Category: Retirement lifestyle
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Retiree anniversary
I once was a hard-working, career-minded son, military personnel, husband, father, civil service worker to survive and enjoy the fruits of forty years of work/hard labor since the age of eight. I’m currently a highly-skilled veteran retiree who travels full-time in an RV relishing in the beauty of each day I awake. I have a…
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“Viable at any age.”
Mel and Susan Hubbard a married couple were sitting on a park bench after walking three miles along the beach which they do every other day when Susan tells Mel, Happy anniversary. Mel reaches into his jacket pocket and hands Susan a wedding anniversary card. As Susan reads the card, Mel says aloud. One hundred…
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“Tourist Trap”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Tourist Trap.” What’s your dream tourist destination — either a place you’ve been and loved, or a place you’d love to visit? What about it speaks to you? During the summers of 2006 & 2007, I toured Redwood and Glacier National Parks.These two locations stirred my soul…
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8 Ways Scrivener Aids My Writing
Most writers would benefit from this program, although the learning curve is tough, however it is well worth the effort, for whatever type of writing or writer. Archer's Aim Clip Art Image Copyright by Microsoft. Clip Art Used by Permission of Microsoft When I originally gave Scrivenera whirl earlier this year I didn’t know how…
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Think Global, Act Local
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Think Global, Act Local.” “Think global, act local.” Write a post connecting a global issue to a personal one. Many years ago, while cleaning up after a New Years Eve party, the host asked that I separate the plastics, glass and paper for depositing into the recycle bins…
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Time Management for Writers
Originally posted on Lit World Interviews: Writers must always have time to write, and we need to be careful of getting too involved in selling our wares rather than creating our wares. Marketing is vital, but….. We all know by now the importance of social media as far as marketing our books is concerned. It’s…
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Monday Funnies
We have something youth can hope and pray to attain, money, wisdom and living long enough to spend their believed inheritance.
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” The Offer I couldn’t refuse”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Race the Clock.” Here’s the title of your post: “An Offer I Couldn’t Refuse.” Set a timer for ten minutes, and write it. Go! It is the daily routine of life that keeps me fully grounded, with a walk or bicycle ride in the mornings. I’m soon…
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“Internal anguish”
I have an ongoing emotional dilemma which frustrates me with such internal anguish, I seek the refuge of my many outdoor hobbies to clear my mind. However, when I’m away from the loves of my life, my thoughts, filter back to who I should be with. Several times his past week just before Valentine’s Day,…
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My Vows…To You
Originally posted on A Holistic Journey: I, Holistic Wayfarer, take thee [Insert name], to be my WordPress-registered partner. In the presence of God, our family and friends, I pledge to thee my abiding support in sickness and in health, in the homeschooling and holiday breaks (well, more during the breaks), for richer for poorer ~…
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Be of good cheer!
Originally posted on Purplerays: Photo credit: The Master Shift on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheMasterShift “Disappointments, challenges and failures were not meant to destroy you. There were meant to strengthen you.” – Joel Osteen
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“Burning Down The House”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Burning Down the House.” Your home is on fire. Grab five items (assume all people and animals are safe). What did you grab? It is 2:00 am and the house is on fire, the kids are safe outside with the dog who alerted everyone and is on the…
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an ocean of tears
Originally posted on J M Lysun: “look down,” said the clouds, “at the ocean of tears we’ve shed these many years.”
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The Price for Success
Originally posted on Vincent Egoro: Each one of us is driven to a certain extent by fear. Even the most courageous among us have some fear in them —fear to rise, fear to fall, fear that we will remain in the same place. So many of us think that we want to be rich, that…
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The Joy of Writing from Writers Who Inspire
Originally posted on theempathyqueen: Are we writers because we live or do we live because we are writers? “We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.” – Ernest Hemingway “And what, you ask, does writing teach us? First and foremost, it reminds us that we are alive and that…
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Life Bears Lemons Also
Originally posted on Vincent Egoro: This life is not always sunshine and bright days. It gets rainy, cloudy, and stormy also. In our own lives, we get sick, we experience disappointments, we fail, we cry, we die. Every day, I meet people who are disappointed, angry or sad that they are experiencing bad times, in…
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Optimism 101 – Some Life Lessons for a Thinker Learned Along the Way
Originally posted on theempathyqueen: The person waiting for you to fail is not leading you to success, but he is assuring you that there is more kindness waiting for you down the road. There are plenty of happy people who are saying nothing and sad people who speak from the heart and experience. The sad…
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“A Moment in Time”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “A Moment in Time.” What was the last picture you took? Tell us the story behind it. (No story behind the photo? Make one up, or choose the last picture you took that had one.) I often travel several times a week to the beaches of Southwest Florida…
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R.E.W.R.I.T.E.R.
