Dear Diary – Page 2 – Randal Adcock

The Year to Come

Dear Diary: I clearly remember thinking about 2020 at various points in my life. “What would life be like?” Not only does 2020 play on perfect vision, but for me it signifies another iconic figure — 65. I’ll be turning 65 this coming summer , turning to a new phase in life. Typically one isContinue reading “The Year to Come”

Go Deep

Dear Diary: When the surface is choppy, go deep! Laws of Nature say that ‘energy takes the path of least resistance’. It’s called ‘momentum’. It also applies to all lifeforms. Living organisms make paths, or habits, around the best returns on investment. That’s why we mimic each other. We usually exploit the road more traveledContinue reading “Go Deep”

Mindful

Dear Diary: You and I are one in pursuit of mindfulness. We breathe easy. We have eaten and are full. Now in rest we listen to a dove’s whisper. It calls to a higher place, a place of meaningfulness. Not more goods, or things. Not more busy work. But more play and creation. It whispersContinue reading “Mindful”

No Time, Like the Present

Dear Diary: Just a thought… The future is not real. It has not yet happened. It resides only in our faulty imaginations. The past is not real. It has already happened. It resides only in our feeble memories. The present is real, but awful darned short. If it resides where the nonexistent future meets theContinue reading “No Time, Like the Present”

The Old Path to a New Normal

Dear Diary:I believe the path to any new normal begins inside each of us. We are each on our own personal journeys. This has always been true.Each day we create ourselves anew.We bring forward our best self and leave the residue behind, like shedding our skins.Each day each person reconnects with the others with whomContinue reading “The Old Path to a New Normal”

Shared Secret Fears and Hopes

Dear Diary: Lately I have been posting little things on this and that. Not some of my best work. I feel a need for things to settle down into a pattern before I can be confident that I have something substantial to write. I hope my friends and family are well, keeping busy and notContinue reading “Shared Secret Fears and Hopes”