Tales from my head
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We see what we want to see. We often tell ourselves what to expect, and then we see that materialize. Unfortunately, we often lie to ourselves. As adults we do not get what we deserve, for the most part we get what we want, and if we tell ourselves we deserve less, that becomes what…
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What makes us feel accomplished? What makes us feel that we are worth a damn? Society and the media seem to correlate a person’s value to the quality and quantity of their stuff. From experience I know this is not true. There are many idiots that earn big money and live the high life, and…
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You and everyone you know will die. All the stuff you collect and surround yourself with will belong to someone else in the future or will be considered junk and tossed. This is a fact. We don’t think about this fact daily; sometimes, decades go by without considering this ultimate ending. It makes sense not…
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Note: I had a hard time keeping this one straight. I think I got it right. Jon lost his phone. He is sure of that. He looked everywhere for it: in his car, yard, and house. He called it a few times from his landline, but the call went straight to voicemail. Like a fool,…
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Jody is going on a date. She is always going on dates. She is not a ‘working girl’ though. She works at a local grocer as a cashier. Jody is pretty. She has no problem finding dates. Dating apps make it easy to hook up. Men usually reach out to her. She knows that men…
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Depression is insidious. It forms like a fog in your brain, obscuring your life and your feelings so slowly that you don’t even notice. You loose your way, you can’t see where you are and eventually you loose yourself. In the USA 21 million people experience depression at any given moment. That is a number…
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‘Sorry, can you say that again?’, Jim was sure this customer asked to buy every drone he had in his store. ‘I’d like to buy every drone in your store’, the customer repeated with a disarming smile. ‘Jim’s toys and games’ has been in business for 6 months. Hard months filled with stress and ramen.…
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Ben’s heart attack was no surprise. Morbid obesity and a sedentary lifestyle have always put him at risk. He knew this. Doctors reminded him every time his neglected body necessitated a trip to the local clinic. It still surprised him. It started feeling like heartburn. Ben cursed himself for indulging his love for hot sauce.…
Tales from my head 