All posts tagged judgement

Vacancy

I am drained. A shadow self. Barely there. It feels like my head is empty. My heart and soul, too. I crave a jumbo shot of adrenaline straight to the jugular vein or a deep, marrow-scraping cleanse. I know what needs to be done, but my motivation reservoir is entirely depleted. I simply watch as [...]

Pleasure Bouquets: Hidden

There is a famous Anais Nin quote that states, “…And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” You will find it scrawled in many yearbooks, inserted at the base of many emails and posted to many refrigerator doors. And then [...]

Pleasure Bouquets: One of Many

Sometimes I forget that, while we all have our unique quirks, we are not so very different, one from another. We all want to feel safe, loved and happy. We’re all just doing the best we can. Now, I’m not going to pretend that, on occasion, “best” doesn’t kinda suck ass. It does. In my [...]