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Misunderstood

“Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.” – Ralph Waldo...

My One Strong Belief

It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance This is...

Will There Be No End to My Surprise?

So asked a friend of mine via email. “Probably not anytime soon, ” I say to myself, but do not share with him. Today’s #Trust30 prompt is Surprise by Ashley Ambirge I am, along with every one else participating, tasked with thinking of a time when I...

Travel Plans

I would love to travel the world and see places I’ve read about, but it’s not a burning desire that won’t leave me alone. At least not right now. But there are a few places – no, people and places – I would like to go see: The Farm: This...
Today’s Sentence

Today’s Sentence

#Trust30 prompt #2: How would you describe today using only one sentence? At the end of the day, my perspective is sometimes less optimistic than it is at the beginning of the day.