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Poetry Can Bring us Together
Whenever I have a new project, I begin by writing. That was when I made the connection to something I have been exploring for a long time. The essential skills to having a good life. One of those is writing.
The Badge of Writer.
The person that was me six months ago was carefree by comparison.
Clean Slate Poetry
In this life we have to claim the life we want. Writing it out gives a clearer picture.
Our Friends Made Us Do It
I have been thinking about how our culture works right now. With social media, people are attaining power and money over us by making us angry. That anger divides us. Making people angry simply works for people and organizations that don’t want us to think reasonably. Facebook makes money and political groups fire up their … Continue reading Our Friends Made Us Do It
The Glass Leg
Jason had his hands on his hips like he just found out his flight was delayed, but Becky, I could tell, was shaken by the news. I wanted to put her at ease, but knew the first thing to do was give Jason the skinny on how thing run down here.
Vaccinations are like Motorcycle Parking
Doesn’t this go on a lot? By all of us and on many things. But as an example, so many people got angry over the quarantine. Like me, they are angry and did not bother getting the facts. There is the other issue of the concerted effort of people to disparage the experts and fire people up. But for too many things, we see something, and it seems wrong to us. But we never search out information. We never assume that people or organizations have a good reason for their actions (I actually wrote a funny novel on how they don’t).
If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough
If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough
Success Breeds Magnanimity.
Two celebrities were talking about their friendship on a podcast. During a sitcom they were on, they got along great and stayed connected after their show together ended. Why don’t we all have lifelong friends like this? Perhaps it is because they can afford to be giving. There are some celebrities that are driven and … Continue reading Success Breeds Magnanimity.
No Longer a Thorn
At times, the past creeps back in my head. I ask myself what I’m doing. But I answer, enjoying myself.
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