we use prayer the wrong way far too often: either as a wish list type communication, asking specifically for things we want and need, or as a way to try to have control of our lives, as if through prayer we can ward off the bad things. Both of these tactics set us up [...]
Posted by: Becca on: April 17, 2008
i’ve been chasing ghosts tonight, wasting time, i don’t know why i do that to myself…it depletes me, my eyes glaze over, my head swims. I just kind of float off, almost become ghost like myself. Too much searching, watching, waiting, wanting. not enough doing.
Posted by: Becca on: April 12, 2008
there is so much sadness in a given day, in a given life.
coincidence is the most worthless concept
why would we keep going if it was all hit or miss
if it never makes sense?
if there’s no point, no interconnecting web to weave us all together?
because if there is a web, then everything matters, everything has meaning, [...]
Posted by: Becca on: April 8, 2008
tonight is the last night of my impromptu vacation. dinner was bread with butter and parmesean from last night, white wine and mousse…then red wine, now beer and cheddar popcorn. Also projectplaylist…fun, fun, fun.
you know who i loved when i was growing up? the beach boys. yep. sure did. but not putting [...]
Posted by: Becca on: April 1, 2008
A language is a system of visual, auditory, or tactile symbols of communication and the rules used to manipulate them.-wikipedia def.
I love language. This is why I love reading, why I love music, why I love hearing people’s stories, history, conversation, writing. The words we choose to define ourselves, to describe our lives, shape us [...]