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Soulful Sundays: I Woke Up
I woke up today and stayed in bed, Only just long enough to gather my thoughts. The temptation to rest was so strong, Yet, heed its...
Blake Storey
Feb 26, 20232 min read


Soulful Sundays: Art of Throwing
At surface level a skilled juggler appears superhuman. If you have ever seen one in action you will know exactly what I'm talking about....
Blake Storey
Feb 19, 20232 min read


Soulful Sundays: Demon Inside
There is a demon inside of everyone, Telling us lies, trying to defeat us. When life is smooth it hides. It waits until foul weather...
Blake Storey
Feb 12, 20232 min read


Soulful Sundays: Busy Trap
"Those who aspire to Tao don't long for fulfillment. They selflessly allow the Tao to use and deplete them; they calmly allow the Tao to...
Blake Storey
Feb 5, 20233 min read


Soulful Sundays: Startling Force
Water is the epitome of relaxed power. It does not wait in perseveration to move out of a cup if spilled, nor out of a dam if released....
Blake Storey
Jan 29, 20232 min read


Soulful Sundays: Rabbit Luck
Today begins the year of the Water Hare. Goals that seemed far will now be quite near. As resistance and friction wash away, Steady your...
Blake Storey
Jan 22, 20231 min read


Soulful Sundays: No Complaints
“I have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society.” - Alan Paton "To...
Blake Storey
Jan 8, 20232 min read


Soulful Sundays: Creativity
"You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have." -Maya Angelou “If you want to be a writer, you must do two things...
Blake Storey
Jan 1, 20232 min read


Soulful Sundays: Year's Night
Darkness has won, but the light is increasing. We can now surrender our fear That we will be trapped, forever sleeping In Winter, the...
Blake Storey
Dec 25, 20222 min read


Soulful Sundays: Questions
"A problem well stated is half solved." -Charles Kettering The scope of the unknown will always outpace our ability to comprehend it....
Blake Storey
Dec 18, 20222 min read


Soulful Sundays: Depression
"Depression is your body saying, 'I don't want to be this character anymore. It's too much for me.' You should think of the word...
Blake Storey
Dec 11, 20223 min read


Soulful Sundays: The Sacred
“We’re the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War’s a spiritual...
Blake Storey
Dec 3, 20222 min read


Soulful Sundays: Readiness
"We have learnt, rather too late, that action comes, not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility." -Dietrich Bonhoeffer...
Blake Storey
Nov 26, 20222 min read


Soulful Sundays: Identity Crisis
"Authenticity is less about finding the things that are you and more about forgetting the things that are not." -Anonymous "This above...
Blake Storey
Nov 20, 20223 min read


Soulful Sundays: Weakness
"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way." -Marcus Aurelius "Our greatest weakness lies in...
Blake Storey
Nov 13, 20223 min read


Soulful Sundays: Three Breaths
"Slow is smooth and smooth is fast." -US Navy SEALs "To breathe properly is to live properly." -Robin Sharma The late Thick Nhat Hanh,...
Blake Storey
Nov 5, 20223 min read


Soulful Sundays: Sleep Well
“If you can’t tell what you desperately need, it’s probably sleep.” -Kevin Kelly "A well-spent day brings happy sleep." -Leonardo da...
Blake Storey
Oct 30, 20225 min read


Soulful Sundays: Stoicism
"The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same."...
Blake Storey
Oct 22, 20224 min read


Soulful Sundays: Structure
"You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it...
Blake Storey
Oct 16, 20224 min read


Soulful Sundays: Metamorphosis (Part II)
“Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will evade you, but if you notice the other things around you, it will...
Blake Storey
Oct 9, 20225 min read
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