tomorrow

It’s simple and beautiful.

It’s simple and beautiful.

thanks, tyrone! that made my day. i think tough times yield beauty, and that was written over a decade ago during a real pressure cooker. i love reading it, though. it’s why i write. it reminds me of who i was before i became who i am, which, in turn, reminds me that i’ve still not become who i’m gonna be.

thanks, tyrone! that made my day. i think tough times yield beauty, and that was written over a decade ago during a real pressure cooker. i love reading it, though. it’s why i write. it reminds me of who i was before i became who i am, which, in turn, reminds me that i’ve still not become who i’m gonna be.

thanks, tyrone! that made my day. i think tough times yield beauty, and that was written over a decade ago during a real pressure cooker. i love reading it, though. it’s why i write. it reminds me of who i was before i became who i am, which, in turn, reminds me that i’ve still not become who i’m gonna be.

I think we’ve all been there at one point in our lives. You’ve captured it in a few words better than a 1000 word post could.

I think we’ve all been there at one point in our lives. You’ve captured it in a few words better than a 1000 word post could.

I think we’ve all been there at one point in our lives. You’ve captured it in a few words better than a 1000 word post could.

Nice job John… I agree with Jeff…we’ve all been there and you truly captured the feeling of all of us who have!

Nice job John… I agree with Jeff…we’ve all been there and you truly captured the feeling of all of us who have!

Nice job John… I agree with Jeff…we’ve all been there and you truly captured the feeling of all of us who have!

@DOD and jeff — indeed, we all have been at low place in our lives. places where we find ourselves with a lower common denominator than we’d like to think, hence the honor among thieves concept expressed w/ “everything is built on trust when you forsake your honor for your lust.” but just to be overly clear, these were words i wrote down over a decade ago. i ran across them recently and for some reason, i decided to put them out there today.

don’t want lovie to get all freaked out thinking i’m having a current-day existential meltdown! you’re both great men. thanks for your thoughts.

@DOD and jeff — indeed, we all have been at low place in our lives. places where we find ourselves with a lower common denominator than we’d like to think, hence the honor among thieves concept expressed w/ “everything is built on trust when you forsake your honor for your lust.” but just to be overly clear, these were words i wrote down over a decade ago. i ran across them recently and for some reason, i decided to put them out there today.

don’t want lovie to get all freaked out thinking i’m having a current-day existential meltdown! you’re both great men. thanks for your thoughts.

@DOD and jeff — indeed, we all have been at low place in our lives. places where we find ourselves with a lower common denominator than we’d like to think, hence the honor among thieves concept expressed w/ “everything is built on trust when you forsake your honor for your lust.” but just to be overly clear, these were words i wrote down over a decade ago. i ran across them recently and for some reason, i decided to put them out there today.

don’t want lovie to get all freaked out thinking i’m having a current-day existential meltdown! you’re both great men. thanks for your thoughts.

Why have I not discovered this blog before now?
Following. Starting….. now.

Why have I not discovered this blog before now?
Following. Starting….. now.

Why have I not discovered this blog before now?
Following. Starting….. now.

thanks, my friend. pls send along my regards to your wife, who, if i’m not mistaken, is an attorney. and GL with the throbbing vein in her forehead. LOL. seriously, thanks for the visit. hope it’s not your last.

thanks, my friend. pls send along my regards to your wife, who, if i’m not mistaken, is an attorney. and GL with the throbbing vein in her forehead. LOL. seriously, thanks for the visit. hope it’s not your last.

thanks, my friend. pls send along my regards to your wife, who, if i’m not mistaken, is an attorney. and GL with the throbbing vein in her forehead. LOL. seriously, thanks for the visit. hope it’s not your last.

You have captured beautifully a place where most have visited. I don’t know if most can see any beauty, any light when we are fighting in the darkness. You must have, or at least felt it. Thanks for sharing. There’s a lot of life lessons here.

You have captured beautifully a place where most have visited. I don’t know if most can see any beauty, any light when we are fighting in the darkness. You must have, or at least felt it. Thanks for sharing. There’s a lot of life lessons here.

You have captured beautifully a place where most have visited. I don’t know if most can see any beauty, any light when we are fighting in the darkness. You must have, or at least felt it. Thanks for sharing. There’s a lot of life lessons here.

