Photo by Douglas Bagg on Unsplash. For Day 7 of the November Poem-A-Day Challenge. ** may the ones that death took this time not have been lost in vain. may the scars etched into our bodies, our minds and our skins by the daily pressure of oppression be a reminder of what was but no longer is, because this time we pressed through against the odds and found light for the future ones.
Photography by Svetlana Belyaeva click HERE for website. For the Sunday Muse Prompt #71 \\\* Where fear once threaded its tiny tendrils through our feet, and captive hearts We choose to fly free leaving behind the safety of this confined space. Because though freedom only is a promise, it trumps certain defeat.
Source: Crosswalk Reach for the distant Stars. Fall, but rise up again Hoping is Human.
Last year was about a laundry list - 20 things I wanted to get sorted by year’s end. I did Ok.. Never got to learn french and missed out on the distinction..This year I want to have focus areas - key directions in which my energies will be focused. Career: Manage my transition to a new job/ new city; target getting confirmed on the job and a raise by year end. God and Faith: Get back into the regular church thing - sort out my niggling God issues. Weight and Health: Get a full physical exam - for info - and shed the excess weight sharp-ish. Love and Loving: End my girl hiatus; actively get back into the meeting and friendship scene again. One more, which doesn’t count as a specific goal I think, but which is needed nonetheless, is to toughen up. I fear for the past few years I have grown too soft, more altruistic than is necessary. 2010 is my year.. of living dangerously.. ...