The Blackness

Sometimes it creeps up on me suddenly. Like tonight. All day (short as it's been, having slept through nearly all the daylight hours) I have been in good spirits. Reading with the kiddo. Talking about theology with mom, and then later, philosophy with the hub. Cleaning with the hub and the sub and making major …

Inspiration For The Day

"I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible; to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to risk …

#LoveMe Challenge Day 13: Share a Quote

This is the hardest and easiest one yet! I'm a quote lover down to my bones, and having to pick just one is like Sophie's Choice. Here's the one that somehow rises above them all, at least in this moment and instance: “I am a lover of truth, a worshiper of freedom, a celebrant at …

Quote for the Day: Dancing and Endings

"In the Ramtop village where they dance the real Morris dance, for example, they believe that no one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away — until the clock he wound up winds down, until the wine she made has finished its ferment, until the crop they planted is …

Quote for the Day

When achievers fail, they see it as a momentary event, not a lifelong epidemic. ~ John C. Maxwell I just stumbled upon this quote today, and it felt very apt to my current situation, as well as many core tenets about me. I shudder to call myself the achiever even in analogy, but we'll put …