At the end of the line, a product was inspected, its quality assessed, and when deemed suitable, it was boxed up and transported, wherever it was needed. Eron didn’t concern himself with the quality of the final item. There were others that worked in the plant, that produced the product, that was transported, wherever it […]
Tag: passion
More or less?
Can you do it? Does the answer lie in your head, or are you seeking it from another? If the question is being posed, then the answer needs to come from inside. All of the books you could read, advice you could seek, and motivational speeches you could absorb, are no substitution for internal resolve. […]
Eron’s Chore
Eron shot through the rippling water. He kicked and propelled himself downward. The sun above beaming thinning tendril rays towards him through the water as he dove towards the floor. The pressure built in his ears and nostrils, the air in his lungs seeming to gain weight as he approached the blue sand. As he […]
Temp——————-
Temperance is a virtue, temptation leads to sin. Temperaure is a gauge, tempura once had fins. Tempests blow fiercely, temptresses, maybe the same? Temperate zones appeal tempeh garners disdain. Tempo keeps us in check, Temporizing divides. Templar-like behavior can be Tempting in some times. Temporary are we, despite temples we yearn to be. are […]
Levee
When “it’s” right, whatever that may be for you, The passion for it will churn inside of you like a raging whirlpool, It will foam and push itself from the jagged rocks, It will thunder down the banks, over boulders and down river, It will explode and surge from you over a great precipice, It […]
Gift hope
The precious item is purchased with money procured by our sacrifice of time. It’s a gift, because we gave of ourselves, to give it to another. We secure it with padding, and cushion it with smiles, hoping to get one back. Then we place it into a container with a squared, wrap-able […]
Peace In Pieces
The box is filled with possibility and hope. The picture and numbers on the lid, promise that the thousands of intricate little pieces, once joined, will reveal a striking image. Inside the box, the pieces, close together in a janky, jigsaw, jumble, are teeming with anticipation at their liberation, and reformation into a complete piece […]
Two crappy pages
I have been writing for many years. When I first decided to put pen to paper, or keystroke to screen, as most writing is done nowadays, I gave a particular challenge to myself, write one post per week. It didn’t seem like too much of a challenge. A minimum commitment of a few hundred words. […]
Death is the only permanent change
Change is uncomfortable. Change forces us, or we allow to cause a sometimes minor, occasionally major, augmentation in us. We move forward after changes, with fresh new perspectives, new understandings, greater degrees of physical strength or endurance, altered grasps on particular emotional states, or even a sense that things are different, which, in those moments, […]
Say, “Now.”
My friend an I once played many games of Yahtzee. We passed evenings listening to music, and played game, after game after game. It was competitive, relaxing, and fun to enjoy each others company, and to see how chance affected our rolls. During one of these games, I remarked on her multiple, unsuccessful attempts to […]