What matters
Just because it’s important to somebody else doesn’t make it so for you. And that’s okay. You don’t have to feel the same pull they do. You have your thing. (Even if you don’t know what your thing is.) Sometimes it’s going to be somebody else’s thing, too. When it is, get together. Push it forward. Make the […]
I am thankful
I am thankful for a wife who was too in love to know better. The miracle is she now knows but still stays. I am thankful for children who drift to dream on my wings. Someday they will grow up. I am thankful for the woods when nobody else is in it. Though there are […]
See our way
Have you ever felt poetic? Or felt like feeling fine? Yeah, I sure have. There’s nothing quite like it. Feeling fine, I mean. You need not shimmy under a rock. There’s no shadow that’ll gitcha. Excepting the shadow your doubt casts When the sun of your love sets. So let’s get back to rising. You […]
Defeating self-defeat
He was convinced he didn’t want to write about a superhero. I listened as I drove. He confessed from the back seat through cloudy eyes. Our puppy laid beside William, as puppies are known to do at 55 mph on a country road. “If you want to win this contest, you’re going to have to make it […]
Your first thought
What is your first thought when someone: Praises you Criticizes you Says something you agree with Says something you disagree with Makes fun of your mother Asks for a favor Offers to do you a favor Cuts you off in traffic Spells your name wrong Gives you a generous gift Complains to you about someone […]
What if…?
What if you weren’t you? And, then, you approached yourself (the actual “right now” you) and begin telling your life story? This person speaking to you, this “you” that you treat like any other person, begins at the beginning. You hear about growing up in your house. You hang on the memories of those days […]
Once you have it
What will you do with it? Once you have it? That thing, that person, that idea. Then you’ll be smart enough. And everyone will see it. Then you’ll be admired. And everyone will acknowledge it. Then you’ll have the money. And the power. And the courage. And the affirmation that you’re just as good as […]
Days like these
It’s just before sun up. You’re in the woods. The stillness is being thrown out by the songbird senate. This is a good morning. You’re participating in something that usually passes by your slumbered senses. The world is waking up. Just like it has. Just like it does. Just like it will. Today is a […]
I only have great days
What if you could take a pill that affected your memory in a targeted way? This pill would allow you to choose what you remember and what you forget. You could choose to: Only remember the good stuff Only remember the bad stuff Select certain good and bad memories, a cocktail. Would you? Nobility would […]
