There is a sick sense of pleasure some people find in power. This is nothing new. This isn’t a startling revelation. We have all seen it. We have all experienced it. From the teacher that grins as they call a student to carpet to a boss that seems to be just managing to hide their… Continue reading EXACERBATION
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Thankful
As the year winds down we’ll start to see the social network posts about being thankful, and being blessed, and how we’re all one and everything is swell. For a short time we’re willing to overlook the madness of the world and pretend we can see above it all. Good. We shouldn’t have to fake… Continue reading Thankful
BALANCE
As I say all the time I get that much of what I do when I write these blogs is bleeding out the toxins in my mind. Man there are a lot of toxins. A lot – a lot. If anyone gets something out of what I write, then awesome. Double awesome. But I get… Continue reading BALANCE
Zero/Sum
When we look up we see sky. We see freedom. We see the bonds of the earth thrown free and the opportunity to soar just out of grasp. We see an open tapestry that shows us the stars and the dreams beyond them. It’s only when we’re caught up in their branches though do we… Continue reading Zero/Sum
The Hopeless
In the internet age it’s hard not to find the many potholes, dead ends, and darkened streets that litter that information highway most of us use consistently. We don’t usually mean to find out way into these places or into these potholes but playing the links can get you into trouble. With so many people… Continue reading The Hopeless
The Whale of Grief
Grief is hell. If Hell is the absence of God, then grief is the absence of those we love. Grief is hell on earth. For many of us it is a weight that, hard as we try, we can never quite move from our hearts. We are given great volumes of advice on how to… Continue reading The Whale of Grief
The Storm
To say that the United States is a nation in the middle of change is to downplay what is happening. Culturally, socially, politically, scientifically, and on every other factor we are feeling the pangs of a very painful birth. We have prided ourselves as the standard bearers for Freedom and Justice and have taken great… Continue reading The Storm
The Distance of Dreams
If you are lucky enough to have a dream in life you realize that eventually you must let that dream go. It doesn’t mean that you failed or that the dream failed but that you must move forward from that dream. The hope is that you got to live it, to some degree, and can… Continue reading The Distance of Dreams
The Abandoned
I have realized, as I age, that what life does is teach you about loss, early and often. You will learn this lesson whether you like it or not. Life offers no peaceful ends, no graceful goodbyes, and if you dare to love you will have your heart utterly decimated. But for the friendships,… Continue reading The Abandoned
That One Thing
Most of us have that one thing. That one thing that they want out of life more than anything else in the world. For some of us we want to travel. For others they want love. For other still it’s money, or maybe fame, or just to be surrounded by awesome people. For all of… Continue reading That One Thing
A Participation Award For Caring
Sometimes I wonder if we don’t need participation awards for something as simple as caring or giving a damn since so few of us seem to do that anymore. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you can tell me that things aren’t different, times haven’t changed, and that nothing is new under the sun but I think that’s… Continue reading A Participation Award For Caring
The Well Of Ignorance
We all have our wells of ignorance that sit at the core of who we are. That well’s foundation is built by our family, by our school, our church, our friends, and society. The foundation is built many times from good intentions, an effort to keep us from perceived dangers and threats but those good… Continue reading The Well Of Ignorance
THE ONES WE LEAVE BEHIND
One of the sad tragedies of growing up is growing apart. Worse perhaps is that the growing happens in small increments, spreading like tiny spider cracks that crawl outward, outward, and outward until they reach the edges and fracture the friendship irreparably. There are moments that happen that crack that relationship more deeply, and some… Continue reading THE ONES WE LEAVE BEHIND
The Spooky World of Chris Ringler 