Journal

I sit sometimes in the dark and wonder why I see things the way I do. Why I can see another’s point of view so clearly. Why I can sit and peacefully accept. The answers don’t always come to me. Sometimes the only thing I hear is a wave of emotions that speak to me […]

Communication is an art form if the truth is spoken and a weapon of mass destruction if lies are created. Note I said “lies are created”. You don’t have to tell an outright lie for a deception to be perpetrated. It’s an interesting side effect of less than truthful communication, but I digress, I want […]

I have always had an enormous amount of patience. Astrologically, that’s an anomaly because I’m an Aries, and Aries are noted for being the most impatient of all the signs. I suppose my natal chart does offer a lot of explanations for my patience, but it’s too long and involved an explanation to go into […]

I was reading some Anaïs Nin late last night. Yes, I couldn’t sleep. When I go through a period of insomnia, I usually read. Every emotion like an exposed wire in a rain storm. Every reaction a spark that jolts. It makes it impossible to relax long enough to go to sleep, although I have […]

I was talking with a friend earlier this week. I was re-telling the places my mind had wandered when I heard a line on the season finale of “Grey’s Anatomy”. One of the patients is dying and needs a heart transplant. Once he had the transplant he said, [paraphrase] ‘Somewhere along the line that he […]

The worst 10 minutes just occurred. You know that sinking feeling you get in your stomach that makes you feel like you’ve just been drawn and quartered and your innards are splashed all over the pavement. That rush of adrenaline that courses through your body seemingly going from 0-60 in seconds. The sensation of dropping […]