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By 7am this morning, I'd had a lousy day. I'd yelled at my kids. I kept the same record spinning and spinning and spinning in my head: Why am I a failure? Why is everything -- every. single. thing - hard? So hard? Why can't I catch the slightest whiff of lift in my life? Why do I intellectually grasp we are all one, we are all love, we are united...and I cannot live that truism? Why can I not let go of my anger and frustration and heartache that I am nothing, a waste, an unworthy potentiality never realizing an iota of the goodness, the greatness I feel dwells inside my heart?

I wrote my coach a long screed, self-indulgent, angry, fierce, honest and brutal. I began: "Funny. As I was opening email to start this, i received Tom White’s newsletter. This issue: When Things Fall Apart. I should read that."

I'm glad I did. Thank you, Tom. There is hope.

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Jun 7, 2023Liked by Tom White

Beautifully written and inspiring. All should read. Well done Thomas. God Bless and keep the ideas flowing.

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Beautiful writing, Tom. I can see from the comments that there is already a handful of lives that you have ministered to. In another life, maybe you were a pastor or holy man :) My repeat story is that I do everything wrong and nothing is ever good enough or enough. Being aware of the critical voice hasn't seemed to alleviate it much yet, but finding beauty, joy and love in the journey has been soothing.

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Jun 7, 2023Liked by Tom White

Loved this!

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"Feel everything. Love hard. Fight well." Fantastic! I'm writing that one down!

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Hi Tom, I really enjoyed this piece, I’d never heard of the art form before.

I think art like that is cool because it has a story behind it and anyone can give it a go!

Something in my life that broke my confidence was when my first novel wasn’t signed by an agent. I was down for a while but the experience taught me how to be resilient and I’m now working on my next novel which is way better anyways!

This piece also reminds me of the Phoenix. We all burn to ash at some point or another

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