Originally posted on R Scott Boyer: After taking time off to enjoy the holidays and then struggling with the flu for nearly two weeks, I am happy to report that I am finally back at it. For those of you interested, I am currently working on editing book three in the Bobby Ether series, while…
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Untethering
Originally posted on Eric Tonningsen's Awakening to Awareness: “If experience is the best teacher, there’s nothing that comes close to the experience of life.” ~ Michael A. Singer I’ve not discovered a cure for a major disease nor have I invented something that radically changes how we live. And it’s probably fair to say…
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You ‘Can’ Let Go
Originally posted on Eric Tonningsen's Awakening to Awareness: “Anything I cannot transform into something marvelous, I let go.” ~ Anais Nin Yesterday I wrote about trying different versus trying harder. Sometimes trying a different approach entails letting go; an action many of us have a hard time doing. Here’s a visual: Trying to maintain…
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Please to Meet You
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Pleased to Meet You.” Write a post in which the protagonists of two different books or movies meet for the first time. How do they react to each other? Do they get along? With this prompt I think of my two favorite actors Robert De Niro and Al…
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My 1st Image postings
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Image Search.” Pick a random word and do Google image search on it. Check out the eleventh picture it brings up. Write about whatever that image brings to mind. In February I was planning to launch another section of my site for my photography of Southwest Florida…
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“My Audience of One”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Audience of One.” As I begin decelerating from Interstate 70 west bound onto the straight as an arrow asphalt road in the Midwest, I become excited knowing I will soon be surrounded by family and food at my favorite aunts home. I love the sights of passing…
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Remembering Ralph Bunche, a civil rights leader and maker of international peace.
This is a great article of knowledge from a fellow blogger of SW Florida. Ralph Bunche in 1963 at the Civil Rights March on Washington. Internet photo. By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger Ralph Bunche (1903-1971) reminds me of Paul Robeson because both were involved in the civil rights struggle for African-Americans long before the “Civil…
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There are no Write-By-Numbers kits …
Originally posted on Books: Publishing, Reading, Writing: When I was a kid, we spent our summers at the family cottage, north of Toronto. Two entire months to amuse ourselves – preferably, according to my mother, out-of-doors. But there were often rainy days we’d be forced to spend inside, and one of the “hobbies” I got…
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“Oasis”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Oasis.” A sanctuary is a place you can escape to, to catch your breath and remember who you are. Write about the place you go to when everything is a bit too much. During the summer after working fourteen hour days, for five days straight, I look…
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“In Good Faith”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “In Good Faith.” Describe a memory or encounter in which you considered your faith, religion, spirituality — or lack of — for the first time. I guess like a lot of people, over the years, I have witnessed my fair share of horrors and miracles, humanity has…
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Guide
Originally posted on Dennis Cardiff: . . I’ve searched for a guide throughout my life — too many questions, too few answers, so much to hide. . Now I’m old — there’s pain in my joints. I follow my heart — don’t need a road map to show which way the compass points. .
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I am on a journey… I am a writer.
Originally posted on theempathyqueen: For the aspiring writer theempathyqueen View original post
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Never Be Afraid to Raise your Voice
Originally posted on theempathyqueen: Never be afraid to raise your voice. theempathyqueen View original post
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The reason I write and publish …
Originally posted on Books: Publishing, Reading, Writing: It’s never been about the money (because, as I have said before, you’re more likely to win the Irish Sweepstakes than make much money at all in this publishing game), and it’s not about the fame (similar reason as for the money part). It’s because I believe I…
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“My First”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “First!.” Tell us about your first day at something — your first day of school, first day of work, first day living on your own, first day blogging, first day as a parent, whatever. After many years of experiencing life, there are many firsts, I can easily recall,…
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“Be The Change”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Be the Change.” What change, big or small, would you like your blog to make in the world? I have various ideas as my blog morphs into a nomadic lifestyle. A nomadic lifestyle, beckoning my soul to wander the North American continent. I seek scenic vistas, to…
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What Do You Stand For?
