When I was young I listened only to the song of the one bird that I loved. all my energy was spent on losing myself to its music. so inclined I was towards it, so attuned, that it was near impossible for me to hear any other sound, and that gap between near and complete … Continue reading song
change
half
I have often been told that I tend to be a ‘glass half empty’ kind of person. coming from the proverbial expression describing a perspective of either pessimism or optimism. I don’t know, I guess that sometimes I do tend towards a more pessimistic perspective to things. but I wonder if maybe, when we talk … Continue reading half
one
But what difference will i make? i am only one. i am small and insignificant. i am no different from anyone else. yet the life force within, the 'thing' that is bigger than me kept whispering in the wind to the very soul of me ... "trust me ... others have gone before and others … Continue reading one
net
What is it to know and to be known by someone? for so long it has been dictated to us who we should be, what we should look like, what we should wear and do and where we should go and what we should have. for so long we have been told, climb and gain … Continue reading net
clever talk
There is clever talk and then there is honest talk ... clever talk is not necessarily dishonest talk, but it is a little (or a lot) more calculated, a little (or a lot) more cautious and perhaps a little (or a lot) more aware of the audience and the impact it might have on the … Continue reading clever talk
success
too often we measure success by the things we have achieved or gained for ourselves ... sometimes, a better measure of success is how much we have invested in others and helped others grow...
impossible
“Everything is possible for one who believes” and so it is. so, I believed, and nothing changed. so, I believed even harder and nothing changed. so, I prayed and fasted, and nothing changed. so, I pleaded and bargained, and nothing changed. so, I became angry and I threatened, and nothing changed. so, I complained … Continue reading impossible
THE OLD HOUSE
I went past the old house today The one I grew up in but it wasn’t there anymore at least it was completely changed the only thing I recognised was the tree in the corner of the garden the tree that grew out of a seed my parents planted and tended but the house was … Continue reading THE OLD HOUSE
cracked not broken 