Posted in TRUTH THURSDAYS, tagged truth on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
…Each day has enough troubles of its own. (Matt. 6:34)
My Worries for Today aren’t here.
Funny, I used to face the new day (the one without any mistakes in it…yet) with a quiet dread that the sky is about to fall on my head. But since this year began (and wow, we’re here, coming at the [...]
Posted in TRUTH THURSDAYS, tagged TRUTH THURSDAYS on May 28, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I see myself rushing around maintaining and preparingfor what “will happen next”and the worries that go along with itgetting ready for life– not being in lifeit seems we start so young with thegetupdresswasheatworkundressbath routinewe “grow up” too fast.if we stop there are so manyworries of what could happenwill I lose the connection?will i be replaced?will [...]
Posted in confessions of a homebody, smalltown girl in the city on May 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I find it funny when I ask people, “How are you?” I don’t usually expect a longer answer than, “I’m good!” or a variation of that, and vice versa. Because who has time to spare to listen to somebody recount everything that has happened since you last saw each other? Whenever I get asked the [...]
Posted in TRUTH THURSDAYS, tagged TRUTH THURSDAYS on May 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My body is holding back these stories.
of the words that took to change the mind of a man from doing the only thing he ever had any control over. those moments, those seconds as he looked at his future, only to shake his head and turn back to face uncertainty, and hope.
of the memories sifted [...]
Posted in TRUTH THURSDAYS, confessions of a homebody, tagged TRUTH THURSDAYS on May 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
my body is holding back little bits of myself
an hour or two of my time
a few beats of the sunset over the trees
a secret tucked away in the gaps of my memory
a few words unsaid
a giggle, a chuckle, a snort,
tears before sleeping
my body is holding back
feats of strength i didn’t know i have
weaknesses i ignore
fear, [...]
Posted in TRUTH THURSDAYS on May 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Teach us to care and not to care…
Teach us to stand still.
(May Sartin)
To recap:
Remember, you don’t have to directly answer the question, you could just be “inspired” by it. but better if you do directly address the prompt/question. remember the mechanics:
Every Thursday, i will post a question or a prompt on this blog and participants [...]
Posted in TRUTH THURSDAYS, confessions of a homebody on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My Body is Holding Onto…
these.
hugs, the tight, never-let-me-go ones that can make everything feel all right and safe and better. the hugs where i let go of all of my worries and just be in the moment, when everything fits. when two heartbeats keep in time and each other’s breath rise and falls in sweet [...]
Posted in TRUTH THURSDAYS on May 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It seems
We apologize so often for ourselves
We catch ourselves carefully constructing
our actions
keep the love steady
the acceptance strong
the understanding in place
I want to give it up
fall out of line
allow the way it goes
telling the truth is like exposing
the underside of our wings– we see
that part only when we fly.
we all have to show up for our [...]
Posted in TRUTH THURSDAYS, off the wire, smalltown girl in the city on May 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »
“We are all carrying so many things in our life, and inside ourselves… Where do you place the questions you carry? The sadness and the epiphanies? The quiet worries? Where can you put down the truth, as messy and new and raw as it sometimes feel?” (Sabrina Ward Harrison)
so, i was thinking. i want to [...]
Posted in smalltown girl in the city on May 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
this is Bono. and he is a rockstar.
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Bono: Grace over Karma book excerpt posted 08/08/05
The following exchange between Bono and Assayas took place just days after the Madrid train bombings in March 2004, an act of terrorism that left 191 dead and more than 1,800 wounded. The two men were discussing how terrorism is often [...]
