January 2011
16 posts
Have We Met?
Have we met? You seem oddly familiar Yes you Ahhh I remember now We used to share bed sheets Loving thoughts Hopes and dreams Wow, you look so different now Hmmmm, you seem shorter, somehow more diminutive than I remember What’s that? You haven’t changed. You’re right, you were always this height. You haven’t grown one bit.
“And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to...”
– Micah 6:8
“Life is no straight and easy corridor along
Which we travel free and...”
– A. J. Cronin
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
– Thomas Edison
For Freedom Not For Beauty by Chrisette Michele
There’s a beauty that lives so deep inside each of us.
There’s a fickle eye that doesn’t believe anything it sees.
There’s a benefit in love that erases all doubt and believes good intentions.
There’s an ear that isn’t free enough to give the honest man the benefit of the doubt cluttered by lies not-mentioned.
Since when is creativity subject to criticism?
When is honesty subject to a jury...
“Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life...”
– Psalm 71: 20-21
“Unwanted love returned to the sender does not taste as sweet
Tainted en route,...”
– Elva Clarke
“People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that’s what everyone wants....”
– An interesting perspective on soul mates put forward by Richard from Texas in Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir “Eat Pray Love.”
It's A New Year
It’s 2011 and we made it! I’m grateful you are here with me. The year has caught me in a contemplative mode. Reflecting and thinking about what the New Year and the years ahead may bring. There are no glowing resolutions this year. No plans to do a complete 180 because those glorious plans have resulted in me doing a 360 in the past. Terminating at the commencement point with the subject deflated...