Vinegar

Sometimes, when you are little, no one fills your cup, leaving you thirsty. Very thirsty. And hungry. Your soul aches with hunger. And... Sometimes, because of that hunger, or thirst, you find yourself grasping at whatever is offered to you. Even if it is vinegar. Abuse. You drink it, ignoring its rank flavor, because it …

Open Water

A ship is in the harbor, connected to a dock, by a rope; Her sympathetic captor. He is friend and foe together. She is Resting, Floating, Waiting, On the water. Her sails, tattered, Can no longer partner with the wind. She is under repair. Her hull, shattered Her masts, weakened by a storm. She longs …

She Waits

A ship is in the harbor, connected to a dock by a rope, her sympathetic jailer, and she is Resting, Floating, Undergoing Repairs. She longs for open sea. But, Her sails, tattered, Can no longer partner with the wind. She longs to watch the sun slip below a shimmering horizon. For careless, heartless? waves that …

Mystery

You cannot tell your heart whom it should love. It will choose whom it will and there will be no sense to make of it. You can attempt to analyze its leanings, its yearnings, even its reasoning. You can spend years questioning why it loves the way it does, Powerfully Tenderly Faithfully ...foolishly... But no …

You ARE Fallible.

...Because they are full of pride. Pride that prevents them from believing what they have consciously or subconsciously tucked deep into their hearts. The knowledge that they are fallible. There is also fear. Fear, because being fooled, and facing that flaw within, causes uncertainty - insecurity. If we cannot rely on our own antennae, what, …

Leadership

There were times, I am sure, when Fletcher Christian regretted his decision. Captain Bligh must have made things so miserable, that Christian felt he had no other recourse. He is remembered and quoted as saying, "I am in hell. I am in hell."  on that mutinous night. The diverse outcomes were ruinous for many. It …