Trust the empty spaces. Loneliness.Boredom.Pain.Disillusionment.Disappointment.Death.Divorce.Misunderstandings.A lack of love.Feeling cut off.Writer’s block.Uncreative days. Space.Empty spaces. Tempting to fill them with:Meaningless conversations. Endless internet hours.Longer hours at work.Drowning it in alchohol. Retail therapy.Hard to trust the empty spaces.Difficult to believe.That they’re there for a purpose. Empty spaces.We need them.To find our deepest…
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In the times that we live in, it’s often tempting to hit out against people and situations. Sometimes you watch helplessly as the bad guys win and the good ones are beaten! Sometimes you wonder if it’s worth speaking out. If it’s worth taking the high moral ground when those…
I’ve been doing a lot of introspecting this past week. As I sift through thoughts, emotions and reactions – mine and those of others – I’m struck with a thought. Many of our choices are guided by fear. It is our insecurities that often lead to us making poor choices.…
José often tells me to blog about something, and I’m afraid I don’t always give him the credit. It was he who suggested I blog about the gourds. I’m glad I did. The other day, he reminded me about something my aunt had told us a while back and suggested…
There was a time when I thought that anger was bad. Not anymore. I realize what can be bad is how you express it and even worse when you don’t really understand what’s behind your anger. What’s Behind Your Anger? A friend of mine shared with me how he (R)…
It was Margaret Millar, the mystery and suspense writer who said: Don’t borrow trouble, the interest is too high. Don’t borrow trouble! Don’t borrow trouble. Now that’s something a dyed-in-the-wool ‘worrier’ like me continues to learn. When I stopped worrying about a lot of things, including the big one ‘what…