Category Archives: Lessons

Journey to the Center of Health

Posted on April 30, 2022 by kristianw84

Long-time readers of the blog know that I have been on a health and fitness journey for a little over a year now. I have fallen off the wagon a few times, but I have learned to be easy and … Continue reading →

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Smaller

Posted on March 22, 2022 by kristianw84

I often find myselflongingfor somethingbut mostlyto feel smallerI want to feel smallerI want to slipbetween the spacesof your fingersI want to put my headin your lapand for you to swallowthe entire drowningof meI want to see myselfthrough different lensesthe way … Continue reading →

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What is Age? Baby Don’t Hurt Me

Posted on January 9, 2022 by kristianw84

So many people fear getting older, but it’s something we all must do, and I believe the sooner we accept the aging process, the more enjoyable our lives can be. I mean, there’s no point in fighting the inevitable, right? … Continue reading →

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How To Be a Decent Person 101

Posted on December 31, 2021 by kristianw84

My heart has been very heavy this year as I witnessed person after person reveal a side of themselves that not only baffled me but made me lose respect for them. It’s hard sometimes to hold onto faith in humanity. … Continue reading →

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Longing for Baseball

Posted on December 7, 2021 by kristianw84

I have always had this longing to be one of the greats in whatever I do The Ted Williams of my craft. So I strived for perfection until I fell in love with the world’s greatest game. You see, in … Continue reading →

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The Way I See It

Posted on December 5, 2021 by kristianw84

I often find myself staring out a window as if I am searching for whatever is drawing me… something greater than myself. It is morning in the gray dead of fall like a picture-perfect postcard displaying my feelings. Nature, killing … Continue reading →

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Changes in Mindset – On Health

Posted on November 10, 2021 by kristianw84

Many of you know, I lost my mother on the day after Christmas, six years ago. Her loss hit me very hard, and I slipped into a deep depression for years. I have slowly brought myself out of that depression, … Continue reading →

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Adding Fuel to the Fire

Posted on November 5, 2021 by kristianw84

We didn’t start the fireIt was always burning since the world’s been turningWe didn’t start the fireNo, we didn’t light it, but we tried to fight it – Billy Joel Regular readers of this blog know that music has always … Continue reading →

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Sundays in Winter

Posted on June 20, 2021 by kristianw84

Every sunday in winterhe would wakeand put on his Carharttto go shovel the drivewayafter 10 hour daysspent through the weekclearing the roadsNobody thanked him. He’d come in from the coldthrow coal in the furnacemake sure his family was warmHe’d start … Continue reading →

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What a Wonderful World

Posted on May 31, 2021 by kristianw84

During my adolescence, I had a mentor who was also the pastor of the church I attended at the time. I’m not sure if this man realizes how important he is to me or how much he really shaped me … Continue reading →

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