Though the love song comes in many guises – songs of exultation and praise, songs of rage and of despair, erotic songs, songs of abandonment and loss – they all address God, for it is the haunted premises of longing that the true love song inhabits. It is a howl in the void, for Love and for comfort and it lives on the lips of the child crying for his mother. It is the song of … [Read more...]
No Reason to Attack, Nothing to Defend
I know some people find me insufferable because they think I present myself as more enlightened than the average bear. I don’t want to get all down on myself, because I think I’m a pretty good guy. But I certainly don’t think I’m anything close to faultless or perfectly "enlightened." I fuck something up every single day. Usually several things. Sometimes everything. Most … [Read more...]
On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Goals
I definitely have huge benefits to how well I'm doing, but you do find yourself missing the climb. It's a little like Mount Everest. When you summit, you spend about 20 minutes up there, and you do a little dance, but if the 20-minute dance was really it, would you really risk your life for the amount of work it takes to get up and down? Louis C.K. The other … [Read more...]
The Easy Way to Conquer That Nagging Feeling of Crushing Disappointment
Some people aren’t sure it’s a good thing to be alive, or to bring more people into the world. And when I was younger, in my teens and twenties, I wasn’t exactly all up with people myself. I had what you might call a dire view of the human condition. I might have agreed with those people who call us a cancer on the earth. But I don’t feel that way now. It just doesn't … [Read more...]
5 Signs You Might Be An Adult
When I was a kid I used to think adults had some sort of secret knowledge. My Dad never seemed to feel shy. My Mother never seemed to be at a loss for words. My teachers might be boring but they never seemed scared. Adults knew how to fix cars, get a mortgage, start a business, while in comparison everything I did seemed tentative, half-assed, silly. I wondered when I … [Read more...]