“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” ― Maya Angelou Stories We all have them. We all love them. We all have heard them. We all seek more out whether we realize it or not. Stories further validate, help us to gain more knowledge, entertain us, sedate us with others … More Delicious Ambiguity
“Cause we’re adventurers, and heartbreaks our map. A final destination, we lack. And we’ve stopped asking directions to place they’ve never been. And to be loved, we need to be known. We’ll finally find our way back home. And through the joy and pain that our lives bring… we can do hard things.” —Tish Melton … More Hard Things
“Everything is an experiment.” ― Tibor Kalman “I thought I could describe a state; make a map of sorrow. Sorrow, hoever, turns out to be not a state but a process.” ― C.S. Lewis I used to ride my cruiser bicycle up the biggest hill my small town had, to get to the public library. … More …Processing…
“Writing is easy. You just open a vein, and bleed.” — Emily Dickinson Fun fact: Statistically my “best performing” articles, are NOT my personal favorite ones. Interesting. Ex: I got a notification today on my phone that said: “Congratulations on reaching the 5K milestone in viewers on your blog!” 5K? Taking the time to read? … More Basehits and Homeruns
**Trigger Warning** This post contains graphic recounting of sexual assault. “two types of survivors: the ones who did not die, and the ones who live. There will be those who will always remember and be the victim, and ones who just won’t. You have to go on, you have to learn, and you have to … More The night that changed it all
“Humans do not represent two discrete populations; heterosexual and homosexual. The world is not to be divided into sheep and goats, and not all things are black nor all things white. It is a fundamental of taxonomy that nature rarely deals with discrete categories. Only the human mind invents categories and tries to force facts … More My Kinsey Scale
“A great story is impossible to forget.” ― Adrienne Posey I heard this parable while living in China. It changed me forever. A traveler is moving to a new city, but does not know the way. He hires a guide to travel with him for a small fee. The traveler notices MANY things on his … More The Traveler and the Demons
“Look for God, suggests my Guru. Look for God like a man with his head on fire looks for water.” ― Elizabeth Gilbert “Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.” ― Garrison Keillor *Disclaimer* If you are a … More God(s), Religion(s) & Me(s)
“I was quiet, but I was not blind.” ― Jane Austen Compress: “flatten by pressure, squeeze, or press.” Decompress is: “relive or reduce the pressure on something.” What do you do to decompress? I write. The problem with publishing what I write is this. You read it. I’ve been private for the majority of my … More On Ice
“Some of the smartest people there were also the most committed. Intelligence doesn’t make you less prone to taking on bad ideas, it just makes you better at defending them to other people and to yourself. Smart people can believe some truly ridiculous things, and then deploy all the reason and logic at their disposal … More Cult(s) and “strong” words
“A Cleverly Named Blog” with Aubrey 