Transactional
My initial rant was to talk about how some might chat with you with an expectation and then it hit me. There is an actual episode on this on Black … Continue reading
Re/set
Kept telling myself I will come back and actually collect my ideas on paper and release them to an extent, but I never found the right moment. And it never … Continue reading
Is it true?
We live in difficult times lately. It’s scary how moving forward feels like actually taking steps back. We cannot take anything for granted and at the same time we start … Continue reading
Admit it
Admit that you make mistakes, that sometimes you are the problem and that you make poor decisions and are unable to commit to the things you said. Admit that you … Continue reading
One word
I tried to write (and post) this for so long, my ideas and priorities have changed quite a bit but I still need to vent a bit about it because … Continue reading
Call it out
The sister/brother of making a compliment, calling it out is the equivalent of someone making you accountable for your actions or lack of them. We don’t need to be enabled … Continue reading
Lack of
I had in mind an one word list of what we lack as a society and while I was writing it I realized that I am also at fault with … Continue reading
Definition
While I was thinking about another topic of snowflake people and everything becoming offensive, I realized that maybe I’m also part of the problem. This constant of trying to be … Continue reading
Blink
You know when you plan something and it doesn’t work out and you’re feeling bummed? Well imagine that and then coming to experience what you wanted after you thought it … Continue reading
Answers
There are instances when words aren’t too many and sometimes when there’s no need for them. There are also moments when finding a word for it makes it easier to … Continue reading
U ok, love?
A simple yet effective question. Showing concern, giving you space and time to reflect, but also allowing you to come to terms with whatever it is that’s happening. But before … Continue reading
Pain
When the pain is back and it’s all the emotion you feel the narrative seems to change and things get to be put into perspective. And you want to tame … Continue reading
How to human
There comes a time when things are so repetitive that you don’t even allow a thought process to happen, not consciously at least. It’s just the same pattern. Like a … Continue reading
You’d think
You’d think that after all this time you’d know better. You’d think that every new year would bring new lessons. You’d think that you’d learn from them. You’d think that. … Continue reading
Characters
You know they do a great job when you get all the chills for a character that is finally getting their happy ending or get extremely sad when a character … Continue reading
I’m sorry
Hearing those words really caught him by surprise. Always heard in movies, never in real life, the sound of them was unfamiliar. It made him feel uneasy. Not sure what … Continue reading
Overwhelmed
Do you ever get that feeling when everything is too much that it makes you numb? Like so much is happening at once that you don’t get to see anything … Continue reading
Hold on
Let’s pause the “new year, new me” idea and reiterate some of those we already thought of but couldn’t make it. Let’s hold on to old resolutions. Let’s hold on … Continue reading
Catharcissism
After I came across this notion in a movie, I started to rethink things for a hot second. It was said in a spur of a moment, but it wasn’t … Continue reading
Arrogance or confidence?
Funny how these 2 can be misinterpreted, but it’s so easy nowadays with the “fake it til you make it” mentality. But that’s beside the point, the point being that … Continue reading
More
Coming across an issue that made me think. How unfair it is to look down at someone from wanting more. More from life, more from themselves, more from their surrounding, … Continue reading
Emotional gymnastics
I reckon many were the times when one would feel all the colours of emotions, especially during a movie. Laughing and crying being the most common reactions and the most … Continue reading
Safe
“I feel safe when I’m with you” could possibly be the most heartbreaking but also heartwarming thing one could hear. What does one say after hearing that? And more importantly … Continue reading
Be gentle with yourself
As we cross this world and make our path we should understand that we are also deserving of the kindness we’re showing to others (if that’s the case, if not, … Continue reading
Honestly, no
It’s such a journey with it that I feel more or less cryptic about it. Safe to say, I do no agree with a lot of things that are happening … Continue reading
Disconnected
If I could describe a general feeling in one word, that would be: disconnected. It’s simple and to the point. I’m not even sure what I feel anymore, if I … Continue reading
Threads
There was this mention that stuck with me about threads of fate and severing them. And since my brain has a mysterious way to work I ended up thinking about … Continue reading
Shadows
When things get bad you see a shadow lurking announcing something evil. And so you prepare yourself. You anticipate it. Breathing. Waiting. And then silence. You’re in it. You’ve been … Continue reading
I still remember
“I still remember” was said in a soft tone. – I still remember what was said, when and how. I still remember the affect those words had. I still feel … Continue reading
I know who I am, but…
I know who I am, but I still allow that voice to crawl and plant seeds of doubt. I know who I am, but I still think that I am … Continue reading
Blur
There are moments when your mind wanders and then you start to loose focus. Everything becomes a blur; it’s there, but you can’t seem to have a grasp of it … Continue reading
Silence
Sometimes what we need is silence and hearing nothing, saying nothing is also desirable. But sometimes we need to be surrounded by loads of peoples, to be in a crowded … Continue reading
Shattered
Like a matryoshka doll, every single layer has fallen to the ground leaving a bunch of pieces looking for each other to glue back to what they used to be. … Continue reading
Don’t be afraid
Don’t be afraid to be your kind of messy. We’re all messy around here. Don’t be afraid to walk alone, your path is yours to make. Don’t be afraid to … Continue reading
Teaching / learning
Funny how those two could be seen as being the same (but only if one is open to understanding). It’s a matter of changing focus, but that should be left … Continue reading
Moving on
That experience when you try something new and it doesn’t go as well as you hoped. Then you think of something else (or at least try to), but in the … Continue reading
Untitled
I’ve been postponing a new entry for a while now cause I didn’t had a title for it which for me sometimes sets the tone for, or eventually make sense … Continue reading
Anxious
I still remember the pleasant surprise when I found out there was a word for what I was experiencing. For that state of mind that I had no control over … Continue reading
I l-l-l-love myself and I stutter
I sometimes hear these poems that not necessarily stuck with me, but there are a few keywords that inspire me to have my own go. I remember that line from … Continue reading
Unfinished. Unpolished.
Striving to not achieve that perfect ideal. Those idealized images that made us think that’s the goal. That perfect attitude. That … I don’t know, something that’s not real. Ironic … Continue reading
Perspective
What was initially a rant about double standards it has now turned into the same thing but from a different approach. Especially after seeing how different the opinions are on … Continue reading →