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I shall meet my fate?
As I read this prompt several days ago I recognized the word “Yeats” and thought of the Irish/English poet William Butler Yeats and I began to ponder how I shall meet my fate. I researched some of his poems and found the following poem, that I feel touches on the subject. He wrote this poem…
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The light of day
It is 2:00 AM and for the past eight hours of a twelve-hour shift, it is still raining. I only just want to rest my eyes as I lay on the ground guarding my perimeter position. I remain awake fighting off sleep trying to stay alerted and prepared to listen for any movement of my…
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Paying the Bills by Brad Windhauser
Originally posted on Five Writers: Paying the Bills by Brad Windhauser I’m fortunate enough to have a full-time teaching job, one that affords me a flexible schedule conducive to writing and a decent paycheck. But I wasn’t always so fortunate. Working in restaurants put me through undergrad (1994-1997) and then my Master’s degree (2000-2002) until…
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Monday Motivation – 8.11 – Courage
Originally posted on 20/20 Hines Sight: Such a true statement from a great man! 20/20 Hines Sight View original post
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A Bookish Choice:
A Bookish Choice. A literary-minded witch gives you a choice: To become either an obscure novelist or a popular paperback author. Which do you choose? As an aspiring write, I would choose to be the obscure writer to be admired for decades and I in particular don’t want the notoriety because it would complicate the…
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New Wrinkles; how dose this development change my life?
If I wake with my heart is pumping, my eyes are open to see the mirror of my wrinkles, I would first recognize the lack of hair on my bald head before the wrinkles. I recall stopping for a drink at my local convince store/(7-11), and when the business had monitors installed that allowed…
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Ladies, Rape is Your Fault
This is an incredibly powerful video statement and I hope effective life long education can be administered to all men around the world to understand what rape truly is.
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Short Story: 7 Drops
This is a beautiful story expressing the recognitions of someone so admired and loved.
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Why Dogs Sniff Butts
Originally posted on Eric Tonningsen's Awakening to Awareness: “Like the herd animals we are, we sniff warily at the strange one among us.” ~ Loren Eisenley Stay with me; I’m going somewhere thoughtful here. A dog lover, they’ve been part of my life for decades. So naturally, I was drawn to a recent article titled,…
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Motorcycle riding false assumptions?
Forty five years ago as a teenager and young adult, I imagined riding a motorcycle in the summer time along a two lane rural road, passing picturesque pastures and farms wearing a pair of sun glasses, T-shirt, jeans, tennis shoes, and or flip flops. Thirty years ago, I obtained a motorcycle manual from my local…
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What are you most thankful for right now?
What is now the most important thing in my life that I feel most thankful for? Ok here I go. My most important thought of being thankful for in my life is my health, which gives me the ability to be thankful for the following; To have an open mind after a past career…
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Blog Hop!
Originally posted on Writing without Workshops: We’re all writers. So why not share what we do? The idea of a blog hop is to encourage authors to discuss their own work in a way that will be relevant to you and to readers interested in writing and the writing life. The plan is to give all bloggers…
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Left Brain, Right Brain
Originally posted on Eric Tonningsen's Awakening to Awareness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HezXYS5fgQQ “A creative idea will be defined simply as one that is both novel and useful (or influential) in a particular social setting.” ~ Alice Flaherty We have a lot of creative people in our world. Many, conveniently, blog among us. In the WordPress Reader I…
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Why Settle For Crumbs When You Can Have The Entree
This is such an insightful and deeply meaningful statement of truth.
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Been to a Writers’ #Conference ? #Writing
I’m planning my first writers conference this fall and I’m looking forward to the experience, loaded with the knowledge I have read here.
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Unlikely Food Pairing
Bacon and chocolate, caramel and cheddar… Is there an unorthodox food pairing you really enjoy? Share with us the weirdest combo you’re willing to admit that you like — and how you discovered it.Sharing is caring. via Unlikely Pairing. The most unlikely food pairing I believe would be baked fresh seafood on a bed of hominy grits…
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THE MISTRESSES IN MY LIFE!
