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Deceptive Distractions (A Spiritual Slide)

(To be) Convicted. The thing about conviction is that it can happen in strange ways - and right when you are least expecting it. Maybe even through words you hear all the time. Convictions - there's no stopping them, there's just ignoring them. And I've found that if you need to hear something - you will hear it. In life, we all have, to some degree, a glimpse of what we should do, a taste of what our purpose and calling is. Some of us have blocked it out, and some of us have a hard time seeing it, but over all, we each have a goal, a destiny. But sometimes we loose sight of what our purpose is Last couple weeks I have been experiencing this. I was starting to lack passion and even sight of my goal. The worst thing is I wasn't paying attention, and to such an extent that I didn't realize I was no longer focused on what I should have been. I first came to this realization the other morning when an older man was speaking to me. Now, it is not ...

September Writing Challenge

Join the writing prompt at  Miss Melody's  blog!!! "With great destiny comes great loneliness." It was a joke. But in an ironic way what I was saying felt like reality. Like a self-inflicted curse.  "You can't be serious, dear." Aunt Cheri said. "You need to think of yourself and your future." "And not them?" "Giving up your life is not the only solution! Think this through seriously." I cried inwardly as I laughed to her face. "When have I never been serious about what I do?" She just have me a look that almost seemed to say, "One of the many things that you need to change about yourself." "It's not like I could just leave them!? Who else would care for them?" She surely wasn't going to volunteer. Aunt Cheri didn't try to persuade me more.  Just like all of the other relatives and friends, she left with out offering any help towards myself or si...