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Tag: Life Lessons

  • Truths of a Cosmic Mom

    Photo by 🐣 Luca Iaconelli 🩊 on Unsplash I get it now
 My mother was not like other mothers. Looking back, I can see that she was actually living in a cosmic sphere that only casually intersected with our suburban life. And the cryptic sayings she imparted, that sounded so ordinary, held uncommon wisdom. To look at…

  • Learn to Laugh at Your Problems

    Image by Pexels from Pixabay Everybody else does
 Every once in a while, no matter how hard you try to see that tired old glass as half-full, it’s not. It’s completely empty. Nothing to do but throw it into the fireplace, excuse yourself from the company, and retire for the night. Sometimes, although life is the best…

  • Smoke and Mirrors

    Photo by Luke Besley on Unsplash reluctant poetry I’ve only espoused one cause in my lifeThe cause of myself. I champion me.My loves and my rages, opinions, and pinions, and ways,My privileged dreams; my unique debris. Precarious hold on the world, that seemed all rightat the time — well-centered in self. No outsideLines to tangle my senses with…

  • I Used to Be a Time Lord

    Glynne Hather on Flickr Now I’m all, “What just happened?” One trip in a TARDIS and I was hooked. When I was 12 years old, I made my acting debut as a Lost Boy in a professional regional theatrical production of Peter Pan. I made a very strong showing as Tootles, according to my dad. That’s…

  • Desperation Journals for Writers

    Photo by Jordan Madrid on Unsplash When you’ve just got to try something different Today I have an embarrassing confession to make to all you dedicated writers, journalers, and diarists out there. During all the years that I have been scribbling away in Moleskines and crappy spirals, I have been writing down the wrong things. I…

  • When Jesus’ Email Gets Spoofed

    Yeah. I’m still being misquoted. Photo by Tom Skarbek-Wazynski on Unsplash To: churchgoer15@jesusmail.com; seeker 2051@jesusmail.com; godbreather@jesusmail.com; believersinjustice@jesusmail.com; lovingfolk@jesusmail.com
 Subject: Help! I think hackers hit me again! Hey, gang — Hope everyone is well these days. I just wanted to alert you all that I think my email account got hacked, again. You all remember when something like…

  • Riddle Me This

    Lessons in the truly ordinary Why do trucks turn that way? Why are phone menus so aggravating? What makes Möbius strips work? With plenty of complex and consequential issues to think about every day, you might wonder why these small riddles are worth writing about. I wonder that too, but I can’t seem to help myself.…