Originally posted on ashokbhatia: Going by the caption, I guess you imagine me to be a Casanova of sorts, with a bevy of beauties chasing me, eager to swamp me with their irresistible charms. Nothing could be farther from the truth. I am a simpleton, in looks as well as in physique. If ever there…
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A Couples decision of what to do in retirement
I have encountered several retired couples over the past couple of years since I retired, disagreeing on how to live the next chapter of their lives. One of the more common issues is when one or the other wants to seek adventure in their retirement years while the other desires a more relaxed lifestyle coupled…
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A Meaningful Life Trumps
Originally posted on Eric Tonningsen's Awakening to Awareness: “Life is not infinite, but its potential is. Embrace every second and you’ll triumph over compunction.” ~ Eric Tonningsen It took years, but I finally figured it out. When you’re not happy, unfulfilled, or not living a meaningful life — you ought to (I really wanted…
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Retirement and my big brother
I was recently talking with family members who gathered for a family reunion, and I recognized that I and a female cousin are the only immediate family members of our generation who have retired to enjoy hobbies and activities at our leisure. I thought of my now deceased parents who retired but never took advantage…
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What Gets Under Your Skin?
Originally posted on Eric Tonningsen's Awakening to Awareness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KyvlMJefR4 “There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: Those who are afraid to try themselves, and those who are afraid that you will succeed.” ~ Roy Goforth Rarely, at least with this blog, do I…
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Keep quiet and accept the status quo…
Live your life following your dreams and passions, which is not what the status quo wants.
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One Small Touch
Originally posted on Eric Tonningsen's Awakening to Awareness: “Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, they send forth a tiny ripple of hope.” ~ Robert F. Kennedy Some, perhaps many of us, have learned: We did not have to do…
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Myths, Facts and Reminders
Originally posted on Eric Tonningsen's Awakening to Awareness: “Preparation for old age should begin not later than one’s teens. A life which is empty of purpose until 65 will not suddenly become filled on retirement.” ~ D. L. Moody Retirement myths; they abound. As people plan for and approach life’s Third Act, many…
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#$%@ People Say To Transracial Families – YouTube
Scoop.it via #$%@ People Say To Transracial Families – YouTube.
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What Really Matters
Originally posted on Eric Tonningsen's Awakening to Awareness: “Do not care overly much for wealth or power or fame, or one day you will meet someone who cares for none of these things and you will realize how poor you have become.” ~ Rudyard Kipling A friend shared the following with me a few…
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BY LIVING MORE I NEEDED LESS
Originally posted on REMOTE LEIGH: How many times has someone asked you “What do you do for a living”? I have always found this question to be rather strange, as I do not consider an occupation as “living”. Living, to me, has always been ‘experiencing the planet’ when I am not working. Growing up in…
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The Gratitude Journal – Giving Daily Thanks
Originally posted on Live to Write – Write to Live: With this week hosting Thanksgiving (in the States) it’s a good time to be thinking about what we’re thankful for — daily. We may have talked about a gratitude journal before (heck, there can be a journal for anything, can’t there?) But I find the…
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Immigration Knowledge, just Google it!
American’s voice their opinion without researching, or understanding their idea and beliefs they passionately speak about. Ii is simply bizarre since access to discover, learn and educate is available via the use of the internet.
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Please Stop Hating Your Body
Originally posted on Seth Adam Smith: We live in a culture that hates the body. Don’t believe me? Look around. We set unsustainable standards of physical beauty and enlist models to represent them. We then slather these models in oils and make-up, place them under “flattering” lights, and photoshop them into oblivion. We take these deceptive images and publish them to the world, insinuating…
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How Easy is Change?
Originally posted on Eric Tonningsen's Awakening to Awareness: “It’s almost like an Etch-A-Sketch. You kind of shake it up and we start all over again.” ~ Eric Fehrnstrom Such a cool childhood toy. An unsung predecessor to the iPad. Reflecting on the Etch-A-Sketch, I found it an apt metaphor for transformation, for change, for…
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Why is Racism still an issue?
