We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility. — Rabindranath Tagore True greatness consists of sincere humility and a desire to be of service to others. But where there is self-assertion or rivalry to secure the “chief seat” and win applause, then the impulse of such…

How’s the weather in your head? Are you caught in a sand storm Or in the eye of a tempest Or slowly floating on the clouds of a zephyr How’s the weather in your head? Is it raining as it sips through the windows of your eyes Or a thunderstorm as you scream Or a gentle sunshine as you smile so radiantly How’s the weather in your head? Do check out my previous posts, clap, comment, share and subscribe to be kept in the loop

Flipping Script(s) 101 — From the second that you’re in this world, They tell you what is “fair”, The questions you’re allowed to ask, And the ones you wouldn’t dare, Placed on the path they’ve paved for you, Life pushes you along, Without the chance to stop and think, If it’s right where you belong, But beyond your pathway edges, Is where living…

Tweet Fiction —

Ironically, just how much as we despise money We patronize it like it would save us from despair and insanity We will never be sorry if someone’s becomes miserable If someone’s hurting just to get that so-called savior of the humanity It’s the money which makes us salivating for power …

Comfort Zone Poetry — I flip through chapters of my life and modified versions of myself. As seasons come and go, pages turn, and yet, I am still the one inside looking out… Frayed, dog-eared, bookmarked, I have fallen even deeper into my comfort zone. Maybe one day soon, I‘ll find a reason to venture…

A poem — a whispering part of me i tried to delete speaks in the wind. she speaks in prayers of poetry she shimmers comes and goes and perfumes my being with her presence. softness is her essence. she is ethereal neither here nor there but deeply felt when she takes hold like breath in thirsty lungs she is enchantment…

We’re like an open letter addressed to the moon. I know, we’re bound to fade away when tomorrow comes. Sometimes, we were a private message shouted on a cliff and a teaser after a coming soon. The more we become inaccessible and unable to reach because of our customized brick…

How do you outgrow a mindset you’ve built your life around? It’s strange to accept, That letting go, Feels better than pushing ahead. To trust that the flow of life, Has always got your back. Because trust can be hard to form, If you’ve been scorned, With memories of trouble, Sneaking up on…

Asking yourself empowering questions — Thank you to my wonderful friend Tree Langdon for pulling this thought-provoking prompt straight from her brain caverns. Tree asks us to ask ourselves empowering questions about what it means to be human and so much more. The past year I’ve thought a lot about my life and what it…

Unless you do this afterward — Many of us have been there — the exclusive party or networking event where we are surrounded by people significantly cooler and more influential than ourselves. …

Sifting the Truth from World Zero, the Imagined, and the Mediated — Imagine a fantasy realm where nobody is content to live a single life at a time. Everybody is conscious of multiple worlds that are like twisted skeins of truth, a roiling rope of realities. What kind of planet would you use as a setting? I would use Earth, because we…

Fifty nifty rules to live and try by I’m Spyder Darling. In my 60 years of walking the Earth I’ve been some places, done some things and learned a few lessons. Some more serious than others. Such as… It doesn’t have to be super perfect. In most cases regular perfect…

Becoming a better human through reading — The more you read the more you become cultured. That is true because you expose yourself to different ideas. But being cultured is not limited to the mind, reading can also teach you how to become a better human holistically. One with good manners. …

Laird got sucked into a portal and found himself in a land of misfortune — a dirty, desolate place where he never felt safe, always on the verge of being chased or hunted down by one greedy fiend or another. Laird had no idea what to do — he was…

Continuous improvement — “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” -Vincent Van Gogh I got acquainted with Kaizen philosophy in a dusty library while I skimmed through old archives about Toyota. What started as a research project transformed into a personal development and growth mantra. As it turns…

… — it’s not about getting famous, being discovered, or getting someone to know my name it’s not about practice or process, revenge or catharsis it’s talking, convening with the spirit — the ever-diminishing voice reaching out for something my hand can never grasp — the lost soul in you it’s tracing…