© 2012 Charlena Miller. All rights reserved.
This title is inspired by lyrics from a forthcoming new song by artist, Casey Hurt, about being with someone where they are, in their brokenness, fear, joy, whatever it is… it is about sitting there and entering into the dark … Continue reading
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Set ablaze by a wildfire. Some people are content to never come near the flames. Yet the more people I talk to through casual meetings or as part of a story project, the more I am certain that each of … Continue reading
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What is it that brings that sense of bliss, of wholeness, of harmony, of peace? It is not lying on the shoreline, watching the winding river flow by. Just as a salmon is meant to return to the source of … Continue reading
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I thought something wasn’t going to happen this week, I didn’t believe. I said to someone, no, this won’t happen. And then it did. Reminder to self: don’t begin to think that you know how things are going to go. … Continue reading
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The time right now feels much as it felt in 2010 when I prepared to leave Portland for how long I did not know. Things that have loosely rolled around within me for awhile are asking for commitment, for a … Continue reading
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Sometimes we come to know someone, or hope we do, through questions we ask, through time spent. At times I ask many questions of others and get lots of questions from others too. I don’t mind sincere questions. Questions help … Continue reading
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Even if you fall short, there is something gorgeous and life-changing in the going for it. Yes, you may splat on the side of a mountain, never have all of what you envision, of what moves your heart and your … Continue reading
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‘The first rule of survival: to believe that anything is possible.’ ~Laurence Gonzales I have been reading a book lent to me by someone I recently met, Deep Survival by Laurence Gonzales. It’s about those characteristics within a person that … Continue reading
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A reader suggested that I write an update from my April 2010 post when I started off (formally) on this journey and I thought that was a great answer to the question ‘what will I blog today?’ I left Portland … Continue reading
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Oh to feel so right in being right. Such a nice cocoon for a little while, but so lonely and soul-eroding in the end. I was told once by someone, without meanness or malice, that I had barriers; that I … Continue reading