flawed but authentic

One of them, anyway…
 

Sonnet XVII
 

 
I do not love you as if you were 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 [...]

There is a fun little year-end list over at Huffington Post called “The Seven Habits of Highly Spiritual People.” Hint: It’s not about what religion you are.
Makes sense to me:
#5
They Count Blessings in Small Wonders.
They do not expect Spirit to appear accompanied by fire and brimstone and a big neon sign flashing in the sky. [...]

You might be familiar with the story of the soccer players who survived a plane in the Andes from the movie “Alive.” The most sensationalistic part of their story is that some of them resorted to cannabalism to stay alive for two months in the snowy mountains.
 I read an article about Nando Parrado, one of the survivors, [...]

Sometimes this photo is all I need.

Here is an exercise that can help you be happier.
When you speak, notice how much of what you say is an attack. You might be attacking someone, something, or yourself.
Many questions are attacks. Especially those question/statements that begin “I thought you…” like “I thought you said you were going to try to be on time?”
So [...]

(Sorry I managed to screw up posting two weeks in a row. But my computer BROKE yesterday. New computer today! Yay.)
My mom is over 80. She recently got a letter in the mail from someone she had gone to grammar school with.
The letter was from a woman, Jill, who had been in the same school [...]

 
A few weeks ago I promised to write a post every Thursday. I made it two weeks before I screwed up. I think that is mighty Flawed of me, but I won’t beat myself up about it too badly.
Back before the Internet, before blogging, before PostSecret, there was The Sun Magazine’s “Readers Write” Section. [...]