Tag: life
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Cluttered Mind
It took me two weeks to start writing a poem. There it was, sitting in my brain taking up valuable space. I wasn’t writing it down. Even having notebooks and cell phones available when there wasn’t a computer even, I, for some reason, chose to hold onto it. Kept it hovering in my thoughts as…
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And the days fly by…
It’s October already. It shouldn’t be a surprise, but even though I knew it was coming, when I awoke this morning, I felt surprised. Is it really October already? Of course it is. As I get older, those bits of wisdom that are dispensed by my parents become more poignant. I learn that they were…
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Middle
That’s where the truth is: somewhere in the middle. It is an interesting consideration in the climate of today’s political arena. Two sides seem almost homicidal in their vehement defence of what they believe to be the truth. Right or wrong, I am just one of those people that sees enough of both arguments that…
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Having a Good Weekend
Every so often it happens. We can have a good weekend. I’ve been in the throws of my second good weekend. Just family and some friends at most. Baseball games for my son, quality time with him and my wife. Fun activities. And even despite the things that have gone wrong, we’ve managed to enjoy…
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Finding a Purpose
This is what life is about right? Finding a purpose? This question had been permeating my thoughts a bit more than usual in the past two weeks given the events I had to witness. It isn’t so much of a fear of dying without accomplishing X goal so much as it is a fear of…
Jeremy C Kester 