It's important that we spend time with ourselves to refuel after a long week. I learned this several years ago. The giving of myself to work, family, commitments, etc. drained my well being. Going to bed exhausted and waking up rushing was no way to live every single day. It took some time for me to [...]
Inspiration
It's in the middle of the night Some times just before dawn It's light to a darken room It illuminates my mind Like an evening breeze It can blow on by I'm a victim to the draw As it snags me like claws I love it when [...]
Perspective
To walk and fly Like the birds gone by Or flutter and dip Like butterflies and dragonflies Even crawl and climb blending in with ease As the gecko he be up and down to a Z Simple days they live Compared to my historical course Wonder if they think the same of my perforce Perspectives [...]
My Journey To Authenticity – Day 1
9:30 am and I was about to tear what little hair I have out of my head. Irritable and cranky snapping at anything that crossed my path, the TV, furniture, the missed-fired coffee maker that forced me to go out to get a cup. Dazed in my fog of irritability, I told myself I was [...]
Selma50 – Anniversary Of the Selma March
Marching feet and singing voices headed to the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama 50 years ago as they walked for equality in America. That should be the default we receive no matter where we go. Yet, we are still talking about it. Not because we are ranting, merely reflecting, or memorializing the historic walk. No because at certain [...]
Hello 2015
"Naughty secrets in my mind - to reveal or do I hide" - topic of my latest poem. Book coming June 2015. Watch for it.
Shine On
I recently read a quote from an unknown source that gave me a hmmm moment. "Don't let someone dim your light simply because it's shining in their eyes" Could this be why others throw "shade"? Shade, better know as insults, put-downs, gossip anything other than a positive word, action or thought. Don't they know that [...]
MOVING FORWARD
A few months ago I hired a company to take care of my back yard maintenance. They assured me they would mow the small lawn, trim the bushes, and take care of any weeds 2x per month. A few weeks went by and one of my climbing bushes begin to fade. This plant was very healthy [...]
Weekend Wisdom – The Apple of My Eye
Yohan and Naham are brothers of a tiny village far off from any other. The village sits at the base of a mighty mountain yet they are exposed to the deadly heat of the summer and freezing winds of the winter. All would perish if not for the massive tree that protects the village from the strength of [...]
Weekend Wisdom – Fuel Your Dreams
Have you ever wanted for something that didn't happen? In those times does it seem that no matter what you do it is just not coming? Yep...been there done that. What does it mean? In the words of Andre Maurois "If men (and women) could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, [...]
