The OM Journal Archives

A collection of my personal reflections, articles, and essays written between 2018 and 2020 (from Observing Magenta — the previous iteration of my online journal)

All of the Above
Rachel Toczko Rachel Toczko

All of the Above

There’s a time and a place for everything. Because everything is allowed.

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Feel Things
Rachel Toczko Rachel Toczko

Feel Things

If you keep waiting for something to happen so that you can be happy, you’ll be waiting forever.

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Ditch Your Bubble and Grow
Rachel Toczko Rachel Toczko

Ditch Your Bubble and Grow

Do you really want to feel comfortable all the time? Unchallenged? Hiding out in your safety bubble where you always just stick with what you know is a sure way to not experience life to its fullest potential.

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The Call
Rachel Toczko Rachel Toczko

The Call

Have you ever seen a tree fighting to hold onto that last dangling leaf, as Autumn yields to Winter’s raw touch?

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Happy NOW Year
Rachel Toczko Rachel Toczko

Happy NOW Year

It’s December in Massachusetts, and the only blossom in full bloom is the heart of awareness, in that warm gooey center within.

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Now I See
Rachel Toczko Rachel Toczko

Now I See

A cut-out poem.

With patience and breath, I did the work and kept moving forward. And as each minute passed the poem revealed itself to me as I was ready to see it. Like the way life does…

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A Beautyfull Life
Rachel Toczko Rachel Toczko

A Beautyfull Life

I know this life is beautiful. I know it’s beautiful because I’m alive. I can see, and smell, and I can touch and taste and hear…and feel. Man, can I feel.

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