C. L. Harmon

Every single day is different. The sun rises and sets the same and much of it is filled with routine. But each day has the opportunity for a new growth that was not there the previous day. This is because we are building upon yesterday’s opportunities we chose to seize.…

Seek that which will take root and it will be that root which will hold you when the winds rise up. Chasing anything which constantly moves means we are more engaged in catching than constructing. That which takes root has moved until it found the optimal conditions in which to…

Redemption is one of the greatest opportunities in this life. And yet it seems that, on a human level, it is contingent upon the approval of others. We are redeemed because others accept the belief we have been redeemed. But why is it up to others to decide who are…

Whatever you want in this life will cost. To gain anything requires something from us. Wisdom has been paid with mistakes, knowledge has been paid with hard work, experience has been paid with failure and faith has been paid with desperation. This is the law of nature which teaches us…

There will be days in our lives when we are blind because where we are going must be led by someone else. There will be hours we are deaf because what is being spoken around us is detrimental to our purpose. There will be moments when we are without a…

Sometimes we are required to stand alone. This is because there are battles in life that only we are equipped to defend. And as frightening as that may seem, doesn’t the idea that we are given a strength unique to each of us for defeating that which attacks us individually…

Monsters are real. They are under the bed and in the closet, in the dark and the light. Feelings such as rage, revenge, hate and fear create them every day. And the nature of a monster is to destroy peace, forgiveness, love and security. In essence, the monsters we create…

Life isn’t about fair or unfair it’s about purpose. And that purpose supersedes all else because it is connected to the soul. We are born with it and created for it. But that purpose is a lifelong endeavor, which ultimately means that we, at times, may perceive our lives as…

Understanding your place in life means coming to terms with the pieces strewn about in your head. Finding that place means getting them out of your head and setting them in place. Realization you are where you’re supposed to be is finally seeing those pieces connected to everyone else’s pieces.…

Sometimes we need burn things down, torch a swath and set parts of our past ablaze. Every civilization began in the wilderness and as each one grows it also decays as the decrepit and worn need removed and replaced by the new. Left alone, that which crumbles and no longer…