Lucubrations.

1. People can feel energy, see behind closed doors, and hear what has yet to be said, or may never be said. That's intuition.

2. If you view your apartment as a cubicle, you'll only ever see it as a cubicle. But some people see it as miners saw coloma, california in 1848. And when you look into a kaleidoscope, you see 1000 of the same image from different angles. So did the image change, or did your respective lens shift? And had you simply magnified your scope - saw the bigger picture - would you have struck gold?

3. 3 words are enough to turn stone hearts into flesh, the saddest eyes light up, and the worst, cruel, most vicious people turn to the road of redemption. A lot of people suffer for one of two reasons: they've heard it too much from the wrong people, or they haven't heard it enough from the right people.

4. I have a problem with idolatry. A lot of people do, but it definitely resonates with me. Y'know: we put people on a diamond pedestal, and serve them their dish on a golden platter. Then when they refuse to climb it, and start picking at the food with a disgusted look on their face, your whole world comes crashing down, and ideals start to conflict. Well.. did they ask to be put there to begin with? Did they ask for the hankerchief you gave them to wipe their mouths? Or the blanket you let drape over their bed for when it's time to go to sleep? Stop babysitting the thoughts of someone being greater than they actually are just because of what they do or who they believe they are, and you'll find more peace in yourself than pain from others in this world.

5. Uncertainty is an enemy to progress. It's the trip before the fall, the neverending ringtone that stops the second call. Only when we have faith in ourselves and conviction in what the future holds we find our reflection beneath the murky waters, undulating new life into us. And sometimes that's all it takes.

6. Obsession is when you can't wait to see that one person, can't wait to talk to them and be in their presence. It's when you cling onto something that makes them different - but it's also when you only see that difference, without the red flags or similarities. Being unable to live without that difference - the thing that made them stand out to begin with - is the conflagration after the spark. Being unable to live without their peace and protection, no matter how much you shake it off? That's not love. That's codependence.

7. Words can only be words until they aren't words. And the greatest, most respectable action someone can take is sticking to their word clean through.

8. God's real name is YHWA. Every breath you take, every step you make, your body inhales the words of God to breathe them back out to others. For some, that's enough to make any word you say impactful and powerful. For others, it soothes the hatred simmering in their hearts. There's divine intervention in a lot of things - and often times, you just have to find the right people to say the right words to at the right time.

9. Life's a dungeon, where you chase the dragons and slay everything in your path - until you find the one whose touch is so gentle & palliative, you no longer want to swing that sword any longer. But in this life those same people will give you a dose of your own medicine by stabbing you in the back instead of helping you when you're at your lowest. It's crazy.

10. A home without heart is a jungle. A home guided by hearts in division is a tundra. Subtracting family from a home sweeps the grains of familiarity away like stripping sand from the sahara. But a home multiplied by the love and affection in each heart is a home. Two hearts in summation are enough to light up the world.