Cracked Lens: Addiction and Recovery
in addiction, you are seen through a lens, not truly seen, seen through. seeing substance, not substance a paradox of Hostile Humility. in recovery, you see through the lens, beyond reflection, beyond grace. seeing unsubstantiated substance. embraced by Grandiose [...]
If I Could — A Love Poem About Presence and Compassion
“If I Could” is a love poem — not about romance, but about presence. It speaks to the quiet wish to ease another’s pain, not by fixing it, but by staying. If I could, I would. If I could, I [...]
Mountains we could not avoid
There were mountains in your life that once felt impossible. Not symbolic ones - real ones. Seasons where the weight was heavy, the fear was close and the way forward was unclear. And yet, you climbed them. Not because you [...]
Growth: Detours and Distractions – Why the Messy Path Matters
Growth: Detours and Distractions I love this post by @steve. We all want the straight line—set the goal, achieve the goal. But life doesn’t work like that. The real path is: messy full of doubts setbacks failures And that’s exactly [...]
Dark Night of the Soul Journey: My Story of Hope and Renewal
A journey through the Dark Night of the Soul For over two years, I walked through a dark night of the soul journey—a season of disintegration, silence, and loss. Yet within the darkness, I discovered wisdom, timing, and the faint [...]
Within impossibility
W𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥, 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘥, 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵. What do adventurers require to navigate between these opposites? Perhaps: Tear up the maps of prior attempts? Recognise their past has [...]
