Can someone tell me why the word “lisp” is the term we chose for a condition when someone with said condition would, by that condition’s very nature, not be able to say it correctly? Can someone tell me why we have a word, cleave, that means two almost exactly opposite things? (Look it up. It’s […]
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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.
The Mountain in My Heart (Poem)
Oh God, what will You doWith this mountain in my heart?The top so vastly farIts face so steep and starkIt’s blocking out the sun and making normal things quite hard Helpless, here I standA tin shovel in my handsWere I to try and shift it,All my life I’d sweat and chideAnd move not its first […]
Continue readingTruth (Musing)
Truth. Some words weigh more than others. They say a good squash will feel heavier than it looks like it should. I picture the word truth that way – as I pick words up off the vegetable stand and weigh them in my hand, I feel words like “courtesy” and “Tuesday” and “airline” and then […]
Continue readingTime is a Gift (Poem and Musing)
I wrote this in 2012: Shaking my fist at Father TimeAs he smiles and passes byTaking with him comfortable placesSnatching away familiar facesWhich now taunt me as memories and dreamsThat will never again be realityLeaving me cold, wet, and dry Now I stand on my thresholdDoor behind closes, door in front still closedTrapped in between […]
Continue readingHeat Shimmers (Musing)
Why is it that when heat exists between you and your environment, that defies the coldness that surrounds, it changes the way you see things? -LS
Continue readingThe Radical Story We Live In (Musing)
You’d think it would be plausible that our propensity for grace and acceptance would look the opposite from what it does. You’d think that God, the Almighty and perfect, the Creator of all things with the most stake in this world since it’s His, would be the hardest One to please. Of all, He would […]
Continue readingI Am a Champion Worrier (Musing)
I’ve realized in the past few days how I need to drastically reevaluate my perception of myself with regard to being a worrier. I think I had it in my head that I don’t worry that much. I’ve discovered that’s a lie. I wish there was a competition for worrying. I would be a contender. […]
Continue readingThought Habits (Musing)
These days, my thought patterns are pretty circular and frenzied. They constantly churn, thinking they’re making forward movement, and then pass the same landmark they passed a few minutes ago. Frustrated, they look again at the crumpled maps and scraps of written directions in their hands. Surely this is the right way this time. They […]
Continue readingHung From My Brows (Poem)
Wrote this little snippet a week or two ago. Weights on stringSinkers, pendulums, anchorsHang from my furrowed brows -LS
Continue readingSliding Doors (Musing)
Another musing takeaway from this podcast with Brené Brown, Dax Shepard and Tim Ferriss that has been ruminating today: Sliding door moments (perhaps you’re sensing a theme after yesterday’s post). They described sliding door moments as turning points or game-shifting occurrences in our lives that create a change in direction, ability, perspective, or opportunity and […]
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