Lunch with the Pastor Part 2

So… I am sitting down… RIGHT NOW… to write a followup note to the pastor from the lunch we had a few weeks ago. I am writing, generally a ‘woe is me” note about how I have been overlooked in...

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Lunch with the Pastor

One of the things that pushed me to start writing again TODAY was a lunch meeting with my pastor. I would rate it a meh 2.5/5 kinda lunch. The food was good. Conversation was a bit more forced than...

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so… why NOT today?

I took a break. A much needed break? Not really. I just took a break. As it turns out, I don’t believe the break wasn’t necessary. In fact, it was probably detrimental. I went back and read some of my posts...

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the reality of reality

One of the major themes of my life has always been “choosing is hard”. Looking back (as I’m fond of doing from time-to-time) I can easily point out times where if I had only CHOSEN, life would had been...

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good intentions

I have these grand and glorious intentions of “writing every day for a month” or the like. Kinda like when Dean declared, “I’m going to read 12 books this year, one a month” to which I replied (dripping with...

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opportunities are wasted on the young

I’ve been thinking/reminiscing a lot lately, well, as one does as they are in the middle (after 10+ years, are we now not in the end stages of?) mid-life crisis. So, we LOOK BACK at things done/not done and...

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The power of ignorace

I’m all for professionals. I often wish I were one. But, nay… Jack (or frank) of all trades. Which often means, when I try something new, well, I am pretty decent at it right away. That is, until I...

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writing

I know that I need to write as an outlet, but I don’t just do it. Though it’s not necessarily something I am really good at, do believe the act of writing is a creative endeavor that helps...

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confused

Why is giving up so hard? I had always wanted to work with aspiring artists. I thought my work with LF would propel me to that. I generally “gave up” all hope of working in the music industry, and I...

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dreams vs. submission part three – the simplicity of difficulty

It continues to resonate in my head. And in that continuance, it becomes ever harder to adhere to. Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and...

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