Author: thepathtoworthy

Thanks to some meaningful feedback, I started thinking about what it means to trust another person or to earn someone else’s trust.  As soon as I started pondering this topic, my mind went to a time where I was faced with earning back the trust of someone I cared for, following a breach of his… Continue reading Trust YOU?

What is trust? What does it mean to trust a situation or another human? As you know by now, I am usually fond of looking up proper definitions when exploring the meaning of a word or phrase. I am going to refrain from engaging in that exercise this time around because…well…it doesn’t really matter. I… Continue reading Trust Me?

We are taught from the time we possess the ability to connect with others that relationships have pretty specific characteristics. Said another way, most relationships have certain qualities that make them recognizable to those in and around them. Arguably, most of what defines a relationship is derived from the parameters or rules created by “society”… Continue reading Breaking with Tradition

I used to think that I had thin skin. I crafted this narrative whereas I highlighted my exaggerated sensitivity. I proclaimed the world normal and labeled myself abnormal. I resolved to accept all kinds and forms of abuse under the guise of fighting against my naturally weak disposition. I approached my sensitive nature the same… Continue reading Press Pause.

Everyone has heard the expression ‘why buy the milk if you can get the cow for free’, right? I have always completely understood this sentiment and yet also been entirely mystified by it. We can incorporate logic on both sides of the fence when examining this phrase and that is exactly my intention. I’ve often… Continue reading Who Needs a Cow Anyway?

I was distracting myself with an utterly ridiculous video on social media a week or so ago (you know, one of those mildly stupid but totally adorable baby animal compilations that has you utterly riveted for its 3-4 minute duration?!).  I found myself feeling jealous of one of those super cute baby animals while mindlessly… Continue reading Protect Yo’ Self

Have you ever heard the term brutal honesty? Of course, you have. We all have, under a variety of circumstances, from sundry sources, with totally different implications. Sometimes the people who care about us (purportedly or actually) disclaimer with that phrase before they reveal something that might be hard to hear. You know what that… Continue reading An Unnecessarily Painful Truth

I went out for drinks with a new girlfriend a couple of weeks ago. Before I eased into the evening, I was flooded with feelings that were simultaneously familiar and foreign. The familiarity of my reaction was clearly a result of age-old societal doctrine. The thought that I was swimming through uncharted territory emerged from… Continue reading Too Cool for School.

I was speaking with a friend recently about an injury he had whereas he advised me that it was mostly scar tissue “holding him together” in that particular area of his body. Since I analyze and overthink nearly everything, this sentiment really resonated with me. I thought how most people are held together by scar… Continue reading Scars: Friend or Foe?

I have been having nightmares over the last few weeks. Well, I am calling them nightmares because they were disturbing thoughts plaguing my sleep that have woken me from slumber. If I am being totally real, I find them to be less on the bad dream spectrum and more on the ‘purging negative thoughts that… Continue reading What a Nightmare…