sad prince

Author: jd croft

  • oral tradition [10/28/2025]

    why did grandpa’s stories feel so special? what would it look like to gather around the fire and tell stories again?

  • ugly rocks [10/27/2025]

    are ugly or beautiful rocks more useful?

  • algorithms are demons + ai autocults [10/25/2025]

    why do i feel empty and no motivation after scrolling through my feed? what does the future of the digital world look like?

  • suffering [10/24/2025]

    why does the One Most High allow so much suffering?

  • milking goats [10/24/2025]

    how do i milk a goat?

  • blackberry bush [10/22/2025]

    what happens when a blackberry bush gets planted in a perfect garden?

  • spiritual cycles of “closeness” [10/18/2025]

    am i doing something wrong if the One Most High feels so distant?

  • expectations [10/14/2025]

    (battery died, new batteries arrive this week!)

    why are expectations so dangerous for my spouse?

  • why does the world keep going on and why was i created? [10/13/2025]

  • If souls had eyes,

    I would walk to the nearest mirror and see

    If I could recognize what it showed.

    Would I be able to say: “That’s me!”

    “Why, there’s your pride!  Don’t you see it?  Sitting over there, right next to your overwhelming desire to succeed and accomplish.  And, oh my, would you look at that!  Over here we have your incessant loneliness, right alongside your longing for intimacy; a craving that we all know will never be completely fulfilled.  And don’t forget the anger!  If you take a step back, you’ll see that everything is sprinkled with a hearty dose of frustration with God, world, and self.  From this angle, you also might notice that everything seems to be held together by your constant over-analyzing of everything.  But do you see that?  Right there at the center?  Yeah, come a little closer.  Here, at the core of who you are, we have your deepest fear: that no matter what you do, no matter how hard you try, no matter how long you search, it just won’t be enough.  That you will be wrong about God and love, and that your life will be wasted…”

    So where does that leave me?

    Completely broken and scared?

    Not at all, for I am thankful

    That at least I see something there.

    [flashback from archive submission 26th of March, 2017]