Tag Archives: freedom

a combination of things.

I’m a combination of things. I’m a combination of emotions. I’m a combination of realities. I can’t fit myself into a definition. I’m too sensitive. And too brutal. I’m too insecure. And too confident. I’m self-assured. And indecisive. I’m too much and seemingly not enough. I’m a free-spirit and rigid. At the same time. My…

the width of life.

No way of being, belief or construct is fixed. By fixed I am really speaking of the word as defined by predetermined and not subject to or able to change. We often operate in such a definite way and we justify it by saying things like “well this is just who I am!” I’ve been…

feel what you feel.

You don’t actually have to choose joy if you are not feeling internally joyful. It’s ok to choose the exact emotion that you are feeling, and by choosing you ultimately release judgement and allow yourself to feel the more vulnerable emotions like sadness, anger, fear, malice, envy, shame. Those emotions are real and they deserve…

we wear the mask.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HLol9InMlc?rel=0&w=560&h=315] We Wear the Mask BY PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,— This debt we pay to human guile; With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, And mouth with myriad subtleties. Why should the world be over-wise, In counting all our…

dark corners.

She was so profoundly sad within the dark corners of her soul. Longing for a love. Longing to be understood. Longing to be wanted. She was longing for a place to stretch her bones, a place for her blood to flow freely, a place where she could be free in her own skin. She was…