tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14112403355848282752024-02-08T07:38:01.720-08:00VoyageVoyagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260350359354563620noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411240335584828275.post-23642817093225524192011-06-11T08:50:00.001-07:002011-06-11T08:51:14.584-07:00Unfinished businessWhen I asked myself:" Did I do everything I could do?" the answer was no, so I had to do more.Voyagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260350359354563620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411240335584828275.post-18181857347522366052010-11-16T19:05:00.000-08:002010-11-16T19:06:32.758-08:00MomentOn the knife edge of the abyss and the rush of cold air.<br />A frozen moment.<br />Stepping back.Voyagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260350359354563620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411240335584828275.post-28668253225639501892010-07-29T17:41:00.000-07:002010-07-29T17:54:37.319-07:00GraspFor those born without conscience life must be so much simpler. There is only ever one person to care about, one prime directive.<br />Whatever is in the way needs to be crushed.<br />But the prize?<br />They never need to stop and consider the jewel, the blue flower, the golden ring.<br />Pure avarice knows no end.Voyagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260350359354563620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411240335584828275.post-77599687920035257042010-05-31T18:14:00.000-07:002010-05-31T18:17:28.240-07:00If I Do This...I always stop to ask that question now: "and then what?"<br />My life was much fuller and more interesting when I didn't do that.<br />"And then what?"<br />Let's find out.Voyagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260350359354563620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411240335584828275.post-9182748382969775292010-05-31T17:52:00.000-07:002010-05-31T17:54:15.343-07:00There comes the timeWell the storm clouds that have been gathering so long became tiresome.<br />Today I went to the river.<br />Now I wait for the pretender to emerge.Voyagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260350359354563620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411240335584828275.post-44986040175629760222010-04-20T19:30:00.000-07:002010-04-20T19:36:26.410-07:00One petalThe thorns through the fingers are such a small price to pay.Voyagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260350359354563620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411240335584828275.post-56429741948614234652010-03-07T16:41:00.000-08:002010-03-07T16:42:16.445-08:00And on the other front..Glacier coming.<br />Foot stuck.<br />Plenty of food.Voyagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260350359354563620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411240335584828275.post-25528927435226754732010-03-07T16:34:00.000-08:002010-03-07T16:41:35.091-08:00Leonard is always so right.Sometimes you're stronger than your opponent, smarter than your opponent, but the rules are set up so that doesn't count.<br />You can have all the rocks, and you're not allowed to throw any.Voyagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260350359354563620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411240335584828275.post-6610448380317651402010-01-16T13:57:00.000-08:002010-01-16T14:13:32.497-08:00Who controls the loomLife seems to bring us to places we did not intend to be. Usually, looking back, we made those choices.<br />Other than the meteor falling from the sky, we choose our path. Sometimes we understand the consequences of those actions and choose to be blind.<br />At other times, the outcome is unclear, but we still have a choice to make.<br />Choosing to be blind is the most interesting. We make a bargain with ourselves in order to get what we want. "If I agree to this, then these things come to me."<br />We avoid the next question. "And then what?"<br />The Devil does not take a soul in one contract, but in fragments. There is infinite time.<br />To hold the dry cup of priniciple to the lips when the water is right there, is one of the hardest things on Earth to accomplish.<br />We are at once all guilty and blameless.<br />We are human after all, and must choose what sustains us.<br />If the prize is after all empty, what is traded never returns, and that can be a chance worth taking.Voyagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260350359354563620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411240335584828275.post-5320506318847940792010-01-06T18:15:00.000-08:002010-01-06T18:37:11.955-08:00Review and assessQuite a year.<br />I haven't fought so much since 7th grade.<br />New enemies, and in a higher weight class, but worth it.<br />I fought for what I believed and what was important to me.<br />As Spartacus said: "I would kill them all."<br /><br />Sometimes the things we want are not attainable.<br />That's okay. I've long since learned to live with that and the knowledge that sometimes the worst thing that can happen to you is that you get what you want.<br />I don't need to pick a rose to have it fill my soul.<br /><br />I still feel 30. My memory of events does not equate with that.<br />I set myself no limitations, and proceeded through this year like every other.<br />I walk fast, talk fast, think fast..and I drive_like the wind.<br />My radio dial is set to "what's happening now."<br />Those who live in the past have their life force drawn back into the earth.<br /><br />When I wrecked my shoulder a couple of years ago, and my Doctor said: "A ship isn't built to stay in the harbour." he spoke my language. I went back to the steel.