Crystal Writes A Blog

What’s on Your “Flying Pig” List?

We all encounter dreams where our first instinct is to look up at the clouds, throw our hands in the air, and say this cliché or something else meaning we don’t believe it will ever happen. Maybe we try to tell ourselves that “With God, all things are possible” but that often doesn’t go beyond the encouraging words.

Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?

“In or out?” I ask, holding the door open for a moment, then partially closing it to get the message across to the cat to make up its mind. But the cat just stands there, frozen, spanning the threshold in just the right way to make closing the door impossible. Just like the cat, I stand half in the house and half on the porch…waiting. It is the universal posture of indecision.

What Kinds of People Play Cat and Mouse Games?

Real character isn’t proven when authority is standing in the room taking notes; it’s proven in the unchecked moments when nobody is looking over our shoulder. What we are on the inside will eventually come out in our words and our behaviors.