Can you convince me they are not
Flogging me to death

I’ve been crying, really I have
Tried telling myself I’ll be fine
I’ll only come out stronger
More effective, more efficient,
More competent

But I keep crying

They are flogging me to death

Love me when I less deserve it,
because it is when I need it most.
~Chinese proverb

Learned from His Story (part 2)

Now my brother has a new love, his fiancée
Who shares his laughter and frustrations

She whose name he mentions each day
You know, she’s good at this and that
In this situation she would take this step

See that sparkle in his eyes
Perhaps he has finally found the one