Here’s a list of my manifestos, along with short explanations that will prayerfully make them a little easier to understand. As stated on my Main page, most of these rants were written in the midst of strong emotion, so they may or may not strike a cord. Enjoy! ^_^
Greed - This is the first creative story that I ever wrote, a long time ago in a high school far, far away. It was actually a homework assignment to rewrite a medieval story using only action words. I followed the instructions for the most part, but the teacher was so impressed that she read it out loud to the class. Oh, and FYI - I signed the original ‘letter’ Senie Pitt. ^_~
Books R Neat - I don’t remember exactly when I wrote this, but it was a tribute to Terry Goodkind and Sword of Truth series in particular, and my favorites authors in general.
All ‘Growed’ Up - This one is all about feeling betrayed after living a lifetime of doing ‘the right thing’. Let’s face it; when you’re a kid, you can get away with all kinds of stuff. Once you hit adulthood, everthing changes. I still feel like this occasionally, but not so intensely. You couldn’t pay me enough to be a kid again.
Career Evaluation - Have you ever had to make a life-altering decision that would change your life for the better, but did not want to do it because of the side effects? I was facing just such a decision at the end of 2001 and was truly hurting over it. This on is a bit brutal, but it is honest.
The Phoenix Complex - This one is based on the same life-altering decision as in Career Evaluation. After months of agonizing, I was able to find some measure of peace about what I was goign to have to do. This is a representation of the way I reached that sense of peace. I pray that it helps someone out there.
No Fear - It gets extremely annoying when people who have no idea what I am going through invite themselves into my decision-making processes. This is my statement to myself that I was going to do things my way.
High School Blues - Every once in a while I find that I need to go back into my past to understand how I define my present reality. This was something I wrote to inspire myself back into the role of creator, as that is where I garner a great deal of satisfaction and strength.
Deadlines - Have you ever felt like the whole of your life is one big countdown? People around me fell like it is, but not in the term-paper type of way. And I get so sick of people trying to make me move to their rhythm. I just needed to write out some of that frustration.
Divisions - This is something that I wrote after having a major disagreement with a member of my church. I suddenly realized that there are so many ways to deal with the situation that I had to explore them. This one has major religious overtones, as my faith is what drives me, but I feel that there’s a great deal in it that’s applicable to the secular world.
On Guilt - ‘You can’t feel guilty for having what everyone wants’. It’s not the easiest ideal to live by, but I’m working on it.
Worth Living For - A reflection on the worthlessness of the statement “I’ll die for you”.
Very Superstitious - This is a little reflection on the impact of our dearly held superstitions on daily life.
The Doormat Syndrome - This one deals with the mentality that makes a person willing to suffer ridicule and humiliation from a person that clearly does not have remantic feelings for them. I wrote it after seeing a close friend going through the same things I did way back when. This was a very difficult manifesto to post, as the content is tremendously personal to me. I feel that I would be doing my readers a disservice by not including it.
Resolutions are for the Timid - There comes a moment in one’s life when they have to wake up and make a decision on what they are going to do with their life. Actually, there are usually several, but this was one of mine and I wanted to share it.
‘Passion’ate Musings - I wrote this one based on my feelings after watching ‘The Passion of the Christ’. It was so provocative and traumatic for me, seeing that kind of brutality. As the same, the fact that Jesus not only knew what He would suffer, but went through with it for my sake is such a powerful testimony of love that I had to try and resolve the two concepts in my mind.
Miracles and Paperwork - This one was written in recognition that my life-altering decision back in 2001 was definitely worth it. I offer it as inspiration for anyone at that crossroads I was.
Maturity - An exploration of the definition of ‘Grown Up’. It occured to me one day that I honestly do no feel much like an adult, despite the fact that I have been roaming the planet for almost three decades. Weird, eh?