This post isn’t about book-inspired messes; it’s about life-inspired ones. You know, messes that leave you curled under the covers at midnight wishing you hadn’t wasted the first half of the wine […]
099 & 100
Convenient: my struggle nears resolution as this challenge nears completion. (momentary silence for all things neat and tidy) Sometimes, I’m dense.It takes me a while to realize things,things like: grad school isn’t going to be like college, aka, the future isn’t going to be like the past. Now, by not enrolling in a […]
098
Eek. Third-to-last post, of this round anyway. Something I heard today resonated and just stuck: it’s not about fairness; it’s about faithfulness. (disclaimer: those seven not included in my one hundred) The context is irrelevant; this applies to all of life. It’s not fair your boss gets credit for your work, […]
097
The meeting of Amherst and Broad is treacherous. Today, Amherst drivers had been stopped at red for three cycles.Cars were starting to turn around, etc. After momentarily contemplating waiting (hours of rush hour on 128 taught me to wait), I took a side road, to end up on Broad under a red as I watched […]
096
I woke up this morning, smiling because I’m in love. It’s this overwhelming contentment, knowing the weather (sunny or rainy) and my future (determined or not) don’t change it, that some days (most days) it will take some work (much […]
095
On this day, may we remember not the pain, the horror, the disbelief, but the swelling pride in our hearts when, on this day, we say, “I am an American.” That is what we must never forget. A poem: September Twelve, Ten AM Trust him who quivers among the wicked, wild clatter: Because he understands […]
094
I’ve been thinkingabout strangers lately. Weare encouraged to lookat the strangers around us;someone could be your hero,the personyou’ve been looking forall your life,to encourage there is still hope in this darkening world. We spend energy believing we don’t know the good ones,they’re some sort of myth, documented in history books,starring on the television shows. But: […]
093
This Sunday afternoon was spent as it ought to be: among familiar breezes, sipping great coffee, next to best friends (with the Oxford Comma). For a few hours, the future wasn’t coming to me; I was lazying towards it, aware of its presence, but unintimidated, convinced a little side-road detour might do me some good. And […]
092
There is always happiness as long as I am alive to feel it Happiness, patience, kindness, love, compassion, forgiveness, they’re always right there. Within you. Within me. You see, the world is only made out of people. That’s right: a whole lot of you’s and me’s, just making good, ol’ fashioned decisions to either […]
091
First: I have no idea why this debate is such a big deal to me. The conclusions: 1. The VMAs speak of problems graver than performance 2. There are bad things happening worldwide The dangers:1. Syria is not the only place bad things are happening2. Small problems become big problems The realities: 1. We can […]
Mary's One Hundred 