April 2009
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When we are ready we can be put away
I received a message from someone I haven’t spoken to in a while. I replied that I wasn’t ready to return. In contemplating my readiness, I’ve come to realize that I am just ready to move forward. In our time apart I’ve become healthier in mind, body, and spirit. I’ve stripped away the self-consciousness that existed; the fear of returning to someone I once was and...
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gratitude one.
i just got off the phone with a friend from college. we haven’t talked in a while, so we were catching up. i told her that in the past few weeks i’ve been trying to really reflect on my life and my situation. i’ve definitely been in a fog (highly understating the situation) and having gone to la three weeks ago really set a lot of thinking and growing in motion. to help me in...
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it is a good friday...
this is the first year i haven’t been to church for good friday. when i was younger i felt welcome in god’s house. these days, the house is cold and uncomfortable. not because the church has been unwelcoming—it’s just too much when folks are on their cell phones and priests are telling me that undocumented workers should be sent back to whereever they came from. i’ve...
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yes. and still, no.
i used to do this when i was younger. i had trouble keeping up. too many rules. too much involved. i’m trying to be principled. we’ll see how it goes.
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