Deadline looms. “You are not connected to the Internet.” Crisis. Disaster. I’ve a dozen hours to get it done, don’t have to sleep but a few of them. The world’s not ending. Power’s all around. Batteries and towers not needed. […]
Continue reading »Neither Earned Nor To Be Spurned
Free means worthless, cheap means trash. I’ll pay my way or go away. Charity offends, degrades, scorns me despite good intent. Sometimes, though, I can’t carry my own, must own up to hopeless, helpless, powerless. Then the largesse itself conveys […]
Continue reading »Numbered Days
Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. (Psalm 90:12, NIV) All I have is today, and should I falter, I start again, here, now, not waiting for tomorrow, or Monday, or the year’s […]
Continue reading »Free Time
Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it, you can never get it back. ~ Harvey MacKay Hours, minutes, seconds – […]
Continue reading »Trivial
In a weak moment he may take your dislike of his high-stepping friends as one of those insanely trivial excuses to drink. (Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 120) Heck if I know, and that’s the truth. It’s not the big things that throw […]
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