The works of Author C.L. Harmon
To have integrity will alienate you from those with a willingness to sacrifice their morals. But remember that a seed is covered with dirt, drowned in water, hidden from the sunlight and left to dwell in darkness. And yet it takes everything that is seemingly against it and uses them to reach up and break through the ground. To have honor in a world rampant with immortality is to be the seed that grows tall above the weeds which attempted to choke it out.
C.L. Harmon
Leave a CommentWhat you want must be more important than what you fear. Fulfillment only comes out of risk. And yes, we often lose and suffer, but without that suffering we would not truly understand the value of fulfillment when we experience it. What you want is out there and it will find you, but it will not force itself. You will either accept it on faith or deny it out of fear. At the end of your life, which one would you have wished you had chosen?
C.L. Harmon
Leave a CommentIt’s easy to buy a lie because the truth is a much harder sell. It’s easier to make a mistake than to make amends. It’s more fun to dance with the devil than kneel before the Lord. It’s safer to fall than rise and it’s acceptable to be accused but not vindicated. This is why we live on a bedrock of weakness. Solid ground is hard and uncompromising. This is why we choose it to build lasting structures. If your world is falling apart, maybe it’s time to find a better place to stand.
C.L. Harmon
Leave a CommentResponsibility is a word, a simple word, that has a never ending meaning. It’s a combination of letters encompassing everything in life. No matter your beliefs, status or race, you are affected by responsibility, both that which you accept and that accepted by others. When we fail to own our responsibilities, we fail others in the present and ourselves in the future. In essence we become either accomplishments or excuses…and that outcome is the result of another simple word, choice.
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Leave a CommentThe greatest adventure is seeking what we desire. No matter how small our desire, the journey to it is where we feel most alive. The outcome is the reward, but it is only a reflection at the end of the road. So with each step today, embrace your failures, allow your laughter to engulf you, let your tears puddle and your victories humble you. And in the end, that reflection will be the inspiration others will utilize on their adventures.
C.L. Harmon
Leave a CommentThere will be countless activities we will not see, hear and experience today. These processes will surround us and be close to us but we will not acknowledge their existence. Because our pursuit of responsibility and structure is our definition of sanity, we become oblivious to the magic around us. But this beauty cares not for such pursuits of responsibility but only to exist and be recognized. So every now and then, seek out your insanity and let the small countless miracles around you become your reality.
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Leave a CommentEvery 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. And it’s within that opportunity which creates our new hope in tomorrow.
C.L. Harmon
Leave a CommentSeek 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 grow. It has done so because in its journey, it discovered that the wind always decided its fate until it chooses to stand tall against it.
C.L. Harmon
Leave a CommentRedemption 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 merely peers? In reality, true salvation is only offered divinely in spirit and by self choice in flesh. Forgive yourself even when others will not. Because not even for one second will they ever wear your burdens.
C.L. Harmon
Leave a CommentWhatever 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 to gain something without costs is to have gained nothing at all.
C.L. Harmon
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