Originally posted on Eric Tonningsen's Awakening to Awareness: “Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.” ~ Spencer Johnson, M.D. Not long ago, I was traveling cross-country (U.S.). As I took a seat in the boarding area, I felt something protruding into my backside. Shifting forward, I realized…
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“My 2014 year in review”
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. I’m really appreciative of WordPress providing a statistical breakdown of my past 12 months as a WordPress blogger. I seriously began blogging in August of this year and in September, I participated in WordPress’s University Blogger 101 & 201 programs. The University…
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Blue Blood, Blue Christmas
Originally posted on Fill Your Own Glass: ? I want to ask him to stay home tomorrow. I would like to tell him to call out sick, or to use a vacation day. Haven’t we already spent too many Christmas Eves and Christmas Days apart? Doesn’t he deserve to spend an actual holiday celebrating with…
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Gratitude ~ What to Keep and What to Give Away
Originally posted on theempathyqueen: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ May Angels of Peace & Strength light your way! Thank you for stopping by. I hope that you enjoy your visit. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This quote is by Zig Ziglar.
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Getting Seasonal
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Getting Seasonal.” The holiday season: can’t get enough of it, or can’t wait for it all to be over already? Has your attitude toward the end-of-year holidays changed over the years? Christmas in America. There was a period in my childhood, I look upon Christmas as one…
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These Are the Police Officers That I Know
Originally posted on Fill Your Own Glass: These are the police officers that I know. Here are the ones who recover an infant, dehydrated and starving, from an abandoned building that is sweltering sans electricity in the August heat. Here are the ones who transport the infant to the emergency room to receive the care…
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The Language of Things
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “The Language of Things.” You have to write a message to someone dear to you, telling that person how much he/she means to you. However — instead of words, you can only use 5-10 objects to convey your emotions. Which objects do you choose, and what do they…
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Dear Santa (We Could Use Your Help)
Originally posted on Fill Your Own Glass: Dear Santa, We both know that in years past I would not have presumed to write this letter, but I think things are different this year. I think it is safe because I have been good this year, maybe even better than good. I have worked hard to…
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Unsung Heroes: Nomadic Adventures
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Unsung Heroes.” We all have our semi-secret, less-known personal favorites — a great B-side, an early work by an artist that later became famous, an obscure (but delicious) family recipe. Share one of your unsung heroes with us — how did you discover it? Why has it…
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The Greatest Gift
Originally posted on silentlyheardonce: Google Image stained with tears of the past blessed with a collection of smiles overwhelmed with the priority of joy every second, every breath always a gift always appreciated standing on my own creating a path to follow leaving fear behind and packing confidence my purpose and yours my reason and…
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Ready Set Done! (Timed Creative Free Write)
In response to the Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Ready, Set, Done!.” As it’s been a while since our last free-write,… set a timer for ten minutes. Write without pause (and no edits!) until you’re out of time. Then, publish what you have (it’s your call whether or not to give the post a once-over It…
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What It Means To Be Strong
This a beautifully written, thought provoking statement of inspiring facts
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Finding Your Way
Originally posted on Eric Tonningsen's Awakening to Awareness: “Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.” ~ Anaïs Nin First and foremost, Ron Chapman is a…
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Recently Acquired
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Recently Acquired.” What’s the most important (or interesting, or unexpected) thing about blogging you know today that you didn’t know a month ago? The most important, interesting and unexpected experience I discovered during the past month and including the past four months since I began this blogging…
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Present
The daily prompt from Stream of Consciousness, is “Present” There are many thing that come to mind with the word prompt “Present”. With the Christmas holiday approaching, I recognized the cheerful glee among many people at various social gatherings celebrating the holidays with family and friends. The present, is to reach out and talk…
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Make It Anywhere
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Make It Anywhere.” “If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere,” goes the famous song about New York City. Is there a place — a city, a school, a company — about which you think (or thought) the same? Tell us why, and if you ever…
