I have read numerous times, in numerous places, on numerous days that when a gut feeling grabs you, you must act without delay. I believe it, but never follow through.
Trust yourself! Take a step! Then, take another. Until you’re walkin’ cross the floor. I might be good at the first three…
We cant always get what we want.
I’m not sure what to think.
On one hand I admire the guy. On the other I loathe him.
I’m currently on a journey to visit my parents. As with most international travel I’m not flying direct. I’m currently 2…
“Healthy relationships” is an idea worth some time of contemplation and wonder.
Be with a person because you genuinely like her, she is bringing you so much just by being alive and by being with you. Nothing more is needed, her attitude is everything.
My wife always drives. She is a much more attentive driver than I am, which is important when you are traveling on…
My daughter’s best friend and neighbour might switch to a private school. That boy is the only kid in the class with full German heritage. (All the other German parents in the catchment area have already moved their kids to other schools.) The mother works half-time…
2015 was a big year for me.
I got everything my 18-year-old self had wished for her future. A stable job with a great paycheck, living in the center of Paris, having a boyfriend and a promising future.
(A poem written after 911 to commemorate those who had fallen….)
And when the dust had settled,
palled the earth in its thick blanket,
when the scorching heat had dimmed,
Complacence always worries me. I’ve seen people get complacent and then take a bad knock. There’s no constant upgrading of skills, no constant desire to learn. Being a curious person, I’m usually one to ask questions.
Vacation. Swept away. Dropped into the center of someone else’s life. The girl in the cafe. Windswept hair. A colorful wrap she’s no doubt had for years casually strewn across a wooden bench. Sunbleached turtles swimming in a fabric sea. A slick, shiny coat of white sealing in untold decades of paint…
At this point I can’t get close at all.
I’m ecstatic today at having received a piece of good news today. It doesn’t directly concern me but I’ve been hoping and praying for this to happen for the longest time.