I think I'm just here a bit pulled at the seams In this world, left that world Not quite sure what it means. I love it here, breathed out, was wowed by its' beauty. Sunk back into friendships, sunk back into life but there's still such an ache in my heart that this life is a part, not the whole - there's a part of me there. And it comes over me, I get caught unaware. Are there beautiful friends here? Yes, more than few. Are there people who see me, who know me who root for my life and my … [Read more...] about Stumbling Together
McCarthy's Musings
Floating Between
Have you ever felt lost in the midst of reality struggling to cross over mind, heart and soul to a new time and place while a part of your life's vanished fast - without trace. One day I was there, today somewhere else. Am I who I was there or that self will I shelve while I sort out next steps; fresh starts sometimes mean that a former self flickers - is lost in between these two lives that I live and each one not the same from what this world's like now and the way it had been. So I float … [Read more...] about Floating Between
When Connections Go Dark
British Columbia - July 2023 PNG - August 2023 Though we were silent, we weren't absent. For journeys of faith are winding, confusing and all together consuming. The call becomes the concentration and all else the periphery. A beautiful periphery full of amazing people and priceless experiences, but things that pull us up and out of the intangible decision making into the world in which we must still live well. A world we love. People … [Read more...] about When Connections Go Dark
Run Faster
Run faster. Run farther.Don't worry if you'll falter.We're running beside youyour journey - ours also.Swing widely. Aim higher.Your courage inspires.Don't let life persuade youto dampen your fire.For in that small body,lay something much biggera hope less affecteda dream with such vigour.Don't learn to grow quiet.We need your intention.The good in this worldnot all from convention.You bring something lovelyyou have something useful.Don't lose your excitement.God's plan for you - fruitful.We'll … [Read more...] about Run Faster
Who Am I?
Mom, Mom, MOM! They called. They yelled. They cried. The anthem of the season. Decades amassing, wisdom growing, ears opening. Mom, guess what? Mom, I have something to tell you. Mom, I just don't understand. And then the silence. The quiet. The inviting empty space that waits to be filled with love, with reassurance, with hope - with meaning. Each vocal cry, each poignant pause reflecting the deeper question if only you listen closely. Who am I? What do I have to offer? Why do I matter? Find … [Read more...] about Who Am I?
