Dear Wormtongue, Speak your ills of me... Salt the earth with my name... Feel free...for it was tarnished long before I gave it to you. Like my respect, it was more than you deserved and more than you took...-- World Breaker Enjoy your winter. Signed "Brick" Learning by Example!
Tag: integrity
Whipping Post…
I've let go and walked away. Not from you. Never from you. Learning by Example! I am exercising my right to love...Just as you exercise your need to hate... Pry that from my cold, dead hands! -- Me
Pilgrimage
Do I lead us into a den of lions? Savage and hateful? Out for blood? Will you stand as champions for the Wretched Thing? Will you tear me down and burn the ashes of our invisible bridges? Will you cast me out...further? I will move mountains and brave the sea of bitter sorrow! I will …
Swatting the Hornets nest…
Dear Wretched Thing. Does it irk you to know that you have no authority over my words, actions, thoughts or feelings? Does it irk you to know that your new goat is not yet ready for the slaughter? He is nothing more than an angry child! Fool! Anger is my ally! I pull the strings! …
Practicing goodness…With a little help from my friends…
I've been trying something new...I decided to give courage a try...I have started talking with people again...even strangers! I know how ridiculous that may sound but for 10 very long years I've been hiding behind giant impenetrable walls stewing in my own bitter anger...ashamed of my failures! Doing the least I could do... It turns …
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The Mind Killer
Fear. The killer of dreams and the destroyer of hope. It's icy grasp choking my voice and blinding me to the indifference I kept between us. I built my defenses with walls forged from anger. Using humor as sword and shield I carved a swath to a Pyrrhic victory. I stood above my foe and laughed …