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Battle weary | Wild Ruminator
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I realize the following words are not theologically sound, but I need this moment of pure expression and cathartic rant. My heart is heavy and I need to fling honest questions towards a Deity I. To believe sits next to me, sees my red swollen eyes, and allows my fits to beat against his chest. So void of censorship, here is my open letter to G-d. I can see the eyes of this child. But I can’t see you. I can’t even feel you. Here in this room, this tiny room with the lock turned on the handle. With hands a...
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Walking a tight rope between love and fear | Wild Ruminator
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Walking a tight rope between love and fear. This I have to do on my own. I have been trying to write this for a long time, because I have been here for an even longer time. Precariously balancing on a thin wire that spans the schism between love and fear. This is where I live my life, walkingslowlywith shoulders mantled heavily with insecurities that constantly throw punches at my equilibrium. Beneath this tight rope, a dichotomy. One or the other- never both- no middle ground. They say courage comes in ...
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quotes | Wild Ruminator
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8220;The effect of words on the mind is equal to the effect of drugs on the body”-Gorgias. As mentioned before, I often feel that the best way to understand someone is to, well first, check out their bookshelf, and second see what quotes are meaningful for them. You will find here a list of quotes that are, to me, influential. 8220;I raise up my voice-not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard. We cannot succeed when half of us are held back.”-Malala Yousafzai. 8220;Oh, it’s ...
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Parting with 2014 | Wild Ruminator
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This year, wow… this year. Christmas decoration taken down, new calendars up, it’s over. I wanted to find a way to say goodbye to 2014; a year that for me felt like one long sucker punch after another. I started off by writing an encomium list , much like the one I wrote last year. But that approach, that worked so well for saying goodbye to 2013 didn’t seem quite right this time around. Countless times these past 12 months I tried to write or create or contribute in some way, but found myself completely...
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National Poetry Month | Wild Ruminator
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April, among being the month chosen for several other. Also happens to be National Poetry Month. And thanks to the inspiration from a friend. Who has been writing much this past month, here are a few words of my own. I hardly noticed it most of the time. Dammit, that night I felt every second of those 8 hours. I could never have imagined. For all intensive purposes, the conclusion of us. When My plane lands on Tuesday was met with. Exhale) Great, but I won’t be here when you get back. Like a sucker punch.
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April, among being the month chosen for several other. Also happens to be National Poetry Month. And thanks to the inspiration from a friend. Who has been writing much this past month, here are a few words of my own. And tagged Life Lessons. April 25, 2015. Walking a tight rope between love and fear. This I have to do on my own. I have been trying to write this for a long time, because I have been here for an even longer time. February 16, 2015. January 23, 2015. January 4, 2015. I don’t see a lot of vio...
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I believe one of the best ways to understand someone is to take a good, long, hard look at what is on their bookshelf. After thinking that I couldn’t show you my bookshelf, I realize that perhaps I can… in some form at least. Here is a list of books that have invariably shaped the way I think, and possibly feel. Man’s Search for Meaning-Viktor Frankl. War and Peace-Leo Tolstoy. Tender is the Night-F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Confessions of Saint Augustine-St.Augustine. Into the Wild-Jon Krakauer. Looking at...
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