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Wronged Objects
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Wronged Objects.” If your furniture, appliances, and other inanimate objects at home had feelings and emotions, to which item would you owe the biggest apology? For the past 19 years I have maintained a 1991 Ford Explorer, and as the ever frugal wise man I am, I…
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Advice to Writers from Ernest Hemingway
Originally posted on theempathyqueen: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks for stopping by! I hope that you enjoy your visit. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Not for Thee
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Not for Thee.” What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received that you wouldn’t give to anyone else? Why don’t you think it would apply to others? I have received excellent advice from my parents especially as a young child of 5 years of age when…
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An Extreme tale
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “An Extreme Tale.” “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” — Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities When was the last time that sentence accurately described your life? The prompt for today, “An Extreme Tale,” directly applies to when, I was motorcycling along…
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Hats Off: Ten Things To Consider When Writing Your Acknowledgements
Originally posted on Five Writers: by Jennie Jarvis As Brad stated in his great post last week, this month we here at 5 Writers are getting into the spirit of Thanksgiving and talking about paying tribute in our work. For me, this topic feels very timely since it was only a few short months ago when I turned…
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Someone Else’s Island
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Someone Else’s Island.” We’ve all been asked what five objects we’d take with us to a desert island. Now it’s your best friend’s (or close relative’s) turn to be stranded: what five objects would you send him/her off with? Marisa Hudson, at the age of 60-plus, I…
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Write on Through
Originally posted on Lit World Interviews: Whenever I get a huge idea for a new story, I generally stop what I’m doing and open a new document, give it a temporary name, and write down the first couple of sentences and notes. I have lots of these lurking in my WIP folder, but I never…
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How to Survive the Blog Life.
Originally posted on ronovanwrites: I think we need to get a few things straight about blogging. Blogging isn’t what it started out to be. There are very few blogs in the true sense of the word any longer. We have become a world of almost websites. But we are called bloggers because we don’t have…
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Golden Key
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Golden Key.” You’ve been given a key that can open one building, room, locker, or box to which you don’t normally have access. How do you use it, and why? As we approach the beginning of the holiday season, and the end of the year, my thought…
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Waiting Room
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Waiting Room.” “Good things come to those who wait.” Do you agree? How long is it reasonable to wait for something you really want? I agree and believe good things come to those who wait, although after many years of life, it is also patience, that becomes…
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Good Tidings
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Good Tidings.” Present-day you meets 10-years-ago you for coffee. Share with your younger self the most challenging thing, the most rewarding thing, and the most fun thing they have to look forward to. I finished pumping gas into a car at my father’s gas station when as I…
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By hand
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “By Hand.” The moment I read the post asking what is the most significantly sentimental special gift I have ever received tcaused my mind to recall a Christmas gift my son gave me for Christmas. The gift was wrapped in white tissue paper, inside of a green…
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Trio #4
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Trio no. 4.” After twenty-nine years in the US military, a thirty-two year marriage to my sweet heart sitting next to me as we speed along interstate 90 through the great state of South Dakota, in our new 1997 Chevrolet Corvette, in mid July with the center…
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Oil, Meet Water
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Oil, Meet Water.” My twin boys are as distinctive as Oil and Water, however their love for one another is deeper than anyone can appreciate. I recognized early on their differences as they played in the backyard with one playing in the dirt pile and the other…
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Not all who Wander are Lost, Sometimes We are Just Reading
Originally posted on theempathyqueen: There are many wonderful things that come to those who wait, but so many involve others or are vastly out of our control. A Great Love A Better Job Grief Healing relationships with our Family Health and Well-Being Children and Grandchildren A Computer But, if a book is satisfying to me,…
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Return Address / Inanimate object discussion.
