Tag: life
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Being sensible
is sucha great assetin life,really. Being sensiblealso happensto be theantithesisof my defaulttemperament. How interestingit is to meetpeople, exactlywherethey are…Rather thanwhere your preconceivednotions mayhaveparked them. People,after all, arecomplex beings.And we alllongfor love, and belonging. So what happenswhen people shiftbetween theseinformal groupings,changing gearsfrom love to belonging? For I believe thatloving someone means,that they areforever there,even if only…
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Road trips
are interesting.Trapmultiple humansin asmall metaltube. Give them time.Varying levelsof bladdercontrol,boredom,and hunger. Then simplystand back,and watchthe dramaunfold. At best.there will befun storiesshared.Perhaps toomany carbsconsumed, anda common understandingabout thepassenger seat nothaving access toany level ofbraking capability. At worstsomeone may beleft at the sideof the road,hubris atan all-time low,with several vowsto never, everdo this again. So while findingmiddle…
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It’s good
to knowwho your peopleareand converselywhothey aren’t. Even asmall tribeof like-minded, committedpeople, canchange theworld.In fact, that’sexactly how greatchange oftenhappens. So yup, cling tothese kindred spiritsand move mountainsand continentsto connect,meet up,inspire, dreamtogether and feedoff the wonderof that amazing,even virtual,togetherness. And the otherfolks then?What of them?Best to leave them to beand findtheir own tribe.Diversity reallydoes make us all…
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Gone fishing
Dear Reader,I am takingmy museon a road tripfor a few glorious days,or perhaps,I’m the plus-one?Time will tell 😉 It will beinteresting to seethe levelof domesticationcapable with said muse,as I’ve cometo expect thebest musesto be quitepetulant,not unlike 12-year-oldgirls.Alas, this he is not,and so it is verylikely that Iwill be wrong, again,as I have most definitelybeen before.And…
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Anticipation
is a powerful force. Closely related to hope and awe. It literally is the stuff that dreams are made of. And it scares some of us half to death. Because admitting to anticipating something means that a) you really want it, and b) you open yourself up to the dreaded d-word. Disappointment. Because suddenly you’re…
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For D
Be still and know that I am God. Be still, and know that I am all around you. And that everything is exactly as it should be. I am the Dragon in your belly. And the pounding in your head. The rush of blood through your veins. And the puppy in your lap. I am…
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Flourish
Abundance.These words feellush, rich,thick and heavyin my mouth. They take up space,they expand,they are intricatelyembellished,they are steepedin flourishes. Thisis the typeof lifeI am encouragedto build,and what I’dlike tochampionyou to do too. And yes,I do understandthat it is notmy place to beprescriptive.That is notmy intentionwith regardsto you. My intention foryou is a lifeembellished with thetapestry ofdeep…
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I am
looking for someone to collude with. And knowing my ferocious appetites, this is most likely to be an entire army, rather than one poor sod. Also, we’re talking colluding, in the sense of its purer, Latin root: to play together. Now that’s what I’m after. And yes, I know that the English had a go…
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I am
starting a one-woman revolution to bring back beautiful words. Well actually, they have never truly left us, they have simply fallen into disuse. Words, like the very best things in life, can simply be enjoyed for their own sake, although by their very nature they are profoundly useful. So in my quest to free the…
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A mother’s love and other dangerous situations
She flashes a determined gaze and I realise way too late, that I am very much on the wrong side of the law. This strong, capable and collected woman will not bat en eye while a certain bad boy bleeds to death at the feet of her precious daughter. And while many daughters are, in…