I've reread Gawain & The Green Knight this week for the first time in probably 18 years. If you're not familiar with this work, it is a lengthy poem with 101 stanzas (2532 lines) that was originally written in Middle English by no one knows who somewhere around the 14th century... we think. While I … Continue reading “Gawain & the Green Knight” ⁂ Classics
Inspiration
Sisu: Is it in You?
In our society as it exists today, there is often an unhealthy idealization and hero worship that takes place when we see others accomplishing and overcoming difficult things. We make demigods of those whom we see as being above ourselves and we seek to associate ourselves with those we see as above the norm. The … Continue reading Sisu: Is it in You?
Resilience
Resilience. This is a word that keeps coming back to me but not because I say it to or about myself, rather because there's a very small handful of those who keep saying it is a quality I possess in great supply. To be honest, I have a difficult time hearing this word applied to … Continue reading Resilience
“If” ~ Rudyard Kipling: Classics
If... If you can go through this and say, "Yes! I can!" to every virtue described... If... If By Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting … Continue reading “If” ~ Rudyard Kipling: Classics
Recall Issued: The Blue Pill
I realize I have been absent of late and my excuse has been that I've had difficulty finding words, something I intend to remedy this year beginning today. I am still a full time patient recovering from a great many medical obstacles and it isn't always easy to find the energy to write. That isn't … Continue reading Recall Issued: The Blue Pill
A Memory ~ Gratitude
We have all had times in our lives where we have felt completely trampled by life. Oftentimes we find it difficult to not judge ourselves in these difficulties; I am the worst offender alive. Yet, despite this tendency to judge myself for every misstep, real or imagined, that has landed me into whatever the trouble … Continue reading A Memory ~ Gratitude
Important People 2 ~ Gratitude
Who is a part of your life even if not daily that pops in every so often to keep you grounded, looking at the big picture? This may be an old friend, an ex who was a better friend than lover, a family member who mostly is a hermit but comes out once in a … Continue reading Important People 2 ~ Gratitude
Important People 1 ~ Gratitude
Who is a part of your every day that keeps you accountable and moving forward? I don't mean your significant other or children for whom you live, I mean who is the person who is being the iron to sharpen your iron so you're a better person for your familial unit. In my world it … Continue reading Important People 1 ~ Gratitude
A Quiet Place ~ Gratitude
What is a place you could sit happily for hours regardless of the season? Inside or outside, any season of the year or your life, where can you always go to feel the peace flow? A coffee shop is mine. Lattes and tea served piping hot while I sit cross-legged or with my legs stretched … Continue reading A Quiet Place ~ Gratitude
Heart Song ~ Gratitude
What song brings you life no matter how many times you listen to it so that you have never grown weary of it? Or what song is it that is bringing life to your soul in where you are in this journey right now? The song I could listen to forever has been the same … Continue reading Heart Song ~ Gratitude