This is what blogging is about, or so it seems to me.

This is what blogging is about, or so it seems to me.

This is what blogging is about, or so it seems to me.

thank you. pain to me is often laced w/ beauty. most of *my* favorite of the stuff i write comes from that spot. like the posts on holliday. there’s magic in the melancholy. you just gotta be brave enough to seek it out.

thank you. pain to me is often laced w/ beauty. most of *my* favorite of the stuff i write comes from that spot. like the posts on holliday. there’s magic in the melancholy. you just gotta be brave enough to seek it out.

thank you. pain to me is often laced w/ beauty. most of *my* favorite of the stuff i write comes from that spot. like the posts on holliday. there’s magic in the melancholy. you just gotta be brave enough to seek it out.

Wow John. I felt the power of that one right in the gut. The thing about those moments in our life (and you know I’ve been there too… haven’t told you all the stories yet but eventually), but back to the importance of those moments is that it makes us value the real connections we have with people who care about us today.

For a guy that can do a Elmo / Rodney Dangerfield impression like no one else, you sure know how to get raw and honest.

kudos!

Wow John. I felt the power of that one right in the gut. The thing about those moments in our life (and you know I’ve been there too… haven’t told you all the stories yet but eventually), but back to the importance of those moments is that it makes us value the real connections we have with people who care about us today.

For a guy that can do a Elmo / Rodney Dangerfield impression like no one else, you sure know how to get raw and honest.

kudos!

Wow John. I felt the power of that one right in the gut. The thing about those moments in our life (and you know I’ve been there too… haven’t told you all the stories yet but eventually), but back to the importance of those moments is that it makes us value the real connections we have with people who care about us today.

For a guy that can do a Elmo / Rodney Dangerfield impression like no one else, you sure know how to get raw and honest.

kudos!

Nicely done, and I can easily comprehend those feelings… Which is part of why I stopped writing, actually. I keep thinking I need to pick it up again. But I don’t. :-p Good for you for keeping it going, and making it brilliant no matter if you’re dealing with darkness or light.

Nicely done, and I can easily comprehend those feelings… Which is part of why I stopped writing, actually. I keep thinking I need to pick it up again. But I don’t. :-p Good for you for keeping it going, and making it brilliant no matter if you’re dealing with darkness or light.

Nicely done, and I can easily comprehend those feelings… Which is part of why I stopped writing, actually. I keep thinking I need to pick it up again. But I don’t. :-p Good for you for keeping it going, and making it brilliant no matter if you’re dealing with darkness or light.

you know what’s funny about that comment, patrick? i stopped writing for the better part of five years, only picking it back up after the triplets were born. i stopped b/c my thoughts were too negative. we’ve all got a voice inside our head that critiques us. and it can be our shepherd. yet it can also be our butcher.

i’m writing now b/c i learned to blow the butcher off, and listen, instead, to the shepherd. knowing how brilliant you are, i feel you’re doing yourself a disservice for not writing. i hope you *do* pick it up again.

you know what’s funny about that comment, patrick? i stopped writing for the better part of five years, only picking it back up after the triplets were born. i stopped b/c my thoughts were too negative. we’ve all got a voice inside our head that critiques us. and it can be our shepherd. yet it can also be our butcher.

i’m writing now b/c i learned to blow the butcher off, and listen, instead, to the shepherd. knowing how brilliant you are, i feel you’re doing yourself a disservice for not writing. i hope you *do* pick it up again.

Been there myself at one time (although never quite so eloquently).

Been there myself at one time (although never quite so eloquently).

Life is a pain in the butt when viewed in detail. But, You just live and die along with everyone else. The external details don’t matter when compared to your directing mind.

Life is a pain in the butt when viewed in detail. But, You just live and die along with everyone else. The external details don’t matter when compared to your directing mind.

Life is a pain in the butt when viewed in detail. But, You just live and die along with everyone else. The external details don’t matter when compared to your directing mind.

you’re really fantastic… and that’s all there is to it.

you’re really fantastic… and that’s all there is to it.

you’re really fantastic… and that’s all there is to it.

i love nic, y’all. met her in the atl and she’s exactly what one would think she is from reading her blog and following her.

i love nic, y’all. met her in the atl and she’s exactly what one would think she is from reading her blog and following her.

i love nic, y’all. met her in the atl and she’s exactly what one would think she is from reading her blog and following her.

