There are those days when nothing moves, little is done, and everything seems wrong; or incorrect. Not up to your expectations.
Uninspired, you lack the motivation or the magic to continue or see a project through. Maybe you can’t get started?
The potential you felt seems so far off.
At times, you can’t imagine what you were thinking. If you could, you wouldn’t find yourself in this predicament.
08/29/2023 j.g.l.
Another day. It changes,
daily, from what we have
experienced to what we
will know when the day is
done and we’ve seen our
way through the calamities
and chaos.
Tonight we will reflect.
We always do.
What will you learn?
What will it mean to you?
08/28/2023 j.g.l.
As depressing as it is, the feelings of being let down (or letting yourself down) cannot be permitted to take over.
You deserve more than that.
Disappointment provides too much time to think, even obsess, about what went wrong or what is wrong at the time, or over time.
Try not to think about it.
Consider instead what you can do to support yourself
Self-care begins with you.
Take care of yourself. As difficult as it is, look past the disappointment.
08/27/2023 j.g.l.
This country, this continent, is on fire; flames raging across this world.
Then there are the floods, hurricanes, and drought. Climate change, man-made or not, occurs naturally.
It happens.
All the debate over toxic waste and today millions of tons of treated radioactive wastewater was released into an ocean on the other side of this planet, compounding our fears over all things nuclear.
The wars we know, out of control, loss of life the daily news; the politics of it all.
The tsunami of these events, destruction and devastation, leading us closer to an end we are uncertain of. But we know it will come.
Salvation now, as it has always been, is far more than a dream.
How can we hope for better after decades of trying to avoid it all?
08/24/2023 j.g.l.
I keep, in the deep pocket of my packsack, a Swiss Army knife.
Perhaps the ultimate resource for unexpected situations, the all-purpose pocketknife is regarded as the embodiment of multifunactionality and inventiveness.
Well-used and familiar, my knife is always available when needed. Over the years it has opened cans of soup, bottles of beer and wine, sliced cheese and sharpened many, many pencils. I’ve adjusted components of my bicycle, and car, and tightened up plenty of loose screws. The flashlight has guided me through a few dark occasions.
We are all like Swiss Army Knives.
Folded up inside of us are tools and talents we require to get us through life, get us out of a jam, or cut our way through obstacles and situations we may have never thought we’d find ourselves in.
Some of our features are not used as often as others, (or as often as they should be) but we need to remember they are there for us when needed.
08/21/2023 j.g.l.