In a recent interview my interviewer, who had done his research by reading many of my past blog articles, said that the outstanding quality represented in my life, as recorded in all my writings, was my ability to persist. That statement caused me to pause for a moment and review my life. To be honest, [...]
Throughout the holiday period I have been enjoying reading poems while pondering on quotations and sayings written by others. It’s amazing where they appeared at times. Sometimes in a musty volume. Other times in a shop window just like the one featured below entitled ‘In This House…’ In the midst of this I even added [...]
Dreams have penetrated the depths of my sleep in a meaningful way for years now. Whenever I have a dream I seek out an interpretation of that dream. I do this because throughout the pages of the Good Book the General Of The Universe would often guide people through the agency of dreams. At one [...]
I only know how to live one way. 111%. Or in my vernacular – flat out, full on, flat strap, like a bat out of hell (well maybe not that one – how about like an angel out of heaven maybe), but I guess you get my gist. I cannot and will not stand still. [...]
Throughout the years many of us have been encouraged to ‘play it safe’. Even our parents and friends have often used the expression ‘take care’ as we leave their company. What if we turned both of those statements on their heads and started to encourage each other to ‘live dangerously’ and ‘take risks’. Now that’s [...]
Discipline? A dirty word? Essential, if you want to live a successful life. But what are the necessary disciplines? There are so many that I could choose from, but I have chosen these five – that if weaved into the tapestry of your daily life will yield optimum results. It is not an exhaustive list, [...]
‘Selfishness is a virtue.’ Farnoosh Brock When we mention the word selfish it comes with a negative connotation, but I would like to enlighten you about the virtues found in selfishness that I have been practicing in my own life for many a year. There have been times in my experience where I have had [...]
When my children were younger we had guinea pigs. One of the newborn pigs died, and as a family we gathered around the grave that I’d prepared in our back garden, and while praying a prayer out loud I placed the limp body on the ground and began to cover it with dirt. At that [...]
When it comes to dreams. There is the dreamer and then there are those who help the dream come to pass. Walt Disney was the dreamer, but Joe Fowler was one of those who helped some of his dreams come to pass. Joe Fowler (July 9, 1894 – December 6, 1993) served in both World [...]
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