Imagine the Action: Here’s a Note From My Old Self

I’ve seen you before. And I’m not saying “I’ve been you before.” I’m just saying that I’ve seen you. That’s all. Always on the run. Always looking for the score. Your eyes tell a thousand stories of half-closed reveries that dangle you like an empty cobweb. Meanwhile,...

Imagine the Action: Revising the Plan

Of course, when it comes to connecting your passion to making your dreams, the bottom line is if it were easy, everyone would do it. I imagine myself in my own little place down by a ravine in the woods. I came to this idea after reading one of Fulghum’s novels, which...

Imagine the Action: Helpful Reflections

I used to wonder about what the world looked like before I was born. Then again, it wasn’t until I was older that I came to a special realization. I came to notice that there was a time when my parents were young too. There was a time when they didn’t know who I was...

Imagine the Action: The Presence of Self

I was thinking of a moment that seemed to have no other options. I was in a room “as they say” with no doors to the outside. Of course, I say this figuratively. I was at a place with no attractive resources. I came to a place where there was no exit, or at least,...

Imagine the Action: The Possible Impossibilities

To be honest, the idea of change was unthinkable to me. I say this before going forward but I say this with a purpose. I say this because I had lived a certain way for such a long time and to me, living any other way seemed impossible. I lacked the energy to change. I...