“…I’ve worked through my fear of feeling foolish. Doesn’t it take a certain degree of foolishness to open up to anyone: to leave ourselves exposed to all kinds of risks and hurts? But doesn’t the same foolishness also open ourselves to all kinds of good that might come too? Before, I guarded myself in […]
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FOREVER AFTER
I’ve always had an affinity for love stories, ones that pull you in, light you up, and leave you different after. I’ve lived a few, some with intent, others entirely by chance. For me, the latter always seem to be the ones that hold true. When a love story is sought—to find what you […]
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EYES, MINDS, AND WORLDS
I like believing what I share might add a positive to someone’s day, might show someone that they’re special, raise their spirit in some small way. I like beginning my mornings seeking to create something kind, a ray of light because I believe—a beginning like that—can illuminate the rest of a day. Maybe I’m […]
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VALUE
I don’t know how to impress people when I want. I don’t know how to attract attention when I seek it—not that I want it often or from many—but there are times when I do. I used to be able to walk onto a field and just take over. I could outrun, outhit, outhustle […]
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AN ENERGY
It is trying to rain again, but it is a different front. It is not the steady fall of our winter—gray with only the sound of pour upon the earth. This front is different. The songs of birds, bugs, and frogs precede the storm. There is a flash of light, then crack and […]
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POWER IN A SMILE
My heart fixes fast when it feels a similar spirit. It won’t force or fit to what does not pair, but when it senses another like itself, it desires strong to learn its company. I used to think I was messed up, that my affinities were first to the flesh, and that—because I saw […]
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SPECIAL…
…When an old friend takes the time to find and read your book, then shares it is enjoyed—returning to yourself a little of the joy you wished to give. This is special to me.
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CHIMERAS
“…it is one of the fatalities of humanity to be condemned to eternal combat with phantoms. It is difficult to seize darkness by the throat, and to hurl it to the earth.” Chimeras are not real. They never were. The lion exists. A goat is real, serpent too, but not the way Man […]
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A DIFFERENCE
Some people are different, and it doesn’t show until the fire—when you see the full of what’s within. When others break, they smile, not of cruelty but with compassion. They assure in doubt, strengthen in times of weakness. When others fear, they are calm, steady, and in uncertainty around, others follow out of trust. […]
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MOVED
“If they make you better, that’s what matters. Don’t destroy something good simply because it’s of a source you did not expect. Don’t judge from preconceptions that inhibit growth: live, experience, respond. People and circumstance come into our lives to bring about our change, our growth, and movement towards something better. We cannot […]