Back when I initially drafted this post, I was in the middle of my unemployment stint. It had been roughly three months, carrying over for another. As of today, a total of five months later, the end could be in sight as I've just received an update from one prospective employer they're moving forward with my application. This change affects what I wanted to share today because I've been given the gift of retrospection. I started writing those thoughts within the original draft, but I think ...
self-discovery
Embracing Our Darkness
The most difficult challenge, our most vile villain, we will ever face is our own darkness, our own souls. Will we cower and be driven mad, unable to accept our propensity for evil? Or will we arise, overcome, and accept ourselves for who we are? Will we love ourselves, not solely in spite of, but also including our darkness? Embracing one's darkness is accepting your flaws, weaknesses, wrongdoings, etc. which have caused you and others pain. Does this acceptance mean we allow ...
Embrace the Wind
Some of you might have noticed in my earlier post from today I mentioned how the two months have seemed bizarrely busy in a stressful, sometimes painful way. I also realised it’s been a while; I haven’t written as I once did; I’ve been negligent. Thus, I thought I would pause and share some of what’s been making Life seem messy, maybe even a brilliant one. To briefly recap: the new year began; at the end of the month I went out of town (that was an adventure, especially when my car decided to ...
Losing My Punctuality
There’s something about me none of you know, a problem I can’t seem to overcome. I’m late. To everything. Okay, well maybe not everything all the time, but it happens 90% of the time. I even bought a Cinderella t-shirt of her running away from the ball which reads, “Don’t be late” for a caption as an inside joke with myself because I usually am anyway. I know, I know. It’s nothing drastic, but as I was driving to work this morning – late, again – I found myself asking myself why this ...
Liberation
Sorry I’ve been out of touch recently. The past few weeks have been rather stressful, and I’ve been focusing all my energy into fighting those proverbial battles. All this stress was actually leading up to a moment for when I was out of town. I returned “home” to Texas for a few days, attending a leadership training conference for my synagogue. Now, if you’re anything like me, the moment you hear any of the aforementioned words (leadership, training, conference), especially combined ...
