Always Starting…The Art of Never Giving Up
Journal of a journey through life, true love and lessons learned along the way.
Day 9 prompt: People talk about the "new" normal. What was the "old" normal? Did that label ever fit you? My answer: Well once again I could not have known when I wrote this prompt that I would one day be answering it in a world where the "new" normal is a daily condition. My... Continue Reading →
Day 8 prompt: Is wanting control in every single aspect of our life normal? Control over every emotion, person, stressors, etc. that are in my life... My answer: I could not have known a year ago when writing this prompt journal that it would be put to the test in a pandemic that has taken... Continue Reading →
Day 7 prompt: Is your normal the same as someone else's? Why? How do you separate the expectation? How does someone else's normal inspire, intimidate or disappoint you? My answer: I like this prompt as much of what makes something normal is that it is what everyone else has, does or is. The very act... Continue Reading →
Day 6 prompt: Contentment is a state of being but how does it relate to normal? Is "normal" having routines or is it simply being satisfied with our state of being at that moment? Is it wrong to long for contentment beyond this moment? Is this where lacking gratitude begins? My answer: This is a... Continue Reading →
Day 5 prompt: Why is normal even a "thing"? Does "normal" really exist? In what context have you used it in your life? My answer: Normal is how we describe life as it is agreed upon. Normal life is sleeping at night, working during the day, having a job, weekday, weekends, grocery shopping, cleaning, going... Continue Reading →
I like so many others are dealing in anxiety daily. It creates an angst that makes you want to run but what exactly is stirring inside of you and where you want to run cannot be identified. It is a whir of nervous energy that unlike excitement breeds a feeling of doom. It feels like... Continue Reading →
Day 4 prompt: What is the normal I am longing for? My answer: This one is easy. I long for a day that I am not ridden with anxiety that I cannot define. I long for a day that I end the day feeling inspired and not exhausted. I long for a day when I... Continue Reading →
Last year we published a prompt journal called "Seeking Normal" after a journal entry I had written about my journey to get back to normal after losing my Mom. It was in that journey that I began to understand that this "normal" I was searching for likely never existed. My original post can be found... Continue Reading →
This moment in our lives when everything we thought "was" "is" we are faced with many questions about life and who we are. We walk around in this world in "roles" as defined: the function assumed or part played by a person or thing in a particular situation When that assumed function or part is... Continue Reading →
I have sat silent out of respect for the massive amount of loss all around us. Sickness, death, solitude, and desperation are everywhere. We are scared, tired, hopeless and terrified. Time has lost all meaning; when does it end, how does it end...there are no answers. We have been given no choice but to sit,... Continue Reading →
Always Starting...The Art of Never Giving Up 