Infallible Freedom

The best moment of your life. Quick. Go. I've been asked that before. I've listened to other people's answers. It all depends on age really, how far you are in the typical timeline of life for the majority. Answers usually consist of things like; wedding day, birth of a child, moving out for the first time, a travelling experience. And while I see the joy in all those situations, from as far as I've come, one afternoon topped them all. I'm kind've a loner. Not because I don't want to be. I guess I was designed with a strong introvert personality. I like hanging out with friends, but my perfect day off would probably consist of taking myself out to lunch and a movie, then spending my evening on the couch with a rye and coke trying to up my Call of Duty rating. Yup, that's me. Anyway, that said, I had a wicked experience several years ago. I couldve been about 16. My mind doesn't really remember age or year particularly well. It wa...

Life. I love it. And I hate it at times. But I lace up my skates anyway cuz I'm blessed enough to own a pair. And somehow through the madness of my own doing, and the expectations of everyone else's, I'm still able to step out on that ice. "Keep your head up kid." I hear ringing in my ears from the Don Cherry story. "You don't want to get caught in the trolley tracks." Don, what a goon. But how many times had that been me. Caught in the past, not paying attention to my surroundings, the people around me. And suddenly I'm lying on my back with a wicked headache because I didn't look up. I didn't see the bigger picture. I felt like, as long as I trust that my feet will keep moving I'm fine. Another mistake. It's dark outside. And cold. But no wind so it's perfect. They already shut the lights off but I don't care. I'm alone with my thoughts and a smooth surface of glass. I wish I could see myself in it....