Only once have I ever experienced a moment of despair. In my optimism, I hope that most people never have even one, but I may be misguided about that. Mine occurred during the healing process from my retinal detachment. I had avoided opening my eye since the surgery, and for the most part from lookingContinue reading “A Glimpse of Despair, Glimpses of Enlightenment”
Tag Archives: despair
If It Bleeds, It Leads
Lately I’ve been reflecting on the old news rule: “If it bleeds, it leads.” Any story, no matter how interest-worthy, always takes a backseat to another item containing [more] death, carnage, and blood. For a long time, news of the Ukraine war dominated the news. Then we’d see nothing about it when a mass shootingContinue reading “If It Bleeds, It Leads”
My Wayward Answer
What is the most important thing to carry with you all the time? I feel the need to go all Kobayashi Maru* on this question. You can read my answer while you share this earworm with me, courtesy of my post title. The prompt seems to suggest an object of some sort. But there’s noContinue reading “My Wayward Answer”
Decisions, Decisions
Describe a decision you made in the past that helped you learn or grow. I’d say I’ve never been very adventurous…until this century. I usually played it safe with investments, job moves, and life decisions. Putting off having a child until achieving some measure of financial solvency and health insurance probably delayed the process tooContinue reading “Decisions, Decisions”
MUSOFYR 