Day Forty-Seven of 365 – “Real . . . It Lasts For Always”
What have we learned about Real from the Skin Horse and the Velveteen Rabbit? Well, we have learned the following: It doesn’t happen overnight It takes a long time It doesn’t happen all at once . . . you become It happens when you respond to love like that of a child It is a […]
Day Forty-Five of 365 – “Those Who Have To Be Carefully Kept!”
During his conversation with the Velveteen Rabbit concerning the nature of becoming Real, the old and wise Skin Horse shared a third type of person for whom becoming Real is not likely to happen. What kind of person might that be? I have already analyzed the first two types mentioned by the Shabby Sage – […]
Day Forty of 365 – Does Real Hurt?
This is the second post related to the wonderful children’s book, The Velveteen Rabbit by Marjorie Williams. I am examining various parts of a conversation between The Skin Horse and The Velveteen Rabbit concerning what it means to be “Real!” One poignant question the Rabbit asked about being Real is, “Does it hurt?” The answer from […]
Day Thirty-Eight of 365 – Hover Over the Chaos
The world is an extremely chaotic place. All manner of natural and man-made disasters threaten our very existence on a daily basis. On smaller scales, personal chaos threatens our well-being and sanity routinely. If our own periodic personal chaos were not enough, we are often caught up in the chaos others create as they move […]
Day Thirty-Six of 365 – And Then There Is One
Regardless of the event – whether sporting or political or entertainment or academic – in the end, there is only one who can stand as the winner, the one who outlasts all others. Sometimes that ONE is a team and other times that ONE is a lone individual. Life is like that as well. When […]
Day Thirty-Five of 365 – Finding Yourself
“But I didn’t know I was lost!” That might be an initial response to an admonition to find yourself. As humorous as that exchange might be, I believe that most people understand the implication of “finding oneself.” The phrase carries with it the sense that “finding yourself” means discovering your passion and pursuing meaning. Most […]
Day Twenty-Eight of 365 – Call It What It Is
I become increasingly discouraged when I look around me. Spin doctors work all the time creating mirages around realities to the extent that facts become a sort of comfortable fiction. As long as we have people bent on distorting events toward their own personal biases in order to gain power or control, we run the […]
Day Twenty-Seven of 365 – The Present
Author’s note: I wrote this yesterday (the 27th) but was unable to publish it due to some sort of glitch in this publishing platform. I was frustrated because I thought I had lost my string of days, then I realized that my commitment was to WRITE for 365 days in a row, not necessarily publish. […]
Day Twenty-Five of 365 – Walking Circumspectly
One of the most fascinating words around (at least in this bald headed cowboy’s opinion) is the word “circumspect.” The word carries the basic meaning of “to look around.” When adding an “ly” to the end of the word and then placing a specific directive in front of it, one might come up with something […]
Day Twenty-Three of 365 – Something to Write
I must admit that when I took on this personal challenge to write an article, part of a story or some meaningful blog post every day for a whole year, I felt a sense of certainty in my ability to do so. Today, on day twenty-three, I find myself struggling just a wee bit. […]