Back to the Shadows
Take all the time you need to heal emotionally.
Moving on doesn’t take a day, it takes lots of little
steps to be able to break free of your broken self.
— Tere Arigo
No matter how bad you want a person, if your hearts are
in two different places, you’ll have to pass and move on.
— Alexandra Elle
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
When I let go of what I have, I receive what I need.
— Lao Tzu
This post has been a long time in coming mainly, I […]
Life Love
- 2 years ago
Obligatory New Year's Post
"Since it's traditional to break my New Year's resolutions, I think this year I'll try for being fat and lazy and see what happens."
"I can't believe it's been a whole year since I didn't become a better person."
"My New Year's resolution is to stop lying to myself about making lifestyle changes."
I don't do resolutions. At least, I don't do them well. Never have and likely never will. When I was younger I used to make resolutions as more of a gag. Like "eat more chocolate". Back then I still had a […]
Life
- 2 years ago
Remembrance
The blackest night,
the darkest day,
cannot conceal it.
Neither can such fog,
like ethereal cotton
above the morning dew,
shroud it from notice.
No veil can disguise
nor jailer constrain
its aspect
for it has,
if none other,
one elemental virtue.
To be known.
In its design, that goal
so devoutly entrenched
pushes it ever upward,
tunneling out
from the depths of obscurity,
screaming its existence
into the heedless silence.
Clambering to the surface,
it breaks forth
into the light of
an unsuspecting mind,
there to shine sun-bright,
refusing to be dowsed again.
And he smiles and says,
"Hey, […]
Poetry
- 2 years ago
Meh. -rry Christmas
I almost wish there weren't a holiday season.
I know nobody likes me. Why do we have to
have a holiday season to emphasize it?
— Charlie Brown
Well, it looks like my annual holiday depression has arrived and this year it's kind of a doozy. For the past few days, I've been struggling to mentally keep my head above water. My standard joking line over the past few years has been, "Buy one divorce, get a depression free." Sadly, all good humor is rooted in truth and there have been times when it has been difficult to wake up and […]
Life
- 2 years ago
Contented discontent
We all have two lives.
The second one begins when you
realize you only have one.
— Confucius
Even if the rain won't stop
Even when I'm falling down, down, down
I'll hold my head up high
Drink the rain and learn to fly away
Lauren Black — "Drink The Rain"
The tension is here
Between who you are and who you could be
Between how it is and how it should be
Switchfoot — "Dare You To Move"
It's fitting on this Thanksgiving Day that God has been hitting me hard on two things.
The first, as I've [mentioned in […]
Christianity
- 2 years ago