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Friends Give You A Cushion for the Fall

April 6, 2011 - Posted by Ellie

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At the end of your rope? In need of a cushion?

Friends give you a cushion for the fall, even when you think you don’t need or want one. I appreciate you stopping by here to see if I need one; I’m okay.

— J.D. Robb
Memory in Death

Falling, of course, can mean you’ve literally taken a physical tumble but it also serves as a metaphor for all those life-mishaps that litter our paths to success and achievement. I’ve face-planted myself more than once and been glad for the folks who were right there to make sure I wasn’t badly injured. And I’ve fallen from grace, fallen off a log, failed to make the Continue reading » Friends Give You A Cushion for the Fall

Touching the Walls on Both Sides

September 1, 2010 - Posted by Ellie

Photo credit: Divine in the Daily

How do you live inside hope?

…if you’re lucky, you’ll find a way to live inside hope, running down its hallways touching the walls on both sides.

— Barbara Kingsolver

Puts me in mind of the time I learned to dance on a moving log…

Hope arouses a passion for the possible.

— William Sloan Coffin

There I was, arms flailing in a desperate attempt to stay upright on the suspended rough hewn pine log… consumed with the fear of falling… ready to give up almost before I’d begun… Continue reading » Touching the Walls on Both Sides