I’m all for the ideal, an objective or goal pursued with singleminded focus and intensity. In my life, with rules and responsibilities as they are, such luxury is fleeting at best. That said, I’ll do what I can and return to focus as oft time allows, observing and noticing and sharing along these myriad highways …
Category: voices
Best Intentions
Best intentions, not an end, but a starting point, Be not just content to have “best intentions” rather, Frequently be re-accessing actions, to attend, align yourself with what is best practice, plan, actions, And remove ego, so that your evaluation and following efforts are properly aligned not just for you but for all, For all, …
Piled High
Emotions piled high, letting the weight settle, Ten days of go, to decision and loss and sadness and alone, Our last canine, remaining sister, her time to end, to heart stop, eternal sleep, house quiet, heavy. Ten days plus 556 days since the family changed, two households now, split, solo dad era established, Adjusted ok …
Minimal Practice
So hard to unplug, disengage, Maybe something simple that could be done should be done by someone else, ends up you, And so minimally engage, limited login, Just to report, run the numbers, how much to tell from numbers alone, Practicing minimal, We’ll see alone, what is, fleeting, GOOD.
The Declaration of Independence
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and …
Muse
Woke just before four in the morning, itchy. Suffered a bit, then put some lotion on. That didn’t help much; some; but still itchy. And then mind starts to muddle; then speeds up; and it’s the weekend going into a vacation week plus off work. And so I don’t care so much, too much, about …
Inner Voice
Nearly constant, my inner voice, since I was a kid. But it’s not so inner. I find I talk to myself quite regularly, Self dialogue, commentary, guidance, narrative, chatter chatter chatter. I wonder sometimes, “Is this normal? Do other folks do the same?” Not sure. But that inner voice, my inner jeff, it keeps me …
Adjust
I was running an errand the other night after work. As I headed home the truck started to smoke under the hood. I pulled over on a side street, parked, shit off the engine, got out opened the hood, and just about then the serpentine belt broke. Now there’s a tow truck and the mechanic …
A Dad’s Way
Up early, do what you can. Tip-toe into the kids’ room, blow them a kiss, piggyback to the one on the cheek, hand the night before. Move the pile of clean laundry from one spot to the other; gotta fold that tonight. Sip cold brew, do a little work on your day off. Take solace …
Dads Day
Dads Day, Why to say? Nice to have it your own way. Sleep ‘til you can’t, Coffee on demand, Chores as you like, Maybe none of that delights, A day come together, Filled with love and little treasures, These kids, they are the measure, The source, Of course, The essence of being a dad, So …
1/2_Full, All GOOD 