#Beingme

Jeff Monday

Water in my toothpaste

My toothpaste has water in it This may seem like a strange statement to you. It’s not like it’s something you hear every day. But you...

Jeff Monday

A slow motion swim out of the vortex

"If you need more time to understand how you feel about a thing, then give yourself more time to understand how you feel about a thing."...

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Walking Down a Different Street

One of my favorite poems is 'Autobiography in Five Chapters' by Portia Nelson. It's a simple little thing that's deceptively bigger than...

Jeff Monday

Sad Stories Say So Much

So, I have to be honest. My mom didn't like my latest book. It was too sad. She wants me to write more children's books, lol. And I get...

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A Life of Fear, No More

Fear. It's everywhere. Fear of flying. Fear of snakes. Fear of terrorists. Fear of losing our job. Of getting hurt. Of not having enough...

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Quit watering dead plants!

So I'm not really the type that leaves notes to myself. At least not at home. At work I have all sorts of notes but that's only because I...

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Two Wolves

So I was watching the new season of Luke Cage last night and, while being interrogated by the one-armed detective, a low-level hood...

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Your labels do not matter

When I was in grade school, many many many many moons ago, I was always called the two worst insults a school-yard bully could think of: ...

Jeff Monday

Internalized Motivations

I consider myself a somewhat creative individual. I mean, yes, I write stories and create new worlds. But that's a lot easier than most...