Yes, I used to live in that frame of mind a lot. I’d say a lot of my 20s. At 45 I would like to believe I NEVER feel like that any more (I’m cured right?). But that is bs. Many, many days I feel humble and grateful. But then there are those days when pain rears its ugly head as a reminder of work yet to be done.

Yes, I used to live in that frame of mind a lot. I’d say a lot of my 20s. At 45 I would like to believe I NEVER feel like that any more (I’m cured right?). But that is bs. Many, many days I feel humble and grateful. But then there are those days when pain rears its ugly head as a reminder of work yet to be done.

Yes, I used to live in that frame of mind a lot. I’d say a lot of my 20s. At 45 I would like to believe I NEVER feel like that any more (I’m cured right?). But that is bs. Many, many days I feel humble and grateful. But then there are those days when pain rears its ugly head as a reminder of work yet to be done.

@tom

i used to live in that frame of mind, too. i ran it back fast and hard in my 20s. too fast. too hard. i called that piece “tomorrow” b/c i knew i had to change. it’s just i wasn’t quite ready on that particular day. perhaps the next, i’d think. or the one after that. an eternity of tomorrows to get it done. but just not that day.

this was written to (or at) an entity which i’ll call the catalyst for the unraveling of a life i thought was much more tightly bound. at the time it seemed like what was happening was the worst thing ever, but it was actually the best thing that could have ever happened to me.

it’s nice to have the leader of the good men project stop by. tom’s site is one of the best sites out there. here’s their link.

http://goodmenproject.com/

@tom

i used to live in that frame of mind, too. i ran it back fast and hard in my 20s. too fast. too hard. i called that piece “tomorrow” b/c i knew i had to change. it’s just i wasn’t quite ready on that particular day. perhaps the next, i’d think. or the one after that. an eternity of tomorrows to get it done. but just not that day.

this was written to (or at) an entity which i’ll call the catalyst for the unraveling of a life i thought was much more tightly bound. at the time it seemed like what was happening was the worst thing ever, but it was actually the best thing that could have ever happened to me.

it’s nice to have the leader of the good men project stop by. tom’s site is one of the best sites out there. here’s their link.

http://goodmenproject.com/

@tom

i used to live in that frame of mind, too. i ran it back fast and hard in my 20s. too fast. too hard. i called that piece “tomorrow” b/c i knew i had to change. it’s just i wasn’t quite ready on that particular day. perhaps the next, i’d think. or the one after that. an eternity of tomorrows to get it done. but just not that day.

this was written to (or at) an entity which i’ll call the catalyst for the unraveling of a life i thought was much more tightly bound. at the time it seemed like what was happening was the worst thing ever, but it was actually the best thing that could have ever happened to me.

it’s nice to have the leader of the good men project stop by. tom’s site is one of the best sites out there. here’s their link.

http://goodmenproject.com/

Well done, JCO. I had a bunch of writing like that from my younger, misguided, angrier days that, unfortunately, was all lost when my laptop got stolen a few years ago. Regrettably that also contained the book I was writing that provided me with the impetus for finally starting my blog. I’d say I’d like to go back in time and explain a few things to that version of me, but then again, I wouldn’t be who I am today without those experiences.

Well done, JCO. I had a bunch of writing like that from my younger, misguided, angrier days that, unfortunately, was all lost when my laptop got stolen a few years ago. Regrettably that also contained the book I was writing that provided me with the impetus for finally starting my blog. I’d say I’d like to go back in time and explain a few things to that version of me, but then again, I wouldn’t be who I am today without those experiences.

Well done, JCO. I had a bunch of writing like that from my younger, misguided, angrier days that, unfortunately, was all lost when my laptop got stolen a few years ago. Regrettably that also contained the book I was writing that provided me with the impetus for finally starting my blog. I’d say I’d like to go back in time and explain a few things to that version of me, but then again, I wouldn’t be who I am today without those experiences.

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