“The good within us never shines if never let to light.”
All Posts By: Byron McCoy
Journal Pages / Short Story
OLD HABITS
It was just who he was. Bryce’s personality was the kind that liked to joke. He joked with a humor that slipped small denigrations with smiles, sold as humor for a laughs equally intended to cut whom they were spoken towards. It was just who he was, and so long as you understood, there […]
Quick Thought
WASTED TIME
I like beginning my days writing. I enjoy ending them the same. Maybe it is wasted time, but if there is something small and simple that gives joy and draws expressions of good, why should we be deterred? Writing, however plain and simple its creation, brings me joy and adds brightness to my day. […]
Journal Pages / Poetry
ESPECIALLY TODAY
Every day has the potential to be good. Every day, we have the potential to be productive and make a difference: to ourselves and others whom we meet. Some days, we need a little reaffirmation of this before we begin. We all matter. We all make a difference. Remember it. Live it, especially […]
Journal Pages / Poetry
WONDER
We will never fully know what others around us are going through. We’ll never fully know the difference we might make, even when we do not intentionally try, when crossing through another’s life. To someone down, seeking for a reason to rise, we will never know the power in an offered smile in another’s […]
Journal Pages / Poetry
KEEP FLOATING
I read a poem yesterday about someone feeling like they were drowning, losing control and being pulled under the surface of the sea. It made me think back on my own life moments when I felt like I was “losing it.” Often, more so than actual conditions, it’s the panic that does us […]