A Reason for the Season

“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.” [Meditations Divine and Moral]” ― Anne Bradstreet, The Works of Anne Bradstreet Everything is in constant flux, always changing. As we move through the cosmos oblivious to the speed […]

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Follow Your What??

“I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, ‘Where’s the self-help section?’ She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.” ― George Carlin Anyone who has followed my blog knows that I speak regularly of following your passion. It is something that I believe calls to us softly at times, loudly […]

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New Dreams

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” ~ Seneca I’ve often looked at life with little to no understanding beyond the present. Sure, I dream of the future and see possibility. But, the moment is never unfolding to a point that I see, when between here and there exists a void of action. […]

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Newborn

“There are words in the soul of a newborn baby, wanting and waiting to be written.” ― Toba Beta, Betelgeuse Incident: Insiden Bait Al-Jauza As the darkness comes upon us, the light only brightens around us. When the world seems to be perfect, the worst seems to unfold. And when we are at peace, war […]

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Keep Calm, and Travel On

“As you begin to live according to your own guidance and your own daring everything changes completely.” – Leonard Willoughby Earthly life is much like a song. Beginning with mystery, not knowing where the interlude will lead us. Metered on by a steady beat, changing time and mixed with notes that hold us on key. […]

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Time Out

“Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.” ― Kurt Vonnegut Time is a funny thing. Simply the way we view time is awkward at best, as most people view the march of time as a steady, linear progression that chases onward after infinity. But in the abstract view, […]

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The Forebreath

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” ― Søren Kierkegaard There is a scent on the wind that unearths the past. It whispers tales of forgotten lands once traveled yet faded to the far corners of the mind. It conjures ancient memory, times long removed from us, but inherently part […]

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Bright and Free

“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life There exists a place in all of us where the world truly lives, where everything is bright and free. Within this hidden place of sanctuary, we find the keys […]

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The Untitled Life

“When love awakens in your life, in the night of your heart, it is like the dawn breaking within you. Where before there was anonymity, now there is intimacy; where before there was fear, now there is courage; where before in your life there was awkwardness, now there is a rhythm of grace and gracefulness; […]

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The Burning Problem

“Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.” ~ Edmund Burke We live in a sphere of hypocrisy, in a world of vanity, lawless judgement and self-deified proclamations. It is within this sphere that we find the cries and fires of Baltimore, and the […]

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