You & I, Rewritten

by Chip Pons

“Grief never ends, but it changes. It is a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign or weakness nor a lack of faith, it is the price of love.”

I’m officially at that stage in my late twenties where caffeine, stress and thoughts and prayers aren’t enough to entirely ward off the consequences of late-night fast-food binges and the dessert I can never seem to say no to.

I think it’s foolish to think the pain of a writer’s past doesn’t inadvertently find itself woven within the heart of their work.”

I’m going to save time by accepting that the next several hours will be spent overanalyzing every second of that interaction.

I don’t know what it is about chocolate chip cookies that turns offices into a feeding frenzy, but it happens every time without fail.

Don’t risk living a life wondering what could have been because of someone else’s hurt and pain.”

forgiveness is for us…not for the person who needs forgiving.”