42 Days ’til 40: Illusions of Control

 

Almost every person I know has a weatherman story.  You know it, don’t you?  The story of the weatherman who could not predict a sunny day even when they were out in the hot sun getting dehydrated.  This is how myself and my colleagues have felt this week.  We had a prediction for snow.  We did not have a gentle prediction, we had a strong declaration from all the local news sources that there was going to be a “major snow event” in our city.  Over 100 snowplows were on standby, as was my entire staff and our families.

 

213 Days ’til 40: Staring at the Moon

Drag me to the moon, to catch a star and seize its brilliance as I’m swept up in amorphous dust. ~ Bradley Chicho

Do not swear by the moon, for she changes constantly. then your love would also change. ~ William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

Everything has a natural explanation. The moon is not a god, but a great rock, and the sun a hot rock. ~ Anazagoras

For most people, we often marvel at the beauty of a sunrise or the magnificence of a full moon, but it is impossible to fathom the magnitude of the universe that surrounds us. ~ Richard H. Baker

A conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of respect for that “ancient institution” the old one. ~ Douglas Jerrold

Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody. ~ Mark Twain

We are all like the bright moon, we still have our darker side. ~ Khalil Gibran

The moon is a loyal companion.
It never leaves. It’s always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever just as we do. Every day it’s a different version of itself. Sometimes weak and wan, sometimes strong and full of light. The moon understands what it means to be human.
Uncertain. Alone. Cratered by imperfections. ~ Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me  

 

214 Days ’til 40: Is Your SOUL Dehydrated?

True religion is real living; living with all one’s soul, with all one’s goodness and righteousness. ~ Albert Einstein

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you. ~ Oscar Wilde

 

236 Days ’til 40: In a Crowd, But All Alone

Friendship needs no words – it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness. ~ Dag Hammarskjold

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty. ~ Mother Teresa

Loneliness is about the scariest thing out there. ~ Joss Whedon