<br /><br />Forward.Voyagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260350359354563620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411240335584828275.post-34202309706139836772010-01-05T18:38:00.000-08:002010-01-06T19:07:56.893-08:00In darknessBut then one glistening drop of dew from an impossible rose can soften the hardened soul.Voyagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260350359354563620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411240335584828275.post-55784769430244181722010-01-03T16:28:00.000-08:002010-01-03T19:46:14.678-08:00No light on the horizonSometimes too, when the truth sets you free, you find yourself in a desert.Voyagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260350359354563620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411240335584828275.post-73855245898850912032009-12-28T03:10:00.000-08:002009-12-28T03:11:44.805-08:00The fightSometimes a battle too hard-won, was better lost.Voyagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260350359354563620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411240335584828275.post-26252967133258406022009-12-25T11:15:00.000-08:002009-12-25T11:16:03.465-08:00Pearls are where you find themMister Sub also offered us some lasting wisdomVoyagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260350359354563620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411240335584828275.post-78473056946101926632009-12-18T16:25:00.000-08:002009-12-18T16:28:37.849-08:00RarefiedCharles M. Schulz offered us this wisdom: "Never fall in love with a snowflake."Voyagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260350359354563620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411240335584828275.post-60928157318577291052009-11-23T18:05:00.000-08:002009-11-23T18:27:52.278-08:00Allure of surrenderI resist.<br />As the nail resists the hammer, I resist.<br />As the tinder resists the flame, I resist.<br />The record must show; I resist.<br />The rain pours down and I push against the deluge.<br />Like the moth against the hurricane, I resist.<br />The force and fury of ten thousand velvet wings beat me to a puddle where I lie upon the stone, but never let it be said that I did not..<br />resist.Voyagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260350359354563620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411240335584828275.post-40892055036525716582009-11-21T18:59:00.000-08:002009-11-21T19:15:59.174-08:00DomainLately it's been like living in a James Clavell novel.<br />A few months ago I was bored. Then it went to dangerous anger where I could have taken more than one person through a window. Threats without witnesses don't count. My palms don't sweat.<br />Now it's good news on the surface, but looking up every sleeve for the daggers.<br />Always an agenda.<br />So much work to do in just a few months. So much opportunity for gain.<br />So much territory to protect with my back turned, and so much that deeply matters.Voyagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260350359354563620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411240335584828275.post-82782151910351089512009-11-06T19:45:00.000-08:002009-11-06T20:11:39.735-08:00Forever fallingHaving looked too deeply into the pool, I cannot look away.<br />I turn my head to the pool and close my eyes to the pool, and drown in a constant suffocation of the pool that knows no close of relief.<br />Throw me a rope, I will not hold. Pull at my hands, I will only slip.<br />The damned are the damned.Voyagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260350359354563620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411240335584828275.post-38317665455452077692009-11-02T19:06:00.000-08:002009-11-02T19:16:13.323-08:00Open bloomComplete trust is one of the most valuable treasures.<br />So hard to win most times. Such a great responsibility to carry.<br />To earn that from another is to hold that person's beating heart while they sleep.<br />Our lives, no matter what, are eternal vigilance.<br />To be able to set that burden, even for a moment, in the hands of another, is the other half of that tremendous gift.<br />The rare blue flower of the Eastern slope can be sought a lifetime without touching those feathery petals.Voyagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260350359354563620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411240335584828275.post-9322628855438060902009-10-31T12:59:00.000-07:002009-10-31T13:10:48.408-07:00TravailAnd there's the turn just up ahead.<br />A checkpoint of suspicious eyes and hidden agendas.<br />Like a classic suspense, just before the border crossing, someone went hysterical and had to be dumped by the roadside. Now it's asking someone else to climb in with implicit trust. A tall order.<br />There's 6 months of rough road and bandits in the woods, but as long as we trust each other, we can win.Voyagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260350359354563620noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411240335584828275.post-76327829916134592372009-10-24T19:34:00.000-07:002009-10-24T19:49:20.848-07:00And all the while, there's work to be done..It would be nce to set down some of these spinning plates.<br />Trying to re-engineer order out of something so damaged while a neanderthal beats on the walls is unbelievably discouraging.<br />Having to continue denying something I know to be true in order to get a narrow mind to turn away is draining. I walk a fine line daily.<br />I care too much, but that can't be changed.Voyagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260350359354563620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411240335584828275.post-72370456781303615812009-10-16T20:57:00.000-07:002009-10-16T20:59:34.615-07:00Like a bubble burstAnd just like that, I now have nothing to believe in.Voyagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260350359354563620noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411240335584828275.post-82139931512024260262009-10-13T19:31:00.000-07:002009-10-13T19:33:19.019-07:00BarbedIt would be nice some time to be handed a rose without being stuck by the thorns.Voyagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260350359354563620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411240335584828275.post-37159432017494491262009-10-12T19:32:00.000-07:002009-10-12T19:40:22.754-07:00Within the webSo often lies are an act of complicity.<br />We pretend to believe, rather than face bleak reality.Voyagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260350359354563620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411240335584828275.post-53478294344470354272009-10-01T18:22:00.000-07:002009-10-01T18:25:02.547-07:00Change brings opportunityNext week the page turns again.<br />It's been quite a while following the same worn path.<br />There is the unknown, but certainly no regrets when the change is due.Voyagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260350359354563620noreply@blogger.com1