“Straight people don’t get a Pride Month!” Exactly.
Pain Hurts… Duh – Velvet Skill #7
The recurring feelings of hurt, abuse, neglect, failure (fill in the blank) begin to define who we are, and we fear we won’t know who we are if we become someone BEYOND or WITHOUT that pain.
celestial surrender
waxing and waning…
Judgment-Free Zone
Actively resist the temptation to place everything in your life on a “good-bad continuum.”
slow growth
I let them hammer, peel, and scrape, To let the sun-starved seed escape, And grow e’er sunward with my leaves widespread.
The Multitask Myth – Velvet Skill #6
You are going to be surprised (unless you are already a pro at this) at how difficult this skill is. Apart from those of us who have pre-programmed performance orientation, society itself keeps telling us “busyness” and “doing many things at once” show value.
that which does not kill us…
December morn – I’d end it all; Was not the plan – I went for broke.
Stupid is as Stupid Does – Velvet Skill #5
When life doesn’t turn out the way you want, stop insisting that it not be so.
The Kohns Man to my left… #SoCS
The Kohns Men have a profoundly deep inner world. Perhaps the Kohns women do, too. I can’t speak to that from personal experience, so I’ll stick to what I know.
And that’s ALL I need – Velvet Rage Skill #4
We don’t know where to begin unwinding what it is that will make us truly “content”…
Fight, Flight, or… – Velvet Rage Skill #3
The presence of intense emotions will increase the likelihood of seeing ONLY this or ONLY that as possible reactions.
Sonnet XXIII – The Map a River Makes
And now, behold, the deluge comes anon; containers burst and none can stand the wash.
Serenity Now! – Velvet Rage Skill #2
Yes, it turns out when Jesus tells us to “love your neighbor as yourself”, it only really works right IF YOU LOVE YOURSELF.
WWRBD? – Velvet Rage Skill #1
Our hearts tell the truth, even when what it has to say scares the shit out of us.
Sincerely, Me.
Yeah, nailed it. Again.
MAYbe Day 2021 – #SoCS
“Good luck with your self-discovery, Ben!”
misdirection
I’m somewhere north of Nashville; that’s all you get for now.
Shattered Pains
If there is glass between me and another world, something needs to change…
sorry, mom?
is swearing permitted? here?
exulansis
beyond the shoal; awash, my soul…
