AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN FIVE SHORT CHAPTERS BY PORTIA NELSON Chapter 1 I walk down the street, There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost…I am helpless. It isn’t my fault. It takes forever to find a way out. Chapter 2 I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend Read more…
Yesterday and today I felt a tangible truth: Feelings are fleeting. It could be a day or a season, but sooner or later, what you’re feeling will shift and so will you. Sounds easy, right? It wasn’t. Yesterday I experienced a melancholy that was difficult to shake off. It seeped into my being unexpectedly and doubts started creeping in. In pockets of Read more…
I stumbled across this article today called: How not to say the wrong thing and thought it was incredible. I wrote a post previously about not telling people not to be sad, but this expands on it in a rich, tangible way (and especially helpful for very sensitive cases). In this “Ring Theory,” you draw rings in this system (read article for Read more…
i witnessed the power of vulnerability at a spoken word event on monday evening. the poet thanked the audience in advance for allowing her to read it, then delved into a beautiful, yet heartbreaking true-to-life poem of love and loss. a few lines in, her voice shook and tears began to stream down her face. and then through different parts Read more…
“Cause I need freedom now, and I need to know how, to live my life as it’s meant to be.” –Mumford and Sons Living in our little shell can be very lonely. Sometimes being lonely is better than the potential pain that exists if we were to be exposed and rejected. But still, loneliness is painful. Isolation is painful. Being Read more…
