September 2011
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Blessed
This week has been hell.
Between life and work, it’s been hard dealing with trying times and devastating news, but I managed knowing I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
The moment that hit me, though, I was instantly reminded: it could always be worse.
We tend to focus so much on the negativity when it strikes, yet we lose sight of all the positive things in our...
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Love Sonnet XVII
I do not love you as if you were a salt rose, or topaz
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.
I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.
I...
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“The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or...”
– Virgil
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Acknowledgement
“In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” — Proverbs 3:6
♫ Post Title Soundtrack: John Coltrane — “A Love Supreme Part 1: Acknowledgement”
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Only in My Dreams
These last few months have been a beast, and while I could easily focus on the negativity and wallow in self-pity (and/or familial-pity, as it were), I have to concentrate on the positivity. It’s as if I’m living a dream.
That’s not to say that my life is perfect or that I don’t have problems. Trust me, it’s not and I do. But I realized after my Twitterview with...
Anonymous asked: Are you single?
justshekinah asked: Has writing always been your creative outlet?