sorrow
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How Permanent is this Grief?
Something about sorrow sounds spiritual. It sounds like awakenings and revelations. Sounds like pacts and promises. Sounds contradicting too, like hope and despair are twins. We want to shackle ourselves to change. Something about sorrow got us questioning our own mortality. But how permanent is this grief? Where are we two years from now? Is… Continue reading
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Is Regret Healthy?
“Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can’t build on it; it’s only good for wallowing in.” – Katherine Mansfield ************************* Hmm…interesting perspective. I would love to hear your thoughts on this quote. Yay or Nay? Do you agree with… Continue reading
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Pity and Patronization
“Treat people like people. Beware of pity and patronization because in them, you can’t see when you’re unashamedly looking down on someone.” ― Criss Jami Continue reading
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I’m Sorry
death it’s sting produces a humility powerful enough to find itself a home even inside the heart of the one who holds the cup of “I’m sorry’s” hoping their voice is sad enough to produce the kind of sympathy that peels back the brick that found itself a place inside the gut of the bereaved… Continue reading
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Poetry’s Sorrow
Poetry’s a soldier a collection of Spoken Words in Silent Wars rarely do you see it pull back retreat it is no coward it’s weapons are raw yet healing but there is pain hidden behind the curve of personifications, alliterations and similes there is sorrow if poetry has one weakness it is this: that most… Continue reading
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When Death Gives Birth to Humility
Have you ever felt guilty trying to console someone who has lost a loved one even though it’s not your fault? Like, why do we say we’re sorry in the first place? What have we ourselves done? We apologize because we’re sorry for their sadness, and also because somehow, their loss has humbled us: “It… Continue reading
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