Category: Grace
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Standing In The Midst Of
As I waltzed into the UPS Store, there was a certain glee to my step and a grin to my face as after many months of long eBay toiling, it had finally sold. The “it” here is a certain fine china set gifted to me by a very generous friend as a house warming present. …
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The Head vs The Heart
Author’s note: Though I wrote this piece back in 2010, and much has changed with me since then, I think the main idea I addressed still has relevance today and hence I thought it worth sharing. “Jeremy” Laurece began tenderly, her serene, rich voice filling the air around me. “The longest distance in the world is…
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The Gift
The previous week was definitely a Smashing Pumpkins kind of week. As one of my favorite bands of all time, The Smashing Pumpkins are one of those artists that I can listen to over and over and over again and not get tired of them. Their first 3 albums; Gish, Siamese Dream, and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, are in my…
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Where is the Power?
It had been one of those days at work. Constant interruptions from coworkers with things they needed my input on. Interruptions from customers calling in with random requests. Tasks that should have taken a few minutes took several hours because the software kept crashing. Swarms of emails filled my inbox with various additional requests.…
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What are you selling?
I was at the mall today wandering through hoping to happen upon a bargain. I hate paying full price for clothes, to the point where it’s almost like a pet peeve of mine. I’ve generally found that shopping for clothes is either a highly rewarding experience, or highly disappointing. This is because it takes a…
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But I Don’t Wanna…
I have a confession to make. I don’t actually like writing. It’s tedious, time consuming, and requires seemingly endless editing. Agonizing over finding just the right words to convey the desired message, or just the right metaphor to describe something can be headache-inducing. Then there are issues of order, flow and organization – the constant…
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