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Scrambled cities: If you're not gonna do the work(on your soul), then you might as well work til you die

 There are two tiers in normal life. Those who are survive and those who thrive.  But nothing is a mistake in life: Nothing comes by chance. You have to prepare for it.  If you thought life was about making money and beating out the Jones's, you've lost already.  Life is: Desire for connection. All unhealthy competition is isolating. We live in an isolated-enough world already. This connection comes from a surprising place: Self-acceptance. A lot of us need to go back to the classroom. A lot of us need to take a silent breather and check in with what we need. This takes serious work. It's the real work. It relies on respect for others and self-respect.  A lot of people in the self-help community try to push the self aside: Manning up is the only side of it they see. But there are certain non-negotiables in this life. Certain things we can't cheat ourselves out of. We are not a piece of meat being acted on.    However, this is where God comes in. Some o...
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Rise of the odd-lookers

 Often things are more obvious than we realize. On the other hand, we often we don't recognize things that are too obscure. There is no rule to distinguish between the two. Often things that seem obscure are really obvious. Often things that are obvious are really obscure.

Girls are like that. Sometimes they seem obvious in their intention and other times they dance just on the edge of reason. 

A girl who I saw at the laundromat who works at the local church school considers me overfriendly. I got a sense of this the other day when I launched a big open smile at her in the dining hall of that said school. All that I got in return was a blank look of "are you really doing this? Really?"

Girls are very honest. Girls "think" with their feelings. Just as men think with their brain, girls have no choice in that. Their brain is emotional. It all registers on their face with the openness of a clear blue sea at dawn. 



                                                       Surrealist art courtesy of Eric J Moffitt

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