Blarney

Humans will always attempt to transcend natural limitations. We make proclamations we cannot adhere to, promises we cannot keep. We resolve to be more aware of our surroundings, to never stub a toe again, to anticipate the punch, to see that bus barreling down the road… Eventually, after some hard living, we learn to fess up to many things. We fess up to not making enough money, we fess up to our inability to love each other wholly, we fess up to our clumsiness, our inaccuracies, our missteps, mistrials, misdemeanors… We fess up to our stench, our sweat, our yearning, our hunger, our weariness… We fess up to being human. That, my friend, is one hell of a thing.