65.8: 3 Days: Outwaiting Clouds

3 Days: Outwaiting Clouds

I have faith spring’s warmth and sunshine will come even if I don’t see it today.

65.1: 10 Days: The Need to Speak

The Need to Speak: It is in the speaking of one’s heart that makes human being human.

53: A Writer Writes

I care until I don’t. I never pretended about my passion or commitment to C before. Right now, as I have always been, I’m still committed to her. Do not presume to tell me I’m doing it wrong.

48: Thoughts on Adulting 101 – The other side by Walking the Journey

I really enjoyed this story of friendship, love, and forgiveness from my Twitter friend Walking the Journey. I especially like this paragraph about seeing her husband facing the shame of his infidelity.

It’s important to embrace the other side.

47: Broken Knights and other fishy tales

“You either die a hero or live long enough to become a villain.” – Harvey Dent

It’s ironic when I was lying and secret-keeping my infidelity was slowly killing me and when the truth came out it destroyed my life. Now that I’ve embraced being secret free and open people want me to shut up and keep secrets.

47: Broken Knights and other fishy tales

“You either die a hero or live long enough to become a villain.” – Harvey Dent

36: Cleaning out the wound

“What is most healing about bearing witness to things exactly as they are, including my own part in my pain, is that when the voice of the pain fits the pain, there is no room for Distortion or Illusion. And this way, truth becomes a clean bandage that heals, keeping dirt out of the wound.” – Mark Nepo

35.2: No More Mixed Messages: Breaking Patterns (Part II)

The meaning and lessons of my infidelity are not black and white. The post-infidelity choices are not black and white. The pain is not black and white. The solutions are not black and white.