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To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

Anatole France



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Romper Bomper Stomper Boo

What Makes People Mean

10 Life Changing Lessons I learned From Painting

When People Leave

Splitting the Atom

How To Change The World

We Can Rebuild You, Steve

35 Shots of Truth

Making Your WHEN Happen NOW

When Life Asks More of You Than It Has Before

Loving The God Damned Moment

My Funny Valentine

Lucid Dreaming

Pray To God But Row For Shore

My Little Fontanel



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Fixing All That’s Broken

Please move, my ego would like your chair.
You know, I think I do things for others to show my love or because of something altruistic, but I’ve recently discovered…

January 26th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: acceptance | 3 comments

I Am Deep Throat

I am 11 and we live in the booming metropolis of Waterloo, Iowa.
My mother has taken to sewing a lot of my clothes so I have too many pairs of brightly colored, stretchy bellbottoms with elastic waists that rest just under my armpits.

January 20th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: memories | Leave a comment

The Many Splendored Thing

I have been foolish and wishful and blind time and again—all in the name of love.
I think about love—how it can set the table or flip it over in a tantrum. How it can feel like riding a willful horse—a horse who knows you’re not a strong rider and keeps walking you into the trees. How it can be like a wild animal that rips you apart and makes a quick meal of you.

January 17th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: love | Leave a comment

Re-establishing the Definition of You

If your life were a movie, would the audience walk out?
Is your main character poorly played—possibly tedious? Is the story line hard to follow or, worse yet, is it just boring?

January 11th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: getting unstuck | Leave a comment

This Here’s What You Liked

You thrill me.
You with your reading skills—reading is fundamental. You with your sharing my posts with others—sharing is caring. You with your returning to the scene of the crime and reading more.

January 7th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: best of | Leave a comment

That Horse Can Run, Son

Thank God they didn’t shoot Seabiscuit.
They could have. Might have been easier. But someone wanted that horse to run so badly that they did all that extra…

January 6th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: getting unstuck | Leave a comment

A Very Different Mile High Club

I recently was flying home from the holidays and decided to play a little game with The Universe. Before I got on the plane I made this little request: Have the person sitting next to me teach me something—something about career, writing, relationships, life, myself. I’ve got 5 hours in 1st class and the liquor will flow—let’s make the most of it.

January 4th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: getting what you ask for, vulnerability | 2 comments