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How many times have you said I have nothing left in my tank? Life has beaten you down and you cannot seem to keep going. Yeah, for me it is been for much of the past year and more. No matter what you do and what sort of responsibilities you have some situations leave you unable to do what you got to do.

Human beings have a limit, a breaking point. In my line of work, I reach that point on Thursdays and when Fridays come I feel relief. Doing everything you can means giving everything you got.

For me, 2019 was a year that took a lot out of me and now 2020 has taken everyone out of rhythm for various reasons. Think about all we have been through in recent times.

We need to be honest about our feelings about having nothing to give. It’s a raw conversation where we can begin to find our way out of those times of emptiness. For some religion is a source of life and renewal. Universally speaking we all find comfort in friendship, community, and culture.

Finding your way back takes time. Patience is a virtue. Life needs renewal, recreation, restoration. It means the manifestation of one’s intentions and being willing to receive grace so that one can begin again. May God be with you all, no matter who you are.

(This post was inspired by my priest Fr. Quinn Parman)

The word Boho is one of those words you hear a lot in some areas of life but I wasn’t familiar with its larger meaning. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary its a person (such as a writer or an artist) living an unconventional life usually in a colony with others. There many synonyms such as bohemian, counterculturist, deviant, free spirit, heretic, iconoclast, maverick, non-conformer, lone ranger, and so on.

Parts of me are very boho in that I am a free spirit, heretic, maverick, non conformer, While I sometimes go along to get along. Perhaps we all do this. Boho can be a style of life where you order yourself in being an individualist. The old saying you do you is one floating around there.

I think many of us have the spirit of being boho but might be too afraid to show it. The men I grew up around were very straight-laced and conformist. Many of the men I am acquainted with are like that. So I am not sure where I deviated from that influence. You could probably blame college for that and also my learning differences made me do things my own way. Taking your own path means being a lone wolf but eventually, you find your pack.

Being yourself whoever that is can be liberating, freeing but it will drive others crazy. Life is crazy and right now the spirit of being a boho can help one survive.

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