(Daily Prompt) Yesterday, your pet/baby/inanimate object could read your post. Today, they can write back. Write a post from their point of view (or just pick any non-verbal creature/object). I have never been attached to inanimate objects like cars, or sentimental items such as a baseball caught at a major league game. So, as I…
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No Time to Waste
(Daily Prompt) Fill in the blank: “Life is too short to _____.” Now, write a post telling us how you’ve come to that conclusion. Life is too short to worry, or stress one self when you cannot physically change something immediately. Patience, perseverance, determination and resolve, are key words to recall during one’s life time.…
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Bad Signal
(Daily Prompt) Someone’s left you a voicemail message, but all you can make out are the last words: “I’m sorry. I should’ve told you months ago. Bye.” Who is it from, and what is this about? Now considering I don’t have a hard-line phone or carry my cellular around with me throughout the day, or…
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Inconvenienced, So?
Originally posted on Eric Tonningsen's Awakening to Awareness: “If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you’ve got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.” ~ Robert Fulghum A friend shared today that McDonald’s intends to “allure a new generation of teens and 20-somethings currently…
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21 Days of Empathy ~ Day 5
Originally posted on theempathyqueen: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you so much for stopping by! It means more than you now. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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“Let it be”
(Daily Prompt) Write a post about something that should’ve been left untouched, but wasn’t. Why was the original better? One month before Christmas a divorced mother who is a screenwriter of several successful television shows and a dozen featured movies, asked her daughter what she wanted for Christmas? Her daughter aged seventeen has always displayed a…
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The Boy, Long before He Became a Gentleman
Originally posted on One Gentleman's Perspective: I did not always practice the gentleman’s lifestyle. In fact, I have no gripes admitting that I was immature and lost. Like a child that crawls, walks and before you know it, becomes an adult, it is a long process. We do not go from being a child, to…
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saturdays
Originally posted on The Quest: Compassion is a lifetime business. You can’t say something like I will have compassion on Monday, Thursdays and Fridays only. ?
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Blameless Whore
Originally posted on Beautiful Life with Cancer: For the first time, she raised her eyes to look at him. She only saw his back leaving. She didn’t even know his name. But she had seen him before, in the market, with his wife and young children. Alone, raising herself, and redressing. No emotion? I don’t…
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By Heart
(Daily prompt) You’re asked to recite a poem (or song lyrics) from memory — what’s the first one that comes to mind? Does it have a special meaning, or is there another reason it has stayed, intact, in your mind? One of the first songs I can recall are the nursery rhymes, from before I found…
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The Spices of Success
(Daily Prompt) If “failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor” (Truman Capote), how spicy do you like your success stories? Success stories are a dime a dozen in fiction and in life. The thought of the under-dog battling against all odds is a time-honored belief dating back to David and Goliath. Now in present…
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Second-Hand Stories
Many years ago, when I just a young man in the US Army, I was placed on guard duty when I was issued a new device call night vision goggles. This was high-tech in the early eighties and I was happy to utilize the latest technology while on guard duty especially at night. Before the…
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Peace Oddity
If you could slow down an action that usually zooms by, or speed up an event that normally drags on, which would you choose, and why? There are so many life events, and chapters of my life I would want to extend just a little more time. My list would include my childhood, teenage years,…
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Trick or Treat
(Daily Prompt) It’s Halloween, and you just ran out of candy. If the neighborhood kids (or anyone else, really) were to truly scare you, what trick would they have to subject you to? I don’t believe anyone, especially children will be able to scare me, because I am the scary neighbor, who terrifies my neighborhood…
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The Saturday morning Bugs Bunny, Road Runner show and a Sears Kenmore Wringer Washing Machine.
As a five-year old child, I enjoyed watching cartoons, so on a sunny Saturday morning, I’m watching the Bugs Bunny, Road Runner show and I’m in haven, watching all the cartoon action and I loved when the show ends with its iconic signature sign off statement from Porky Pig, “Thats All Folks”. I turned…
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The NaMos are Coming! The NaMos are Coming!
Originally posted on WordPress.com News: November is one week away, and that means NaNoWriMo and NaBloPoMo are, too! If you’ve been thinking about reinvigorating your blogging or are finally ready to stop procrastinating on that book you’ve always wanted to write, these two great events (and communities) can give you the jolt of motivation…
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The Shocking Truth Boys Never Become Men
Originally posted on One Gentleman's Perspective: Follow my blog with Bloglovin The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him. William Lyon Phelps A gentleman is defined as a civilized, educated, sensitive or well-mannered man. Perspective is defined as the state of one’s idea.…
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Doppelgänger Alert
(Daily Prompt) You step into an acquaintance’s house for the first time, and discover that everything — from the furniture, to the books, to the art on the wall — is identical to your home. What happens next? Several years ago, my wife, Trisha, and I attended a dinner party held at my neighbor’s home…
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Writing excitement!
