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Scrambled Eggs

“I don’t pretend to have all the answers. I don’t pretend to even know what the questions are. Hey, where am I?” — Jack Handey

I sort of think I should just leave that quote here as today’s blog. It sums up nicely what I’d like to say, and I’m not sure I can expound on it very successfully. But here you are, so I’ll try.

I’m sitting in my bedroom trying to meditate, but my head feels like it’s full of scrambled eggs. I can’t focus on one idea or even a simple set of words that might bring clarity. Clarity, I say in my mind. Clarity. As though that single word might have the power to rush in and vacuum out the contents of my brain, leaving only what is elemental. It doesn’t work, so I lean back in my chair and stare up at the light fixture, running my eyes along its scalloped edges as though I’m working at a strand of worry beads.

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