My life, pretty well defined after several decades in, Work, family, friends, all blessed and typical, fortunate, mostly, Love in many ways, love overflowing much of the time, somehow still feels undefined, rudderless, drifting, Drifting through a few more decades and then my time is up, how will I define this time left, how will …
Category: Attitude
FLAT
I feel it over and over, some days. Whatever thoughts I channel, whatever steps I take, I feel... FLAT. It's like an engine that won't get warm; it's like muscles that won't loosen up. It's pretty frustrating, on the face of it. It stays...FLAT. The question becomes more insistent, how to mix it up, how …
Flow
Atmospheric river after atmospheric river… More water than we’ve seen here in California in a long time… The weather has brought up a lot of questions about our infrastructure, or preparedness there in to handle so much water, to handle storm after storm, it’s definitely a challenge…but in the end, Thankful. GOOD.
Real-Time Narrative
The best time to capture experiences for writing is in the moment...or as close to real-time as you can get. Primary goal? Capture the essential bits, a feel for the emotion at play, the visceral side of the events at hand... What were the emotions of the moment? How did your body feel? Anything in …
Dark. Thoughts. Awaken.
The title, play on words, they’re not all dark, These thoughts that awaken me more and more frequently, In the dark, very early morning, middle of the night, Mostly mundane, but sometimes minute all the same, all the detail rushing into my brain, Lists and tasks and forgottens, rushing into my head, stealing my precious …
Martin Luther King: “I have a Dream”
These words stand on their own. You’d be better for it, should you take the time to read them… Let it be so. .drMartin Luther King, Jr.mk I Have a Dream delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. [AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text version below transcribed directly from audio. (2)] I am happy to …
Long Pull, Patience, Respect
I listened to an interview recently of a person who’s had a life-long stutter. I noted early on in the piece that the network, NPR, had allocated 11 minutes for the interview, instead of what seems typically a shorter period time. Listening, I felt initially a little annoyed at the delays in the conversation, then …
Naming Sad
Sometimes we feel sad. It’s ok to have those feelings. And I think it’s also important to understand you don’t have to always know why you’re feeling that way. Simply by naming it and letting yourself feel it, that’s a good way to experience it. It’s just a feeling. And it will pass. Don’t fight …
Hello Worry, My Old Friend
A quick search for the word “worry” or “anxiety” in this blog pulls up more than a dozen entries over the last couple of years. My old friend, Worry, has become an oft-visiting character herein. GOOD. As I’ve written elsewhere, I’ve dealt with near constant anxiety all my life; and so bringing it up more …
The Bitter Seed
It’s deep within, I mostly just try to live and let live, but it’s there all the same, Better to recognize and acknowledge and cope, than to ignore, that bitter seed deep within, I know from whence it comes, over time and time again, unfettered struggle without plan, Seed within bitter without purpose, only to …
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