Originally posted on idealisticrebel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66_kqSG6aHI ? ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTcPi4Qc-Ec ? ? ? ? I have written about war and peace, I have written about gender equality. I have written about people living in violence. Today, I am writing to the world about yet another human tragedy. I don’t know how bad racism is everywhere in the…
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Attachment and detachment in relationship
Originally posted on Spiritual Living: Holding On and Letting Go I, like most people, have done both. But what is common on both extremes is one thing: selfishness. Whenever I put what I want for myself in higher priority than what the other person needs, we’re both in trouble. Without love, and with selfishness, all…
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A Love Letter to my Adult Child
Originally posted on theempathyqueen: I love you and you will always be my child. I have been trying to stretch and grow to accommodate your view of life, but I realize that I am uncomfortable at times. Perhaps, it is because I am out of my comfort zone trying to be inside of yours. When…
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The Value in Frugal
Originally posted on Eric Tonningsen's Awakening to Awareness: “The longer you work the more money you’ll have for retirement. But the longer you work, the less time you’ll have to enjoy that retirement.” ~ The Wall Street Journal The retirement conundrum. Now or later? I was talking with one of my sisters the other…
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It’s Not Always So
Originally posted on Eric Tonningsen's Awakening to Awareness: “At any given moment you have the power to say this is NOT how the story is going to end. ” ~ Author Unknown Many of us have received or know someone who has received a serious medical diagnosis. Perhaps a terminal pronouncement. Even with access…
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Valuing Our Elders
Originally posted on Eric Tonningsen's Awakening to Awareness: “Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt Those who have followed this blog know that I’ve written about generational similarities and differences, Baby Boomers, becoming more connected, and being in integrity. In this post I’d like to weave these subjects…
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Changing Times; Student Loan Forgiveness
I recall as a child hearing my father, mother, family members and their friends talk about how growing up they had it so hard as opposed to how easy my brother and sisters had it during the 60’s and 70’s. One tale I heard is of how my dad slopped hogs, fed chickens, used an…
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Getting connected to Global Peace and Harmony
Originally posted on ashokbhatia: Quite a few amongst us are fed up with our daily dose of bad news. Wars – covert or overt. Disasters – natural or otherwise. Genocides. Murders. Rapes. Income inequalities. Social prejudices. Accidents. Every single day, the media keeps reminding us of what is wrong with our world. During the last three…
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Effective times to write and where
My favorite time to write is in the early morning hours of the day, but I am perplexed, as to why I am inspired to write late in the evening at a Denny’s Restaurant. Apparently this isn’t unusual, where upon my arrival between 9:00 and 10:00 pm there are two or three other customers writing…
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Freedom and What it Means to You Today
Originally posted on Abundant~Life~Initiative: Image courtesy of http://www.freedigitalphotos.net. America has summertime holidays of freedom – Juneteenth commemorates the announcement of African American Slaves freed from slavery; we also celebrate freedom from British rule on the 4th of July. As we look upon these holidays as reminders of our freedom, we should also review what freedom…
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Journaling, Reading, Blogging & Creative Writing
I was inspired to write today’s blog because of writers I follow here on WordPress. Commencing January 2013, I started the New Year with a commitment to write about my life as a retiree in a personal journal. This was fairly easy since I’m very active either motorcycling, bicycling, kayaking photographing sunsets and Geocaching. While…
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Home Sweet Home….and so it is!
Originally posted on My Truth My Clarity: I’m in disbelief! Because home is five hours away and it feels so damn good. I completed my two year contract and man oh man……I prevailed. I don’t need to say much because my actions alone speak loudly. If you didn’t catch on….let me spell it out for…
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Keep Learning- online education with Coursera
This a great site and I have taken many coursers from colleges and universities from around the world. It will impress you with the people you interact with from around the world. This is an incredible platform to educate yourself with literally every type of subject matter and then some that you can imagine
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Ten LIFE Tips…. :0)
Originally posted on My Truth My Clarity: Here are ten LIFE tips inspired by quotes from Dr. Wayne Dyer: 1. Change your perspective “Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.” 2. Pursue your dreams “Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it.” 3.…
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5400 Miles in the USA ( Scenic Pacific Coastal Route)
Some of the most beautiful sights along the California Highway.
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Retirement Lifestyle; What to do
Many retirees work their entire lives towards and arrive at the date and age of retirement, seeking time to do nothing, travel, or quite frankly get the hell away form the stressful mundane rat race or the hamster wheel of life. This is a pivotal time to seek out and determine what your heart and…
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Retirement what to do?
I have encountered lots of retirees, and I recognized many people cannot decide what to do in their retirement lifestyle. Most people fall into two categories, some with lots of ideas and not enough time to complete their dreams and desires, and others who don’t know at all. I believe the last group is overwhelmed…
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Reading or Writing – How much should we be reading as writers?
Originally posted on S J Knight: I seem to be running back over the theme of lack of time in my posts at present. Although things are finally starting to settle and I’m managing my time better this weeks post is going to touch on the same theme again. Again and again I have been…
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Why Don’t We Start Telling Men Not to Drink as Rape Prevention?
