Solving Unsolved Mysteries

When you hear a news story, do you ask yourself, "Is this true?" Or, do you say to yourself, "The news outlets are all reporting this so it must be true." Now, I know some of you don't pay attention to the news. I'm speaking of those who do or those who might come across…

Seeker

Sound of Silence

Lies

A lie is best accepted by the public when it is mixed with a tiny bit of truth.

Fun Bubble

I wonder if they’re paying attention The ones living in a fun bubble Do they see what’s really going on Are they ready to see the trouble It’s difficult to take at first But they’ll be okay Once they know the truth We can all start a new day I pray all is revealed it’s…

Hidden Treasure

What’s life without the truth? Simply living like a naïve youth? Is it like being saved? Or being enslaved? What if you didn’t know, everything in life was just a show? What if you learned it was all a lie? Would you continue to comply? Would it cause you alarm? Would you feel you’ve been…

Ulterior Motives

Have you ever known someone whose actions and words make you feel like they truly care about your needs and feelings? Then you find out later that the person had an ulterior motive? They used your feelings as a means to get what they want from you? I had a family member do this for…

Believe Me

It’s been so long since I’ve carried this burden of truths, which too many want to keep buried, and now I’ve lost my youth. No one believes me. I don’t understand why. No one hears my plea. I’m drained and often cry. I haven’t always been right, so through the years I’ve learned to trust…

Citizens or Editors

"I think it’s very important to elevate citizen journalism. I think it’s very important to hear the voice of the people. The actual voice of the people [citizens]. Not the filtered voice of the people. And let the people choose the narrative, and let the people determine the truth, and not five editors and chiefs…

Strength and Weakness

I have an insatiable curiosity. Many of the things I see, hear, touch, taste, and feel I question. Yes, all five senses. For example, if we're at a restaurant and I'm tasting something new, I like to guess what spices they've used. I usually end up asking the server. If I hear an accent when…

Cloak

Your innocence lies beneath the cloak of your guilt. Take that cloak off and your original innocence survives intact. We all believe the lies we're told. But once we stop believing them, truth meets us face to face. Spiritual practice is not about getting something we don't have. It is about removing what is not…

Ostracized

"It is not unusual that those who speak from the heart and tell the truth to power are ostracized or persecuted. That is the way of the world. Those who live in denial cannot bear the truth, for the truth would condemn their way of life and call them to a higher path." ~ Paul…

Reckoning

Can you feel it? There’s an energy in the air. And it’s not a good one. Or is it? Something is coming to a head. Not like a pimple. More like a volcano, agitated and shaking, about to erupt.The friction is palpable. Do you know who you are? Are you rooted? Do you know you…

Crimes

Recently, I wrote a free verse poem/prose simply to get the thoughts out of my head. Afterward, I debated with myself whether to share the prose on my blog. The words are personal thoughts about a controversial subject, and I don't understand why it's controversial. Any human being with a heart should care about this.…

His Own Eyes

His Own Eyes (A Lesson in Brainwashing) They told him not to believe His own eyes But he knew he was right And he announced it loudly “I believe my own eyes” They told him not to believe His own eyes He did not comply They could not break him He believed his own eyes…

Understand It First

"It came to me ever so slowly that the best way to know the truth was to begin trusting what my inner truth was . . . and trying to share it—not right away—only after I had worked hard at trying to understand it." ~ Fred Rogers   The quote describes exactly what the characters…

Dishonesty. Deceit. Deception.

Back in the first year of this blog, I wrote a post of random thoughts on the topic of lies. To be exact, it was on October 15, 2012. I hadn't even learned how to watermark my photos yet. The thoughts are still relevant today. Maybe even more so. I've been having the same random…

Truth About You

When you contact the truth about you, you recognize that a great deal that you have come to accept about you is false. You are not better or worse than others. You are not stupid or brilliant, or handsome, or ugly. Those are just judgments someone made that you accepted. None of them are true.…

Tiny Light

Truth can be distorted but it can never be completely eradicated or denied. A tiny light always remains in the deepest darkness. And that light will always be found when the desire to find it arises. ~ Paul Ferrini, I am the Door

It Happened at the Beauty Salon

Mara climbed out of her car and blinked up at the powder blue sky. A gorgeous September day. She almost wished she didn’t have to go into the salon to get her hair done. She shrugged; at least she enjoyed the company of the people there. The old fashioned, independent boutique had their regulars, and…

An Inappropriate Analogy

It's been a while since I shared an introspective post, so here's a "thinker" demonstrated in an analogy. Imagine if every day at work you have to sit next to someone who has really bad body odor. The odor is nauseating. You put an air freshener at your station, but then it smells like a…