by makubista | Jan 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
Control is a delusion of ego often driven by insecurity and fear. It’s also a limiting force. When we try to control our lives or the lives of other people, we’re trying to contain them, to make them fit into our narrow conception of what they should be....
by makubista | Jan 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
I talked with a paralyzed man covered in grime the other day as he smoked a cigarette and collected aluminum cans from his wheelchair. I was surprised by the tenacity in him, the fire burning through his eyes though he could barely speak and barely lift the...
by makubista | Jan 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
What is the value of weakness? Why is it such a prevalent part of our existence? Why do we have to struggle so much? Some would say there is no reason, that weakness is just a genetic lottery or byproduct of social circumstances. I don’t think that...
by makubista | Dec 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
“I live my truth.” That’s a phrase I hadn’t heard much through most of my life. Now it’s a familiar refrain, part of a modern storm of redefinition, an obsession to erase and replace old meanings, old beliefs, beliefs now disparaged as if they...
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