ugliness BlueToTheBone Dec 2011 #13
This is quite poignant. kimmerspixelated Dec 2011 #18
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