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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...

Phantoms swing past me in the daylight hours

 I could be imagining it, but it seemed to me that a girl from the church simply saw me and then told her friend to go the other way out of fear that I'd see her and want to talk. . . 

This is how it feels on the outside. 

The beta male thing  has been plaguing me. I seem to war with it and it wars with me. 

And the worst part of all is, I don't know if it's real. Or if I'm just imagining it. 

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