For what would your trade the next years hours? For what have you traded the sum of your years? What is the meaning of your days? How much more will you pay, until you stop giving it away?
Tend to your flame
White, black, graying flakes lie at the center of the enclosure made up of stone. Half consumed branches jut from the ash. The ring surrounding the remnants of wood, is circular, and constructed of nearby chunks of granite. The granite ring is flecked with black, scorched by a once vibrant flame. An unexpected breeze sends […]
Dreams and goals
Dreams, dreams are aloft. Like clouds they float, out of reach, visible, but not tangible. Goals, goals are grounded. Like blazes on trees they mark the destinations for our feet, and our energies. Dreams, they satisfy our imagination, but goals, they satiate our souls. Humbly yours, J
T.H.I.N.G.S
The heavy items never gratifying souls Humbly yours, J
Oxygen, Hydrogen, Carbon, Calcium, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Sulfur, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride, Magnesium
Of all the dreams we dreams, hopes we depend on, and challenges met, we don’t reach peaks of capability, intellect, dexterity, nor physical prowess of the potential we have at birth. So do we waste our most precious of resources. Second by second do we choose against a mastery of our elements.
Timecard
When we find ourselves lacking, we often find ourselves very critical. Whether we criticize our lack of self development, a failure to execute a particular task, or many tasks, or any number of perpetual procrastinations, we often try to find a way to rationalize. We come up with a myriad of reasons why we acquiescence […]
A map without a legend
Have you seen me, recently? I can’t seem to find my way. I went looking for my purpose. I yearned to feel complete. Have you seen me, lately? I looked far, far and wide. I climbed high, high then dug low. I searched inside, inside and out. Have you seen me, today? I went searching […]
Decimate
‘‘Twas a trillion to one Your parents would meet. and a billion to one, chance they’d conceive. A million to one in this timeline hundred thousand to one you’d actually survive. There was a thousand to one chance you’d excel and a hundred to one chance youd just do well. a ten to one chance […]
Edgedancer
Why dance on the edge? Don’t you find it dangerous? Aren’t you concerned that you must constantly readjust your footing? Don’t you find it unnerving to see the precipitous drops below each foot placement? Does fear grip you as inch your toes along the razor thin edge? What gain could you attain from climbing out […]
Sprains
Pain, emotional as well as physical, is very real. But it is not supposed to be permanent. Pain is intended to be a response only, as a trigger to prevent or avoid permanent damage and harm. Some trauma can cause pain that is so intense, that pain is excruciating and lasts much longer than what […]