Memories are more
than history. Year to year,
the more we try to create
the less we seem to recall.
The why or the
who, then, and when did
it cease to register?
Short-term memory, long
term lapse of accountability,
the consequence or
the significance of it all
only makes sense when
you want it to.
09/04/2023 j.g.l.
A new page in my journal, a fresh new month ahead of me, and my thoughts and my focus changes with September.
Summer is drawing to a close.
As the calendar pages flip from one month to the next, the journal fills with observations, accounts of events and days I am privileged to attend, and obligations I attend to. It is important to write it all out.
Random scrabble marks the days of my life, and what a life it is.
The journal helps me remember by putting time into perspective.
The things that matter now may not in the coming months and years, but right now they do.
Another day. Another page. Write on.
09/01/2023 j.g.l.
There are those days when nothing moves, little is done, and everything seems wrong; or incorrect. Not up to your expectations.
Uninspired, you lack the motivation or the magic to continue or see a project through. Maybe you can’t get started?
The potential you felt seems so far off.
At times, you can’t imagine what you were thinking. If you could, you wouldn’t find yourself in this predicament.
08/29/2023 j.g.l.
Another day. It changes,
daily, from what we have
experienced to what we
will know when the day is
done and we’ve seen our
way through the calamities
and chaos.
Tonight we will reflect.
We always do.
What will you learn?
What will it mean to you?
08/28/2023 j.g.l.
As depressing as it is, the feelings of being let down (or letting yourself down) cannot be permitted to take over.
You deserve more than that.
Disappointment provides too much time to think, even obsess, about what went wrong or what is wrong at the time, or over time.
Try not to think about it.
Consider instead what you can do to support yourself
Self-care begins with you.
Take care of yourself. As difficult as it is, look past the disappointment.
08/27/2023 j.g.l.