Consider facing challenging circumstance, Bomb threats at school, lockdown; Competing demands for immediate attention at work, pressure sustained, unrelenting; Reporting from war zones, seeing, sharing the tragic stories one after the other, without letting those stories consume you, overwhelmed; Consider the strength you have within you to face these challenges, that you have, Steel Nerve, …
Author: jeff lud
Dad x3. Writer. Lion. @pacbio SCM. One Mission: Make it GOOD | Optimism | Resilience | Fam/Life/Biz | #halffullallgood #goodstuff
Harmony
At work, at home, Harmony, In patterns and counts and collaboration and progress, Harmony, In decorating and ornaments and cooperation, Harmony, Seek, Create, Manifest, HARMONY. Counting Decorating
Ominous
There they float, low in the sky, rising up behemoth, ominous, What dark promise do they bring, what do the tiny Earthlings fear so? No fear in this instance, actually benign, before too long, bringing hope instead, Prognosticate maybe follows rain, reign of drought perhaps closer to an end, ominous, pray it bodes well.
Ironic Insomniac
Strive I do most every day to get to the night, to the end, to slumber again, I long for the break, the dark, the rest, Only most every night, early morn, waking before dawn, most mostly still night, Mind racing, chasing a long list of the many things still left undone, mountain of undone, …
SLud
Funny, I probably use the same title for this scribbled tribute every year, homage to my brother on his birthday, He, SLud, and me, JLud, brothers by good fortune, by chance, Was my dream sent long ago, and though it’s been different than expected, it’s been perfectly the way it should be, true reflection of …
Leap of Faith
Golf swing, somehow the mystery therein, lose sight of the ball somewhere in the backswing, Flipping quesadillas and pancakes on the stove-top, hope it lands on the hotplate, cook on, cook on, God stuff, pick your tradition, your beliefs, what makes sense, what rings true, what speaks to your souls, fortifies you, in the end …
Job One
As I’ve gotten older and now have more than 30 years into my career, many things are more clear about life and work. In the end it’s the people in your life that matter most, especially children, especially if they’re *YOUR* kids. A recent list left on my refrigerator sums it up pretty well. It’s …
Dreams In Motion
Dreams in motion, Like the ocean, None stop, At least sometimes, Crashing gently in my mind, in my room, throughout the night, Seems I need a potion, some elixir, to fix her, to set it, write, Scribble it down before I forget, A truck and a hitch and a knock on the door and that …
Audio
A recent realization: I prefer audio. The sounds, the stories, the crackles and pops. and slips and slops, the scratches and screeches, the imagination, the subtleties, it all gets me, grabs me, When I consider it deeply, this is really no surprise. I’ve come over to the radio versus TV mostly — I listen to …
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