The state of our nation has become an elephant in the room that needs to be addressed a little more often as of late. That being said, we may end up engaging friends and family in new levels of conversations that we would typically steer clear of, or would not have come up organically. Whether … Continue reading Converse With Care
Author: Brian Grayum
Love Life
What is it to love life? It seems like it would play out physically with a smile and a pep in your step as you spritely go about the day. A smile is a good thing, it takes effort and it is contagious. Though it is not always easy to greet the day that way. … Continue reading Love Life
Baby Steps Are Still Steps
Positive change can start right now Photo by Tegan Mierle on Unsplash Doing something is better than doing nothing when it comes to battling feelings of doubt, sadness, and fear. These feelings will take a devastating toll on our life if they go unchecked or unchallenged because they are joy stealers, ambition stealers, and motivation stealers. Our very self, … Continue reading Baby Steps Are Still Steps
The Darkness Behind
A poem of the night sky Photo by Greg Rakozy on Unsplash As I look up at the night sky A million shards of diamond pierce the blight And it’s the dark that makes them shine Sometimes it’s the beauty of the stars that consume my thoughts Other times, it’s the ebon blanket behind What is it about the … Continue reading The Darkness Behind
If You are Hurting You are Not Alone
Find hope in our human connection Photo by Marc-Olivier Jodoin on Unsplash If you are hurting, you are not alone. If you are hurting, then I am there with you. We may not know each other, but we can look up at the same sky carrying the same pain, and maybe somehow we can carry each other. I … Continue reading If You are Hurting You are Not Alone
Navigating Life With a Little Help
What my dad taught me about toughness I always wanted to have arms like my dad. They weren’t huge Hulk Hogan arms, but they looked strong. Actually, I wanted to be like my dad in a lot of ways, as his strength lay not only in his arms but in his heart. Though he was … Continue reading Navigating Life With a Little Help
Finding Flow in Life
Intentional effort makes for instinctual living How is the flow of your life right now? Do you feel balanced between work and play, introspection and speaking out, or somber reflection and laughter? These are just a few examples of the balance that I hope for in my life. Currently, the balance between engaging the issues … Continue reading Finding Flow in Life
The Choice is Yours
As he stares into his reflection in the water, he asks, "Who am I?" and with that, Derek Zoolander starts his journey to rediscover his identity. Though we may not be really ridiculously good looking like Derek, we all are asking this question and defining the answer every day. To navigate decision making in our … Continue reading The Choice is Yours
Response to a Broken System
Something has to change now. I believe that we all need to find some sort of response in light of what is happening in our nation right now, and though a blog post is small in the scale of taking action, it is more than I have done in the past. I am not intending … Continue reading Response to a Broken System
The Ever-Changing Normality of Life
Photo by Evie S. on Unsplash Raise your hand if you enjoy stretching. My hand would’ve stayed steady at my side when I was younger, but now my hand would shoot up in the air. What used to seem like a waste of time now feels like a drug that I can’t live without. We are … Continue reading The Ever-Changing Normality of Life
The Story We Write 