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Friday Writing Challenge – No Reservations

Posted on by Paul In The Buff

I am convinced those who struggle with depression are the ones who are the most creative, the most intelligent, the most empathetic, and the most aware of how fucked up our world actually is, and sometimes they’re just done with it. They’re done fighting. They’re done with people like the politicians who think life is all stock tickers, oil, and tax loopholes, and that the people in this world don’t matter. They’ve ridden the ride, and they’ve decided it is time for them to step off.

Their terms.

Weigh-In Wednesday – Dad Bod Fo-evah!

Posted on by Paul In The Buff

Nothing turns a woman off faster than a guy who comes across like Norman Bates, and Jeffrey Dahmer had a baby, and he was born with Tourette’s. Yes, I’m looking at you Mr. Horn-Honking Cat-Caller.

Friday Writing Challenge – Crazy Little Thing Called…

Posted on by Paul In The Buff

When we appreciate the little things: the moments, the kismet, the feelings that fill us even if for a brief point in time, we start to see the unwritten poems all around us. The beauty in our lives. The beauty we sometimes take for granted.

I know I need to do a better job of seeing the beauty, but she helps me with that every day.

Weigh-In Wednesday – No Bullying.

Posted on by Paul In The Buff

I’m never going to look like a Chippendales dancer, unless you compare me to Chris Farley in the SNL skit. So I’ll be happier just reducing the spare tire, and not being a flabby old man in five years.

I mean, flabbier, and older, I guess.

Friday Writing Challenge, Again

Posted on by Paul In The Buff

There’s no such thing as an undamaged person, but to understand someone else’s damage, to understand what they need, and to understand who you need to be in order to not add to that damage takes effort. A lot of effort. Effort that very few people are willing to put into a relationship.

This is really complicated. But it isn’t about who is damaging who, or what damage we all have. We have to start putting more effort into understanding ourselves, having patience with each other, and recognizing the things that truly matter in our world. There’s no one right answer, or easy answer, or magic pill.