Blog of Josh Hall

#84 – Life is defined by maintenance. All you do in life is try to maintain it.  You eat for energy to do it again.  you sleep to do it again.  You work to pay for it again.  You do more or something new to make you happy…again.  Life becomes a huge cycle of maintenance.  [...]

Do you believe in love?  I’m sure people’s definitions vary widely, just like their capacity to love.

When I was in college, I had a creative writing class.  It was a small class, less than 20 of us, and we met in one of the cool nationality rooms at Pitt.  The professor’s last name was Hall, and I enjoyed her and the class tremendously.  I don’t claim to have had a special [...]

Don’t let your stuff define or enslave you.   You are not your duvet cover.  If you ever saw the movie Along Came Polly, you’ll remember the scene where the couple discusses the bed pillows.  Why do you have stuff that you have to put on and take off every night and every morning?  Your [...]

Friends are replaceable.  Family, is not. If you lost a family member, you will never be able to fill that void.  All you can do it learn to ignore it and remember them.

Cry That is all you know Knees to the floor And away you go   Wide eyed Reach out to touch Giggle a little bit You’re impressed by so much   Scared Who are these others? Why are we all here Instead of home with our mothers   Accepting Fragile, but developing a core Understanding, [...]