The trick to getting it all figured out is understanding that nobody, ever, has it all figured out. Dreams, goals, ideals, and destinies are all elusive when we’re “doing what I have to do today in order to get there one day.” I put that in quotations because I have thought that way and made important decisions using that rationale more times than I’d like to admit. And after each episode – … [Read more...] about Chasing the Dragon
Sand
Some days the thickness is so severe I can’t move from underneath the weight of its oceans. Some days the sweeping winds blow away the path forward from the dirt at my feet. It feels like sand. Everything feels like sand. It collects in the creases of my hands. It wisps away in swirls of varying shapes, indistinguishable and unrecognizable. It floats and falls through my brain like a snow … [Read more...] about Sand
Midafternoon in November
In moments like these My time stands still Past and future is gone My ego submits to my will The warm breeze on my skin The damp clouds in the sky The silence hanging in the air The city immeasurably shy Like the calm upon a lake Before the sky breaks A thickness and an ease That Earth gracefully makes My heart is suspended Neither heavy nor light Gravity gives way Inertia’s lost … [Read more...] about Midafternoon in November
Voice of a deGeneration
Today has seen random appearances of tears. In the moments of their cameos, I can’t escape the overwhelming wave of fire, heat, tidal waves and explosions aching to be released from my being. And then I seek and search for an outlet. I find frustrating, stifled life. I find tight seams, and the weight of this thing inside pulls me down without a release. I was told to be good and great. I … [Read more...] about Voice of a deGeneration
The Bull in the China Shop
As sensitive of a person as I am, I am regularly shocked at how often I feel like the “bull in the China shop.” Comments or attitude fly forward from me every now and then that (while having internal roots in a good place) come off as flippant, arrogant, controlling or just abrasive. Most often it is a consequence of not knowing how to harness my excitement or passion about a particular topic or … [Read more...] about The Bull in the China Shop