2:10 a.m.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a constant preoccupation: whether we\u2019re living up to our promise<\/p>\n
Those middle-of-the-night reflective assessments of the promises you made to yourself<\/p>\n
And wondering, perhaps praying for the promise of another day<\/p>\n
Why do we celebrate those who succeed, yet we look over those who continue to try,<\/p>\n
those who continue to believe in their promise?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
4:30 a.m.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s the difference between a salty mariner and a dung beetle?<\/p>\n
An adventuresome hero or the toiling Everyman?<\/p>\n
Both roles suitably casted for me (really, for everyone)<\/p>\n
And the seconds and minutes and hours of the day<\/p>\n
are counted off to give meaning as I make a stand and<\/p>\n
shoulder the weight of those promises I have whispered to myself<\/p>\n
nearly each and every night<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Sisyphus is a hero because he readily shoulders his burden each day<\/p>\n
knowing he will not fulfill his promise by sunset; and so,<\/p>\n
I\u2019m trying to determine whether I\u2019m tossing on open seas or sifting in a sandbox<\/p>\n
Whether I\u2019m smiling at a foreboding horizon or obsessively rolling my shit?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
6:50 a.m.<\/p>\n
Which is it: a tragic figure<\/p>\n
Or the hero of my own comedy?<\/p>\n
Is it steely determination<\/p>\n
Or quiet desperation<\/p>\n
that overwhelms me at sunrise?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
– Chris George<\/em><\/p>\n May 2020\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2:10 a.m. It\u2019s a constant preoccupation: whether we\u2019re living up to our promise Those middle-of-the-night reflective assessments of the promises you made to yourself And wondering, perhaps praying for the promise of another day Why do we celebrate those who succeed, yet we look over those who continue to try, those who continue to believe…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[80],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11670"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11670"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11672,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11670\/revisions\/11672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}