Reflection: This poem captured a special memory of a wonderful, warming experience that can only live in memory. In the late 1990s and early 2000s I had a lot of fun times, wonderful experiences, and memorable adventures, and this one ranks high on that list.

Here’s the poem which comes from my book Burning . . . Burning Blue: https://brighterdayslifecoaching.com/wp-admin/upload.php?item=18849

Reflection: I wrote this poem back in September of 2000 as a reminder to myself. I had a habit at the time of working a lot of overtime, carrying too many worries, and pursuing too many things at once outside of work. I didn’t realize at the time how all of the things I would worry about would never actually happen and how too many pursuits would create such a stressful life. I’m glad those days are over.

Here’s the poem which comes from my book “Burning . . . Burning Blue:” https://brighterdayslifecoaching.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/To-Be-Alive.pdf

Reflection:  I wrote this poem back in July of 2000 in the attempt to help inspire people to live happier and create warmer surroundings for the benefit of all, everyone, and everything they come into contact with. So, I suppose I was a bit of a life coach and philosopher – even years prior to my life-coaching days. 

Here’s the poem which comes from my book “Burning . . . Burning Blue:” https://brighterdayslifecoaching.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Wandering-Echoes-Lost.pdf

Reflection: This was a popular personal struggle-themed poem I wrote back in July of 2000 as a reminder to myself. I had a habit at the time of working a lot of overtime, carrying too many worries, and pursuing too many things at once outside of work. I didn’t realize at the time how all of the things I would worry about would never actually happen and how too many pursuits would create such a stressful life. I’m glad those days are over.

Here’s the poem which comes from my book “Burning . . . Burning Blue:” https://brighterdayslifecoaching.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/The-Lone-Shadowed-Aisles.pdf

Reflection: I wrote this poem back in June of 2000. It was yet another reflection bearing witness to the technology and engineering workforce machine and a much needed, constant reminder to not get consumed by it the way so many others had. It was a real problem back then (and it continues to be).

Here’s the poem which comes from my book “Burning . . . Burning Blue:” https://brighterdayslifecoaching.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Clutter.pdf

Reflection: This was a popular romantic-themed poem I wrote back in June of 2000. It was a reflection on failed marriages due to chaos, those who married too young, and people in denial.

Here’s the poem which comes from my book “Burning . . . Burning Blue:” https://brighterdayslifecoaching.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Your-Remaining-Days-With-Me.pdf

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Reflection: This was a romantic-themed poem that I wrote back in March of 2000 in reflection of a tentative, exploratory, romantic encounter and the resulting mixed feelings of warmth, hope, passion, excitement, loneliness, despair, anxiety, and depression throughout the ups and downs – where I experienced a few wonderful, warming moments of closeness which ended up being much more than offset by the many moments of distance and disengagement. I feel I am happier for at least having had the experience rather than not, however.

Reflection: I wrote this poem Back in March of 2000 in reflection of the temptations and desires that can hijack a life for lengthy periods of time. Once you awaken you can sometimes find yourself so far away from the hopes and dreams you might have held so dearly in the past.

Here’s the poem which comes from my book “Burning . . . Burning Blue:” https://brighterdayslifecoaching.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Castles-Burning.pdf

Reflection: This was a romantic-themed poem that I wrote back in March of 2000 in observation of a tentative, exploratory, forbidden, romantic encounter between two different people during an indecisive, romantic phase.

Here’s the poem which comes from my book Burning . . . Burning Blue: https://brighterdayslifecoaching.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Forbidden-Hearts-That-Hover.pdf

Reflection: I wrote this poem back in February of 2000 which captured some of the work experiences I both observed and experienced as a much younger man.

Here’s the poem which comes from my book “Burning . . . Burning Blue:” https://brighterdayslifecoaching.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/From-Every-Seam.pdf