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 …
Category: attitude
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 …
Dirty Creative
The writer / producer / director Robert Rodriguez talks about living a creative life. When he talks about creativity though, it’s not just light, airy, lofty ideas about painting or making something otherwise from nothing. In fact, maybe his true genius in the “darker, dirtier side” of creativity. The basic understanding / expectation that things …
Whose Voice I Hear
Whose voice I hear in the dark, ever so still, gentle, expecting, expectant, Waiting, wanting, would that could be so, one more time, maybe even just once, Longing, languishing in the warm covers, yearning blindly for human touch, gentle sounds that connect, excite, transcend, Longing, languishing, would that it could be so, Pray tell, more …
Grace Under Pressure
This phrase, "grace under pressure", has been with me pretty well the whole of my life. I first came across it as the title of the first Rush album I bought in high school; fast forward a few decades, and I just read a quote from American writer Ernst Hemingway that said, "...courage is grace …
Old Habits
A few days away from the ordinary make all the difference, it turns out. I suppose I relearn this on a regular basis. Old habit to reset, get away, let your mind wander, more carefree. A short drive to another world, just over the hill south, to coast and ocean, where the pace and sea …
Let It Flow, Let It Go
The new year beginning maybe has a special magic power to make new beginnings. Time flows like a river that never runs dry. We humans like ritual, maybe that’s part of it too. I’ve had this underlying, mysterious anxiety that’s been flowing through me for much of the last few years. I’ve done my best …
What Matters Most?
Funny, I strive to adhere to basic principles I consider positive and timeless… Those of the Stoics, of Buddha and Jesus…high minded, far reaching, eternal good, Somehow it all boils down to the people, always the people, always my family, my kids, my friends, my co-workers, all those mixed up in a big wok of …
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