Life’s big events happen on one timeline
And the reckoning of them on another—
The latter being often the more important,
For I do believe we were put here
Both to learn and to decide.
Category Archives: Goals
To Do But Not To Be
How curious that a man
Can be willing to do a thing
And yet not be willing to be it—
That he will commit to it outwardly
And even for impressive periods of time
And yet not love it with all his inner being—
And live on for years divided about it in his spirit!
Not All I Want
Pushing Through
Down 100 Pounds; 55 More to Go!

I need to lose 55 pounds to get to 200 pounds, which will be somewhere in the ballpark of a healthy weight for me. And while losing 55 pounds sounds like quite a feat, I am at least encouraged that, as of this morning, I have already lost 100 pounds from my all-time high of 355 (in 2016). It has not been easy, and I expect it to get harder as I go. But for what it’s worth, I do believe I can do it—with help.
Continue reading Down 100 Pounds; 55 More to Go!In the Soulless City

I have always loved the land
And am grieved to this day
That I must live smothered
In the soulless city.
And still there lingers the hope
However faint
That somehow
It will be made right
Some time before I die.
But either way
I still hope for a place in
That country not my own
Which shall be better still by far.
Life Is a Messy Business
People’s Minds are Messy
People’s minds are messy.
In many things involving both our understanding
And the way we explain that understanding
We are fuzzy and imprecise and technically incorrect
In some regards, even if not in every regard.
If It’s Not Working
If I Could Get You to Care Enough
If I could get you to care enough
About these matters
Of world-class importance—
If I could get you to
Dream your own dreams about them,
Rather than merely to lean on mine—