Just over a year ago, I began reading books to pass the time as I sat on the beach, while occasionally looking out into the Gulf of Mexico in Southwest Florida. I found a sense of contentment in the books of adventure, science fiction, mystery and romance. I was profoundly grateful to be afforded the opportunity…
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Stealing Time
Originally posted on Eric Tonningsen's Awakening to Awareness: “Plant you own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.” ~ Veronica Shoffstall As I type I’m listening to Lisa Gerrard, one of my favorite artists. Her resonant voice has a way of reassuring me that everything is…
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Five Things You Need to Stop Saying
Originally posted on Fill Your Own Glass: 1. I am not ___________ enough. Yes, you are. Let me be clear that I am not speaking in monetary terms here. I choose to live a life that is not defined by the size of my paycheck (good thing, too, since size of said paycheck is…
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Time away
It has been awhile since I posted to the site and I have a good excuse as I was preparing for and attended the Florida Writers conference held in Lake Mary Fl. I was truly impressed with the professionalism displayed by the board members, presenters and volunteers. I was impressed with the numbers people in…
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Dread du jour
Originally posted on Eric Tonningsen's Awakening to Awareness: “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important.” ~ Ambrose Redmoon I went online today to do some research. I figured mainstream news feeds might have the data I sought. What an ugly mistake. For readers unaware,…
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RIP: Mr. Comer Cottrell
Mr. Comer Cottrell This is a sad day to announce, that Comer Cottrell, the creator of the Jheri Curl, worn mostly by African-Americans during the 70’s, died at the age of 82. He was a successful business owner, philanthropist, and at one time, part owner of the Texas Rangers. If you are too young to…
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Destinations
Originally posted on Eric Tonningsen's Awakening to Awareness: “Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.” ~ Paul Theroux As a verb, Google the word “destination” and you will find endless web sites for spas, resorts, retreat centers, honeymoon locations and exotic, far-away places. When you think “destination,” what typically…
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In Retirement, activate your dreams & Passions?
Our most enduring and everlasting memories, develop as a child when we associate a tasty treat with its aroma. The smell of bread, cookies, is just an example. The sound of music, in particular, a radio jingle or song associated with a cartoon, viewing a television show or commercial about a toy you want. These visuals are…
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Space-Time Continuum, A One-Way Street
Congrats! You’re the owner of a new time machine. The catch? It comes in two models, each traveling one way only: the past OR the future. Which do you choose, and why? As a child and adult I often dreamed of time travel, and after watching the movie “Back to the Future”, I was really…
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In Transit
Train stations, airport terminals, subway stops: soulless spaces full of distracted, stressed zombies, or magical sets for fleeting, interlocking human stories? I people watch daily at all the major transportation hubs in this city of 10-million plus. The stress shown on the faces of people walking to their destination with determination is sometimes eased while…
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Don’t Waste Time. Love Yourself, Now.
Originally posted on Loving Me, Too: The Upworthy video below, with model Jacky O’Shaughnessy, reminds me of my second post-divorce boyfriend who said things like, ” If you wear those shoes, people will think you’re an idiot.” When someone gave me a compliment, he said,” Don”t tell her that; she’ll get a big head.” What’s…
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Big Day Ahead
It’s the night before an important event: a big exam, a major presentation, your wedding. How do you calm your nerves in preparation for the big day? I recall being nervous when I was tasked with being the duties of masters of ceremonies during a family reunion. As I waited in the wings to take the…
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Verbal confirmation
To be, to have, to think, to move — which of these verbs is the one you feel most connected to? Or is there another verb that characterizes you better? A verb that characterizes me? Well, I believe the word “Move”, is the word I feel most connected to. However, I like the word “Adventurous”,…
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Too Good to Not Share
Originally posted on Song Bird Songs: Words of wisdom for our lives. Song Bird Songs View original post
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Gather
Originally posted on lifelessons – a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown: Today’s prompt: Verbal Confirmation—To be, to have, to think, to move — which of these verbs is the one you feel most connected to? Or is there another verb that characterizes you better? Gather We gather a new world as we collect marks in straight…
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News Blues
Originally posted on lifelessons – a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown: News Blues wars, tsunamis murdered mommies global warming cancers forming mad religions and heretics engineering our genetics drug cartels emptying wells mounting debt nuclear threat I hate to say it but every day it is getting worse this global curse and human capers in all…
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Mouths Wide Shut
Are you a picky eater? Share some of your favorite food quirks with us (the more exotic, the better!). Omnivores: what’s the one thing you won’t eat? There was a time for which, I would have eaten anything as long as it was cooked. As time and life moved along, I expanded that belief to…
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Excess ?
