Making Peace with Hope

Making Peace with Hope

Ironically this holiday season, I’ve been thinking a bit about a time in my life when I lost all sense of celebration.  In seventh grade, I attempted to take my own life.   My hard times had begun some years earlier, during the summer following fifth...
Feel Good Love Poem

Feel Good Love Poem

You are not here to languishin the desert of self-centeredness. You are here to be an oasis.  It. Is. Not. Self. Centered. To focus your energy on living the highest quality life possible. Your joyful presence is powerful. You will learnmore about beingkind, grateful,...
But, It’s Such a Good Rationalization

But, It’s Such a Good Rationalization

I stumbled upon something I wrote to myself more than a year ago.  It’s about a difficult situation I was dealing with back then that I have zero recollection of now:   Ok Jason, computer concerns.  Before we go into the magically intoxicating...
The Treadmill of Distraction

The Treadmill of Distraction

Another long haul.  Coast to Coast, this one, with a trailer full of children’s books.  Sweat beading on his brow courtesy of the broken air conditioning, making this trip seem twice as long.  Far too much time to think.  His wife, Sally, is...
Fact AND Fiction

Fact AND Fiction

My reflexes and response time are slower because of a birth injury.  This is a fact.  Because of it, I generalized that because I have slower reflexes I would therefore, always be inefficient at work.   Yes, there is some truth within my...