I discovered an old journal today filled with random thoughts and insights, speckled with a few plans. What was most apparent, was an ongoing theme of discovery, searching for something that I felt needed to be found. On one of the pages, the words were written, “All progress requires change, but not all change is…
Tag: words
Writing to Kindness
Writing makes me a better person. How do I know this? The holiday season is filled with activities that take me away from my writing. And in the magnetic pull of seasonal revelries and necessities, kindness appears to dissipate. What normally draws me in and captures my attention and the resulting analysis is missing as…
Well-Intentioned Words
Guilty. The heavy word pierces my complacency, as I bestow the gavel-laden sentence upon myself. There appears no chance for a defense. The evidence is overwhelming. In my well-intentioned parenting, I failed on so many levels according to the current standards. I used the words to encourage my children, “you are strong!”‘ And “everything happens for a…
Mind Your Words
My brain screeches with righteous indignation while my heart burns with empathy in reaction to the careless onslaught of one man’s opinionated insult. Unfortunately, situations like the following are a reminder that our world teems with bigotry and intolerance. Under the guise of freedom of speech, bullying appears to continue on the adult playground. I…
Musical Masterpiece
Musical Masterpiece Somedays, I sit and wonder what to write. Other days, the idea insists that it be written. It is unscheduled, unplanned and interrupts the day’s agenda. I hear the words from yesterday and can’t help believing, they are a powerful representation of life. They were innocently said, with unintended consequences, yet a dance…