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: voices
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 …
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 …
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 …
Painful, Perspective, Prayers Up
It happened in an instant. Monday Night Football. The Cincinnati Bengals versus the Buffalo Bills. Two teams at the top of their devisions, battling for conference ranking going into the NFL play-offs. First quarter, routine play, Bills Safety Damar Hamlin makes the tackle near mid-field. He gets up after the play, takes a step, then …
New Year’s Eve
Consider the year just concluded, rear view, another long and varied learning year, Funny, 15 or 55, I keep learning, or chalking up the bumps so, don’t you know, it’s a way of life? My life anyway my life, whatcha gonna say about it? Lead with gratitude and love and humble fare such, no crutch, …
Journal or Blog?
Lots to say, lots to do, so many thoughts, only so much time… All of this bundled up inside my head, is it just for me, or might there be, could there be some benefit, some help to share for others too? Nothing special maybe, pretty ordinary, typical, just mostly one life lived, but maybe …
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