Aaron Fury
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The Scream of Freedom
I felt the familiar weather-worn floorboards that were far from smooth beneath my aching body. It was as if I could feel every cut, splinter and uneven area below as I struggled to get comfortable from the night before. For as long as I have slept in this dilapidated prison of wood, I had thought it would eventually become easier to rest. I had hoped for such ease. Unfortunately, for the past three moon cycles, all I came to know was the feeling of broken and worn things. The rough and wet cedar planks that surrounded me, the two broken seats that sat in this shack, the feeble side table that held the few items I was able to keep, and my makeshift bed of cracks and unsettled dust. I must have fallen asleep at some point because as I peeked through my dry, roughly shut eye lid, I could see the first rays of the sun shining through. Despite being held captive in this cage of an environment I could not deny the feeling of the sun on my skin, breaking through the holes in the shed like vibrant bursts of warmth. I most certainly had fallen asleep from desperation, not so much from comfort or by choice. Choice, as my time here has proven, was a luxury far forgotten and lost.
By Aaron Fury4 years ago in Fiction
Rest, Resolutions and Renewal
1. Saying Goodbye to the past. The past two years have been something else, haven’t they? I am sure I am not alone in saying that these were some of the most reflective, tough, sad and heavy years that I have ever experienced. On the flip side however, they have also been some of the biggest years for growth I have ever experienced as well. Dealing with Covid and evaluating what’s important, what really matters and what was simply surface validation has caused a major shift in me. I began to transform from a stressed out corporate drone that felt stifled with a burning desire to honor myself, to someone giving into that desire to be more creative. To live as my full self. To be more authentically me and to relax. What started as a whisper became a roaring yell. I could no longer ignore evaluating the way in which I had come to work and exist. The constant insomnia from stress, the terrible dreams of numbers and statistics and the worst of all, the incessant corporate jargon! Similar to the excitement and anticipation that I feel at the beginning of a new year, I knew it was time for a change!
By Aaron Fury4 years ago in Motivation