Originally posted on MEDIC FINDER: In a column posted late Tuesday night at Slate, writer Emily Yoffe argues the key to stopping sexual assault in college is telling women to ?stop getting drunk.? So if this female writer would like to suggest telling college women not to get wasted to prevent rape, allow me as…
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Dear Writers, Who Do You Write For?
This important information from an experienced writer/blogger. Thank you daily write.
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Have questions for an established #author and #Creative #Writing Lecturer at Birkbeck?
Lots of great information for the novice writer
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Respect for Teachers
Originally posted on CATHERINE L BYRNE, AUTHOR: Like most of the nation, and much of the international community, I was shocked by the murder of Ann McGuire by one of her students. I received the email below about a new petition taking off on Care2.com. It calls for more respect to be given to teachers,…
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Home Sick
Recently I returned to VA and attended my daughter’s college graduation which was an incredibly wonderful time. I reconnected with family and friends, catching up on current events which are always a beautifully time and opportunity. The following day I realized I missed my daily routine of SW Florida, of a morning walk, riding my…
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Facebook Autobiography
Recently, I was a daily user of Facebook until I began reading novels especially the classics which has morphed into the idea of becoming a writer. I have developed a love of reading novels daily, usually an assortment of World and American history, to include biographies of historical people, usually two or three novels at…
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Book Nostalgia
It was reported by several news outlets on April 29, 2014, that Harper Lee who authored the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” has agreed allow the book to be available to the public in EBook format on July 8 2014, which is the 54th anniversary of the original publication release date. As a young fifty…
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Academic learning in retirement
While watching an online video about Norman Mailer I was somehow easily whisked away in thought to a time of my elementary school years when I was always excited for the start of the new school year. I always wanted to learn, and write, especially with my new line paper and notebooks. However at the end of…
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Professional Procrastinator Club – Let’s Reduce the Membership
Originally posted on Live to Write – Write to Live: Let’s start with a show of hands. How many of you will admit (as I do) to being a professional procrastinator? Okay, I see a few. No need to be shy. Okay, a few nods instead of hands, that’ll do. How many of you can…
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morning Meditation
Originally posted on the Hunt for Truth: . powerful techniques for a peaceful mind Many experts say that meditation early in the morning, before starting your day is best. This method is going to place positive energy into your mind and once its a habit it is positive energy that will normally last throughout the entire…
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Calm, Peaceful, & Easy Feeling
I recently came across a blog titled “Bloggers For Peace” a site for people blogging about peace. The site immediately grabbed my attention causing me to pause and ponder the word “Peace“. Everyone wants peace but not too many people work towards peace. I don’t visit Facebook as much as I have in the past, but…
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Healthier in Retirement
When I retired in my early 50’s, I moved to southwest Florida for the warm weather during the winter and the many outdoor activities. Once I settled in, I immediately noticed seniors in groups of two, three, and four or more running, walking and bicycling throughout the day, and they were not moving at a leisurely…
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College Basketball Madness?
With all of the hoopla surrounding the excitement of this year’s March Madness, I have listened to many basketball commentators, analysis, and former coaches voice their opinion on the issue of a young man’s decision to enter the NBA out of high school. Most feel it is important for a high school graduate to attend…
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The cost of college books
It is truly astonishing how much a book will cost to learn a particular subject from a college educator. I have a vivid memory of college and paying $50.00 – $90.00 for a college book in the early eighties. I soon discovered the professors used only 1/3 of the information from the book I purchased…
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Russia and Money making opportunities
The most recent world turmoil in the Ukraine is a matter for the country of Russia to deal with as they please and the US government should only become involved as supporting the European Union & the United Nations. It is surely an afterthought but with all of the civil unrest transpiring around the globe…
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Super Bowl 2014
This was the first time I spent a Super Bowl in a sports Bar and realized that the $63.00 offer of, all you can drink and eat was a little excessive. As the game progressed, I chose correctly. Since I was not partaking in the randomness of the waiter’s offers of beef, chicken, ribs, fish,…
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Super Bowl Weekend 2014
On a warm cloudy Saturday in southwest Florida, it is a bittersweet ending of the 2013-2014 football seasons will take place. What is truly heartbreaking is there will be no more football for six months and true football enthusiast will be in morning. We football lovers will be left to watch Hockey, NASCAR, College & Professional…
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“Hold fast to d…
“Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly.” — Langston Hughes Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, short story writer, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form jazz poetry. Hughes is best known for his…
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