The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: effort

  • People Who Are Important to Me

    Never forget that you have value.

  • Little Pebbles in a Big Pond

    A small gesture.

  • The Winnowing

    Getting married teaches you who your friends really are.

  • Showing Up

    It doesn’t have to cost a dime, but it will be priceless for the person on the receiving end.

  • Shooting Your Mouth Off

    In this fast-paced era, it’s so easy to say things without thinking. We’re in too much of a hurry. We can fire off an insult to the other side of the world in mere seconds. This is not progress. Yes, I have been known to say what I think, to my detriment, but at least…

  • Why Does Food Taste Better Al Fresco?

    I just got back from a fantastic trip to Southeastern Utah, in which I shared my sister and brother-in-law’s motor home, and we did quite a bit of outdoor dining. It reminded me of something that has been reinforced again and again and again during my travels: food always tastes better when it’s eaten outside.…

  • Letter to a Future Love (In Hopes That He Exists)

    I’ve been looking for you for years. I often wondered if you were right under my nose and I just wasn’t seeing you, or if I wasn’t looking in the right place.  More than once I thought I saw you, and you just couldn’t or wouldn’t see me. I always wondered if you were reading…

  • Loneliness Deconstructed

    I had an epiphany last night. Loneliness is basically saying, “I miss you, but I haven’t met you yet.” When viewed from that perspective, it seems like a monumental waste of time. When I think about all the hours, days, months I’ve spent feeling longing and angst because of the absence of total strangers, it…

  • “Lucky” You

    I have this amazing friend who lights up a room whenever she enters it. Strangers are drawn to her. Joy just seems to ooze out of every one of her pores. I’d love to be like that. But when I pointed that out to her recently, she got a serious look on her face. She…

  • EARN Your Misery

    There are very few things that irritate me as much as watching people wallowing in their own misery and doing nothing to get out of it. There are a lot of awful situations in this world, and many of us have every right to be miserable. But if the universe is lobbing rotten tomatoes at…