Talk About What Matters

November 5, 2017 Joey Cope 0

A lot of disgusting talk swirls around us. It’s always been here because people have placed a high value on status. We don’t have to be the very best at anything — just prove ourselves better than others. Yet, many of those who are the best are those who spend [read more]

Time and action don't always work together.

Time is of the Essence

November 3, 2017 Joey Cope 0

Time is factored into everything. And it seems that everything can be factored into time. Photo by Cliff Johnson on Unsplash In our work and our play, time is a consideration. The statement that “time is of the essence” has its origin in contract law. Those five words carry a heavy weight. They [read more]

Letters from Home

September 8, 2017 Joey Cope 4

Letter-writing used to be big. Trips to the mailbox held great promise. Most days there was enough mail to preoccupy and distract for a little while. But letters were the best. I spent a good number of years in my youth at summer camps — Camp Blue Haven as a [read more]

Overwhelmed: The Loss of Life to Numbness

September 7, 2017 Joey Cope 2

For months . . . years . . . the one word that keeps popping up in my personal journal is “overwhelmed.” Photo Credit: Julia Freeman-Woolpert (stock.xchng) The everyday barrage of life events used to be enough to tire us and send us to our beds, eager to escape the rushing torrents. [read more]