Life offers us so much to play with. Our challenge, after a while, is to be open to the unknowns, beyond the hurts and seemingly empty places.
Category: Journal Entries
thoughts, ponderings, experiences and lessons learned. or, something deep and life-changing.
Come, sit I have a lot to say And a lot to learn I want to know your heart Maybe you can show me mine…
I’ve never been a confident man.
I’m sure there’s some elaborate formula that would shed light on the hows and whys: this gene, coupled with that circumstance, those parents, that culture, those schools, those books, that trauma, that success, these friends, those choices, those actions, and that value… multiplied by this belief and that evidence, equals this man?
Don’t pretend to be strong when you’re not. Don’t pretend to be tough and resilient when you’re cracking under the pressure. Don’t power through when you are anything but powerful.
It’s pretty easy to point fingers and throw insults at the fat, white, sexist, rich, ignorant, stupid politician.
But that’s only one perspective, and a powerful one that grants entry into the club. Bravo.