Sometimes I really enjoy righteous indignation and hurt feelings. I'm not proud to say that. But sometimes I do. I can actually enjoy the feeling that I've been wronged. I can roll it around in my mouth and savor it, enjoy the bitterness as I swallow it, enjoy the closing down of my heart, enjoy … Continue reading When Victimhood Feels Good
Month: April 2014
‘Tis the Time for Resurrection
Spring. Easter. Everything is greening and growing. Flowers bloom, bees sip clover, lawnmowers drone. This is the time of year for resurrection. I typically like resurrection. I like new life. I like hope fulfilled. I like the idea of being raised again. But I don't like the fact that it's preceded by death. Because death … Continue reading ‘Tis the Time for Resurrection
Guilt got in the way of my Now
Back in 2008, I quit teaching. It was a career I had loved for 19, 20 years, one I had poured my heart and soul into. But I gradually found myself losing my passion, feeling that teaching was more "work" than "love." I had promised myself that if I found myself getting bitter, poisoning the … Continue reading Guilt got in the way of my Now
eddies and currents 