RTFR Magazine

A place for those who choose to see life outside the lines!

Author: Admin

  • Six Months of Blogging, and Today is the 6th Month on the 6th Day!

    Six Months of Blogging, and Today is the 6th Month on the 6th Day!

    And I had to look back and double-check this, I started on this blog on the 6th January. Seriously? All while never trying to purposely create that way. Okay, I need to immediately check the meaning of the number 6. The number 6 represents LOVE, balance, harmony, responsibility, and nurturing. So, this post today will…

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  • Why Awareness Can be a Double-Edged Sword!

    Why Awareness Can be a Double-Edged Sword!

    We all choose to walk through life aware or unaware of our strengths and limitations. Awareness in spirituality means being consciously present. Characteristics of Spiritual Awareness: Spiritual awareness doesn’t mean being perfect. It means being conscious and willing to grow. Characteristics of Spiritual Unawareness: Unawareness is the state of being disconnected from the deeper truth…

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  • Fashion, My Second Favorite F Word!

    Fashion, My Second Favorite F Word!

    Fashion was a very early love for me, always appreciating how a specific style or clothing statement will either enhance or take away. Fashion is your story, and you’re the storyteller, so don’t you want your statement to say something good? I have often wondered why people choose the pieces of clothing that they want…

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  • Listening Outside the Lines!

    Listening Outside the Lines!

    It feels like three lifetimes ago when I started painting outside the lines. The image below was the first painting that I created, it was a nod to children’s coloring book pages as the chosen subject, and it started a lifetime love affair with this desired expression, painting with pure abandonment. This child-like expressionism was…

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  • Being a Disruptor and Choosing Discernment!

    Being a Disruptor and Choosing Discernment!

    discernment: noun: dis·​cern·​ment di-ˈsərn-mənt 1: the quality of being able to comprehend what is obscure : skill in discerning. He displayed a lack of discernment in selecting suitable job candidates. 2: an act of perceiving or discerning something. the discernment to know true friends. 3: stresses the power to distinguish and select what is true or appropriate…

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  • You’re the Luxury…Not the Bag!

    You’re the Luxury…Not the Bag!

    Why is it that we hold more respect for a luxury handbag than we do for ourselves? Respect, we seem to demand it from others. Needing to see it reflected back, as though it would somehow make us feel more validated. As if that acknowledgement or verbal confirmation is finally the needed approval from others.…

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