I'm like a pencil;
sometimes sharp,
most days
well-rounded,
other times
dull or
occasionally
broken.
Still I write.
j.g. lewis
is a writer/photographer in Toronto.
Month: October 2023
Today is as good as it gets.
Maybe tomorrow will be better?
10/19/2022 j.g.l.
Posted on October 18, 2023 by j.g.lewisLeave a comment
Silently, or suspiciously standing in one place,
in between unsteady steps I take throughout the day.
Waiting, even for a moment. Respite for the time being,
perhaps, not even knowing why. Questioning, unquestionably,
each of us continuously striving to keep moving at our own pace,
Caught up in this human race, surviving, maybe thriving as we try to
determine the flow we know is best. We think.
A little later today, earlier for some, we all have a path; a better way,
leading to better day. Moving in different directions, sometimes hastily,
as required. Some of us are simply limping along.
The weight on our shoulders slows us down. We must, once
in a while, stop and let it settle. Far more than waiting. Unconscious
thinking, our minds move, even if our feet are firmly planted. Progress
not always certain, we can only hope our intentions continue
propelling us further. It has to be more than hope,
yet we still we try to keep it all in stride.
© 2023 j.g. lewis
Posted on October 17, 2023 by j.g.lewisLeave a comment
My therapist reminded me, yesterday, of a phrase she had used before and one I had heard a long time ago.
They were wonderful words that I had forgotten, somehow, caught up in all I have been doing, or in things I have been trying to understand or attempting to accomplish.
It is a simple phrase I need to remember more often: We are human beings, not human doings.
Our goal, above all else, should be to simply be without thinking, or overburdening ourselves with all we are trying to be . . . even all we are trying to understand.
Instead, we often get caught up in all we are doing, and most of us try to do so much or are involved in too much.
It becomes too much.
We are all human.
I was reminded later in the day of something I had written to myself a long while back. It is something I need to remind myself of more often: You are only human; so is everybody else.
10/17/2023 j.g.l.
