“Just because you don’t know your direction doesn’t mean you don’t have one. Sometimes lost is where you need to be.” –Leoben As we grow through life, we develop characteristics and values that keep us safe and help us connect to others. Sometimes, these characteristics and values that keep us safe can end up preventing us from connecting to others Read more…
“Cause I need freedom now, and I need to know how, to live my life as it’s meant to be.” –Mumford and Sons Living in our little shell can be very lonely. Sometimes being lonely is better than the potential pain that exists if we were to be exposed and rejected. But still, loneliness is painful. Isolation is painful. Being Read more…
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” Martin Luther King, Jr. I ran into that quote quite a bit last week around the celebration of King’s desire for human rights. While he is speaking on a large level, I began to think of this quote on a Read more…
What are you passionate about? And how much are willing to risk for it? These questions came to mind over the weekend, and I began thinking about how much I would risk for my goals in life. This past Sunday, my family experienced a tragedy that was devastating and life-changing for those at the center. That evening, as I crawled into bed Read more…
“The thinker without the paradox is like the lover without passion” ~ Soren Kierkegaard Kristyn’s post from last week was timely for me. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the problems that arise from thinking in either/or terms. I think I’m done with dialectics, thinking in terms of absolutes. So many people that I talk to, along with myself, believe Read more…
