I realize that I have always spent much of my time in a resigned state. My cup usually looks half empty. The sky usually comes in a bleak gray. I take a stoic, obligatory stance and face the curtain of my future with grim determination at best. This season has been a challenge in that […]
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Welcome to an experiment.
I was recently inspired (read: challenged) by one of my illustrious siblings (Chris) to cultivate a habit of posting small, creative posts more regularly. This is my attempt. No laughing or judging. Enjoy and be inspired to create better things. And read his too (it’s better) – chrisschwaar.com. Just do it.
My Legacy (Musing)
My brother wrote a fun post on an author incredibly well-renowned for a particular stance/worldview/persona. It made me muse on my brand and how I want to be known. Does everyone have a legacy? A fragrance they leave behind them and that might even proceed them into a room? Is it a legacy’s existence or […]
Continue readingTruth in Two Tracks (Musing)
What is truth? From my current vantage point, I’ve been staring down the tracks a lot lately at what looks like two parallel and oppositional interpretations of life and reality. They both seem plausible. I have personal stake in the answer. And the Guy in charge hasn’t shared a conclusion yet. He’s told me I […]
Continue readingWhat People Think About (Musing)
What do people think about in a given day? What do you think about in a given day? How many topics could be separated out? Where do levels of stress peak? What about elation or joy? Where do our thoughts wander? Where do they linger? How similar or different might our thought patterns be across […]
Continue readingHope (Musing)
It’s been easy for me lately to let my mindset descend into rainclouds. Frustration. Hopelessness. Glass half empty. Dismayed by what sometimes appears certain and unrelenting conscripted drudgery and struggle as my lot and future. Exhaustion. Despair. Fear. Except that I have the choice to lean into that or to choose a different outlook to […]
Continue readingThe “When In Doubt” List (Musing)
I would love to know one’s average doubt quotient. That would be a great stat to be able to ascertain or know about someone. What does it say about someone when they doubt or question? It could be anything – doubts themselves, doubts people around them, doubts truths, doubts belief structures, doubts reality. Innovators question; […]
Continue readingA Dream for Today (Prose)
Walking down a chipped path; it’s at a decline and you feel your feet move in your shoes and your shoes move on the wetness. You don’t hear or feel rain, only the constant relocation of water beads on branches and leaves and needles above falling to the ground. It’s the green that stands out. […]
Continue readingJoy Is a Birthright (Musing)
“Birthright” \ ˈbərth-ˌrīt \Definition of birthright: a right, privilege, or possession to which a person is entitled by birth. -MW Today on a zoom call, a wonderful Northern Irish friend recounted a story about a friend of hers that tells her children every morning, “Joy is your birthright.” God’s people reference joy a lot (e.g. […]
Continue readingRain (Poem)
Should rain dissuade? Sure, it’s greyIt drenches, delays But life, and rhythmPoured out on earthThe mailman curses but the farmer hooray’s The blue skies retreatBut to greens they give wayHear birds as their cheery hello’s celebrate Smell dirt in the airSee thought in the gardenFeel aliveness that chills and touches your face So much good […]
Continue readingPart Three: An Allegory About the Church (Prose)
(Continued from Part Two) The King stood up and took in the crowd in front of him. And then, predictably, a voice split the silence. The officer who had started the ordeal, his dagger still drawn, shouted for the yard to hear: “Sire, these have just arrived and claim they’ve also received a discharge for rest. […]
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