Have you ever felt that it can often be so easy to pretend to care. A raised brow. A question followed by a direct gaze. Sometimes you really do care but you can’t quite go that extra mile to give a real human touch to your supposed […]
I love working out. I get a great energy from it and I get a great blast of relaxation as well. I can sleep right after or I can go give a high-energy presentation. It all depends on the context. I used to do the treadmill […]
So often we keep to ourselves. So often we work in silos. So often we ignore the person seated next to us. Caught up in our posts, likes and latest gossip bit. We miss the pain in the hearts of others. We miss the tremoring lips on the […]
“There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.” ― Anton Pavlovič Čechov We are still in the early part of the new month of the new year. The world should be filled with hope and be aspirational as well as inspirational. Yet, there are some who […]
A bit of whimsy is a true delight in one’s life. I am a firm believer in whimsy. The word whimsy has been around for over four hundred years at least. But I do not feel that we use it enough. Nor do we live it enough. […]
I don’t know about you, but this year has just gone by too quickly. I still very clearly remember the 2018 lettering exploding in bright colors on New Year’s eve. Each day since then has been a whirlwind. Each month has passed by without me being able to […]
This Monday that passed at 4am a young friend of mine left this earth. She had a six month old baby boy. and was 33 years old. Just 33! But her body was riddled with a rare cancer that took root. One day we were laughing at a […]
There is no magic pill to make awful people nice. There is no fairy godmother to remove awful people from our lives. There is no fairy godmother that will give us a glass slipper allowing one to live in a highly-guarded castle. Awful people are everywhere. They pop […]
Instability Rickety slates The air empty of fate Sprinting through the heavy doors Blinded by the darkness Dizzy spots fill the irises Blood pressure rises The boogeyman awaits The city lights but a flicker in the highrises There’s no guaranteed lightswitch There’s no real life insurance Just forbearance and weighted […]
Break the box Burn that box Banish the box Smash that box Shred the box Scrap the box Pierce the box Pickle that box Punch out the box Stop thinking outside the box For you are still in the Box’s confines The Box must be destroyed And you […]