What makes us, us? The fundamental things or things that make up our being, are they the things we can’t change or the things we don’t want to? Are they the things we like and want to nurture and foster and grow or are they the things that we can’t run away from or weed … Continue reading
Category Archives: Love
Protected: On my mind
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“They got the best of me!” “Don’t let them get the best of you.” “You’ll never get the best of me again.” We say it like it’s a weakness, for someone to get the best of us. It’s treated like something that we shouldn’t be giving out.Something that must be earned. The very best of … Continue reading
Protected: Talking, not Talking
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The Laid out Life. Part II
When I was about sixteen or seventeen, I wrote down the things that I wanted to do with my life. I wrote three careers and the pros and cons as I saw them. They were: an international aid worker, an owner of a coffeehouse, and a missionary. I looked at the themes, the reasons why … Continue reading
Road Rage and this path.
It’s a strange thing isn’t it, the speed limit? That’s supposed to be as fast as you go, the top limit. In everyday culture however, it is the base. We drive around impatiently urging people along. If people are going the speed limit or, God forbid, under it, they are commonly tailgated, sometimes passed regardless … Continue reading
Immortal
Sometimes it seems as if I am trying to win something. A hard sought prize at the end of a mentally challenging exercise. The feeling I get from success is no less than elation. Your smile, your laugh, perhaps you’re telling me you love me. That’s the trophy. It smells like the scent of Fall. … Continue reading