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Pursuit of Passion

Picture it: midnight, curled up in bed with five pillows, two blankets, and a down comforter.  You can hear the winter wind howling outside, the sky sparkling and swirling like someone just shook a snow globe.  Lamp on beside you, music softly playing around you, enveloping you in a winter hug.  Mind spinning, body tossing and turning in an anticipation I could not define. I started writing this blog about passion.  But when my mind was tired, I closed my computer, hoping my thoughts would make more sense in the morning.  The weekend came, and in the back of my mind I knew I wanted to finish this post. There was something about last night driving (literally!) out in the sticks, spending the evening with good friends, a wood stove, an acoustic guitar, mellow music, and genuine conversation that made me delve into reality.  Here's a video to give you a little taste into the night, a silly song by a talented musician, the beginning of a night I wasn't expe...

65 miles

"We live in Holy Saturday -- one foot in Good Friday and the other in Easter Sunday.  We are given newness out of the ashes of brokenness." [ David Tryggstad ] I've walked over 65 miles in the past two weeks.  It wasn't until tonight that I realized I had missed a simple question -- have I gotten anywhere? You see, I've been walking and walking, hours upon hours, believing I was walking away from the past and walking into the future.  Ironically though, I was on a treadmill  metaphorically and literally. To face your battles, you can't just turn around and half-ass walk away.  You have to actually FACE them.  Head on, head strong. I've been plagued with dreams ever since my grandma passed away.  It's still all so fresh, and yet seems like forever.  It's like living in a weird parallel universe, thinking I'll wake up one day and she'll be there, only to realize that's never going to happen on this earth again.  I've had dreams ...