“PULL, Fucker!” I screamed at myself in my head. The car barely moved. “What’s the good of all those pull-ups and curls if you can’t move this thing?!” I heard the count (outside my head) “1…2…3…” PULL! I’ve always gotten by. No matter what has happened in my life I’ve made it through and in […]
Author Archives: David Carson
Amongst the Unseen Ruin
I search for it among the shattered glass and broken foundations of countless lives. It is here. I can feel it, can almost see it, as fleeting as it is. There! Then in a wisp it is gone. I know it for what it is. Live long enough without it and you come to recognize […]
Into the Heart of Madness
As I decided to book my flight last Thursday night to the Philippines (originally flying into Manila, now Cebu and hopefully on to Tacloban), I was calm. I wasn’t nervous, anxious or fearful. I was calm because the storm that had been raging within me for some time had finally started to simmer. The wheels […]
An Unbroken Life
Sometimes it happens in a moment. Sometimes we don’t have a choice. Sometimes we break. I am a strong believer in the power of choice, our ability to decide what our lives will be and the heavy responsibility that accompanies it all. But regardless of how long I have fought against the notion, I have […]
An Act of Kindness to All
An Act of Kindness to One is an Act of Kindness to All. I met a homeless man named Alan a few weeks ago in Reston Town Center, VA. He carried a newspaper with him and showed me the article that he was reading – which is posted here – as we talked. It was evident […]
Amidst Perishing Thoughts
There are moments in life which dictate that we alter our course. Sometimes we find that we must act without the desire to do so, lest our decisions be made for us through circumstance rather than by our input. We soon find ourselves bombarded with emotional tumult, to the point of wishing regretfully for stoic […]
Who Would You Be If You Lost Everything Tomorrow?
Most of us treat life as if it’s a scavenger hunt. We scurry about madly trying to gather things. Jobs. Money. Cars. Clothes. Homes. Women. (Or men.) We travel. We hang out. We eat, eat, eat. The more stuff, the more fun, the more more, the better. We’re all guilty of it at some juncture—many […]
Inspired Quotation
It is when I fall that I remember why I stand. – Walking Into the Light
Why We Choose Not to Pursue Our Dreams
Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist, writes often about the pursuit of Dreams and what they can mean to our lives. His keen insight into why we choose not to follow our Dreams probes the thoughts buried deep within. This particular excerpt challenges us to ask the hard questions we often dare not ask for […]
A Moment of Magic Possibilities
Every day, [we are given] a moment when it is possible to change anything that is causing us unhappiness. The magic moment is the moment when a “yes” or a “no” can change our whole existence. Every day, we try to pretend that we do not see that moment, that it does not exist, that […]