Emotional Granularity

It’s an emotional storm full of rushing bursts of wind filled with bubbles and shards of hard feelings.

We feel bashful when we’re on the verge of entering a social encounter, but we hold ourselves back, suspecting that meeting up with other people could be a big mistake.

We don’t really know what’s going to happen next, and we haven’t obtained the kind of counsel required to face the uncertainty. We are prepared to be deposed.

The best way to prevent suicide is not with suicide hotlines and counselors. The best way to prevent suicide is create a more compassionate society that helps people in pain before they get to the point of wanting to kill themselves.

The petals flutter to the earth to rejoin the soil in even the slightest breeze. There is beauty in their falling for just a few moments. Then, it is over.

What do you want? In superhero movies and page-turners written for the beach, the answer to this question is clear. The hero has a goal, but encounters obstacles and must overcome them. In… more emotion Ambivalence

Whether we pursue it or seek to avoid it, feeling empty is full of meaning.

Flux is the consequence of an unbecoming, on the way to a new becoming, but not yet there. It is a condition of potential unrealized, its power in its uncertainty.

Wrath may involve a display of power, but it also reveals a lack of self-control and a failure to perceive the bigger picture.

It’s only a matter of time until we feel degraded again, but for a short while, we can entertain the fantasy of being untouched by the foulness that inevitably accumulates in the wake of our journey through life.