It’s so easy to succumb to this desire: be something, something important, impactful, powerful. Chasing after an ideal “should be”, losing sight of who you are; cruel phantoms. So easily we get pulled into career/family/cultural expectations, that when we lose sight of ourselves, we don’t easily see the path back. That’s assuming there is a path “back”. I expect, for many of us, this is a path forward; new direction, new experience. Often, the path of self-discovery and self-acceptance is a journey of deep creativity; true exploration. A journey not started in youth, rather born out of regret and emptiness.
Author: Carl Setzer
A blogger blogging from just north of Seattle.
Coffee: A Love Story
Glorious blackness
Trickling cup-wards; Ah, life!
Coffee, my dear friend
Social Media Success
One common element to successful social media campaigns: fun. Seems quite simple, yet it’s everything. Simply trying to make money, or gaining popularity, shows. That’s trite and pathetic behavior offline, too. But delighting in human interaction, in these discussions and conversations; connections get made. All those “success metrics” build out from there. Genuineness: social media’s gold standard.
Starlight
Stars are flickering
Beneath the weight of my dreams
Darkness chills the winds
Change
Gentle wind climbs down
From sun bleached, rock strewn hillsides
Inevitably
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Official Teaser #2
I’m more excited than I should be. This awakens the 10 year old within me, the one whose life forever changed the moment the Star Destroyer flew over Tatooine chasing the Tantive IV. Star Wars has forever dominated my path. Seeing that this is in Imax, I intend to see it at the Pacific Science Center come December.
Self Destruction
My soul is haunted
Life’s mistakes memorized
Destroying my peace
Violence Displayed
They mesmerize us
Pictures of carnage, strife.
Cherry blossoms fall
Lost and Found
I’m so lost
Somtimes
That I fade into
The noisy clutter
Of the street,
Vanishing into
This swarm of
Life.
Often, the only
Way to be found,
Attaining the deepest
Human connection
Between souls
Is to boldly
Lose yourself
And become
One
With
Everyone.
Saturday thoughts
Had a day to myself, thus many errands were run. One key one: adjusting my new glasses. Yes, I’ve crossed a key benchmark of life: progressive lens. Aka: bifocals. My first round of these and need just a bit of a tweak. Don, and his colleagues at Edmonds Vision Center have always taken exemplary care of me. This time, no exception. Plus, Don is a fellow Android fan, and he recommended a few apps which I’m looking forwards to trying out:
These look like great productivity tools. Should be fun.