“Perhaps too much of everything is as bad as too little.” – Edna Ferber Do you agree with this statement on excess? The belief that too much of everything is as bad as too little, will depend on who is making that assessment and what the precise excess is? Maintaining any excess that can sustain…
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Make It Count
You’ve been given the opportunity to send one message to one person you wouldn’t normally have access to (for example: the President. Kim Kardashian. A coffee grower in Ethiopia). Who’s the person you choose, and what’s the message? At 83 years of age, I wish my father in-law was alive so I could have talked to…
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Seeking a quiet, peaceful, stress-free moment.
Many years ago when I took a stress management class and discovered how my life was filled with too many noises and continuous sounds that never allowed me to relax and experience a quiet stress free moment. I discovered that noises in our daily lives can become stressful and in some cases harmful when we…
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An old man, a duck & a squirrel.
What happens when the woman you love sends you out of the house to take a walk in the park.
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Handle with care?
How are you at receiving criticism? Do you prefer that others treat you with kid gloves, or go for brutal honesty? Criticism both positive and negative, is what we all need to measure ourselves, however most people cannot accept negative criticism as it hurts their feeling and destroys their belief within themselves. I accepted criticism…
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love & meaning
Originally posted on On The Heath: her message read: ‘I really meant it when I said I loved you’ which got me thinking bringing me to the realisation that in fact love in its true sense need not have me or I in… ? also that love and meaning are two words we oft attach…
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Litmus, Litmus on the Wall
If you had to come up with one question, the answer to which would decide whether you could be friends with a person you’ve just met, what would it be? What would the right answer be? We have been dating off and on for about a year and Patricia has never spoken about where her…
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Flash Talk
You’re about to enter a room full of strangers, where you will have exactly four minutes to tell a story that would convey who you really are. What’s your story? After listening to the young woman before me, and realized she spoke well beyond her allotted four minutes, and I was next to speak. I…
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Life’s Wounding’s
Originally posted on Owls and Orchids: Life can tear you apart “The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed.…
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Autumn Leaves
Changing colors, dropping temperatures, pumpkin spice lattes: do these mainstays of Fall fill your heart with warmth — or with dread? The beautiful serene pictured above is a great representation of the kind of autumn I’m accusation to in the Northeast of the US. The color change from summer green to exploding vibrant colorful oranges,…
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Judgement Radars: Everyone has a story.
Are you a good judge of other people’s happiness? Tell us about a time you were spot on despite external hints to the contrary (or, alternatively, about a time you were dead wrong). I love people watching and it is not I engage people in conversation can I learn their story and we all know, everyone has a story.…
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* What’s the Difference Between Strength and Courage?
Originally posted on Find Your Middle Ground: Courage comes from the French word “coeur” meaning heart. Being courageous means facing our fears and coming from our heart rather than our head. Its a place where we face our vulnerabilities and overcome them through compassion and love. As a child in Scotland I was told I…
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More Meaningful Interactions
Originally posted on Eric Tonningsen's Awakening to Awareness: “You can’t upload love, you can’t download time, you can’t Google all of life’s answers. You must actually live some of your life.” ~ author attributions vary A recent TIME mobility survey polled 5,000 people and found that 84% of participants couldn’t go a single day…
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Peace Begins with Me
Originally posted on Loving Me, Too: “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” Rumi Thank you, Rumi. It’s a relief to know I don’t have to change the world. It was a good idea when I was young and clever, and energetic.…
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