Words swim and dive deep. Some flow right past me and I gobble them up as quickly as they come. Other times I dive deep and can’t catch even the slippery sound of an S. The easiest ones have E’s. The ones I like most are the ones that stick cloest to my thoughts. -SaschiaContinue reading “Words for a Writer”
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Thoughts on Getting Started
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. –Lao Tzu We all get started in our own way. Sometimes we jump in before we know what’s really going on. Sometimes we over think and complicate things before we even take our first step. And sometimes it’s the perfect timing when we show upContinue reading “Thoughts on Getting Started”
Life’s Journey
One step at a time moving towards the place where presence matters There’s no sure way to get it right the only right thing is getting there -Saschia ✨Jayne✨ Johnson
Change Perspective One Novel at a Time
“The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.” -Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci knew even before we had therapists established. Humans are full of blind spots and biases. We often can’t see things outside of our own perceptions until someone sits down and explains them to us. Even then there’s a chanceContinue reading “Change Perspective One Novel at a Time”
Search for Meaning
“Life is not about having everything. It’s about finding meaning in everything.” – Joel Randymar Meaning is everywhere. The sound the vents make when the air kicks on. The way the rug abruptly stops before it turns to black and white tile. The rise and fall of a chest that belongs to someone you love.Continue reading “Search for Meaning”
Tilted Dreams
The sidewalk slips sideways a neon yellow dandelion falls roots toward the sky and lands in the curve of my curl The shift is only a slight one but enough to remind me that I am alive. -Saschia *Jayne* Johnson
Understanding Responsibility from an Existential Perspective
Looking at Jean-Paul Sartre’s Bad Faith and applying it to ourselves. Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. –George Bernard Shaw What if we were fully accountable for ourselves in this world, good and bad? We are raised to think that we don’t have the capacity for handling life as mere humans.Continue reading “Understanding Responsibility from an Existential Perspective”
Give Life a Million Chances
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” – Maya Angelou It’s ok to not be perfect. We are all out here trying our best in this life. Instead of holding out until things feel perfect, learn to give yourself grace when things go wrong. No oneContinue reading “Give Life a Million Chances”
This is My Life Too. This is Your Life Too.
The breath inside these lungs, my first gift Your curious eyes searched for something familiar but it wasn’t something you saw. It was something you felt. The warmth the rhythm of life Seeing wasn’t believing feeling was. -Saschia ✨Jayne✨ Johnson Let’s Get Connected!
Curious Eyes
Under a blanket of stars the world awaits something new, improved, unused. Forgetting about the craft created with intention knitted from threads passed down from a stranger into the same hands that belong to curious eyes. -Saschia ✨Jayne✨ Johnson
