Girl Unexpected

I am not a fan of organized religion. Spirituality, faith, belief in a higher power—that’s all good. But when it’s institutionalized it all turns to shit as far as I’m concerned. It seems to me that the origins of the major religions were more about power and control than communing with our creator [...]

Even in times of financial uncertainty, it’s always important to keep things in perspective.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.
- Henry David Thoreau

You didn’t go to sleep hungry last night.
You didn’t go to sleep outside.
You had a choice of what clothes to wear this morning.
You hardly broke a sweat today.
You [...]

It is not length of life, but depth of life.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Because there is a big difference between living and merely existing…

Educate yourself until the day you die. – The time and energy you invest in your education will change your life.  You are a product of what you know.  The [...]

She rarely makes eye contact.  Instead, she looks down at the ground.  Because the ground is safer.  Because unlike people, it expects nothing in return.  She doesn’t have to feel ashamed.  The ground just accepts her for who she is.

As she sits at the bar next to him, she stares down at [...]