Daily prompt
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Excuses vs Reasons
Before you continue reading I want you to take a moment and think about what YOU think the difference is between excuses and reasons. For me the difference is:An excuse is something you come up with because you didn’t do what you could have… ‘my dog ate my homework’. An excuse may or may not…
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T.H.I.N.K.
Before you speak… THINK.Is what you are about to say;ThoughtfulHonestIntelligentNecessaryKind If it isn’t ALL of those things than it may not be worth the breath.This is not mine, I got it from a previous life in Al-Anon… It saved me more than once in making a bad situation worse.
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The Future I created
One of the reasons I chose to write fiction was because I could create the future I would like to see. So I did. Through Their Eyes is a court room drama. It’s about the stories of five young adults and their paths to committing a crime. The ‘testimony’ of the defendants is by way…
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It is better to understand than to be understood.
I have seen a lot of posts lately about how hard it is to be around other people who do not think the same. That ignorant people are difficult to deal with. How stubborn people who don’t listen are hard to deal with. Have you ever stopped to consider that the other person may think…
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The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
How many of you remember this book? This is probably the book I have re-read the most. For the same reason as many of my generation have seen Star Wars more times than any other movie… I read this book at least a couple dozen times a year in my teens. I don’t know why…
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I am truly grateful and Practice what I preach
As you may know I have chronic back pain. Truth is I have an reoccurring back issue that causes me to reinjure myself with the slightest movement and that causes the pain. I also have this issue with my nerves in my lower back that cause excruciating pain. This I am able to lessen with…
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Write a scene between a child and a parent. Begin with these words: ‘This isn’t the way we usually go, Daddy.’
“This isn’t the way we usually go, Daddy.”“I know, little one. We need to go this way today.”“But why?”“Because I am taking you this way.”“But why?”“Little one. You don’t always need to know why.”“Yes I do. You told me to ask questions if I didn’t understand.”I knew those words would come back to bite me.…
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Whatever you are, be a good one.
Abraham Lincolnnope it was William Makepeace Thackeray who originally said: “Whatever you are, try to be a good one”. I find it interesting that the quote is “what” not “whom”. Maybe because I think it better to be a good person than a good bank teller. Being a better human being is better than being…
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Journalism; how much has it changed?
Or is it non-existent? If you look up the definition of journalism “facts” is somewhere in there. There are other things regarding reporting and checking and information and many other variables. But no matter which definition you chose having the facts is the biggest part. So I ask you this; Is there such a thing…