Not to get too poetic about it, but there’s a good reason that so many people throughout history have compared falling in love to the blooming of a rose bush. It’s this glorious burst of color that seemingly appears from nowhere. It intoxicates with its sweet perfume, and and dazzles with its delicate touch. When
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“What’s Past Is Prologue”
In Act 2, Scene 1 of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, our shipwrecked noble conspirators discuss whether or not what has happened in the past — the prologue of their current circumstance — is a reasonable justification for committing a politically expedient murder. That may seem like a strange thing to make into a sigil, but as
Read on »“I Live A Fit And Healthy Lifestyle”
We often receive sigil requests from those seeking to live a healthier lifestyle. Many of these are understandably focused around weight loss, but there’s more to being healthy than simply having a lower number on the scale. Health and fitness are a complex topic, and even at the ultra-elite level of athletics the two concepts
Read on »“I Am Respected, Supported And Protected At Work”
One of the truly unexpected silver linings to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic has been the cultural re-negotiation of the workplace status quo. For the first time in living memory, millions of people were able to experience a lifestyle that wasn’t centered around commuting to work, dealing with workplace politics, and managing entitled customers. While
Read on »“Wealth, Health, Love, Security And Happiness Are All Within My Reach”
For all the glorious and infuriating complexity of the world we’ve created for ourselves, at an individual level most people have pretty simple desires. Almost none of us desire great fame and limitless power at any cost. The vast majority of us don’t even want to be absurdly wealthy or live lives of unyielding luxury.
Read on »“May We Find Joy In Our Resilience”
In challenging times, moments of joy can be hard to come by. The very act of looking for those tiny glimpses and fragments of light breaking through the canopy of shadows is an act of defiance. Simply by looking for those pinpricks of light that break through a sky darkened with black and thundering clouds,
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