benediction

How do I get out of this rut? A gothic word.

Have you ever been in a rut? I feel like so many of us have been in this place lately. You know what I mean. It’s not specifically a financial rut, a relationship rut, a job satisfaction rut, a creative rut. Maybe it is a bit of all of these in someways, and yet, I’m referring…

the surgeon’s hands

Do you remember the growing pains you had when you were a kid? Those nights your legs ached and wouldn’t let you sleep, when curled up in bed you hated your body and everything that was happening within it. Then a week later or maybe a month later, you realised you were taller, a notch…

Regarding broken bones and comfort zones

There is actually nothing I like better than getting out of my comfort zone. Change is what grows us, stretches us, and pushes us to succeed. Without a vision, people perish. We need goals in life to live by and to move forward. These are all words I have spoken out loud to others with…

Here it is, another year over and another brief moment in time where we consider pain past, trails present, hopes for the future, and all the good things in between. In honour of that, here is a blessing and a toast to you… Benediction. JR Manawa. As this year ends, As the alcohol seeps to…