If I could choose anywhere to visit for 1 day- I might choose some distant beautiful planet, filled with life and beauty. Perhaps a planet more beautiful than earth. But is there life out there? Many wonder how that could be? How could a God, who loves us, create other ‘competing’ worlds? My question is […]
“Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit” ~Peter Ustinov. A few years back, I was on a very long interstate car ride and listening to Delilah (desperate listening: most stations were too static). A man called in to request a song for his true love, the woman he […]
There is something hidden in my life: something I hide even from those who know me well… Here it comes: I can’t seem to remember the difference between a colon and a semicolon: ever! Like a grade-schooler, I must check each time I use one: to make sure I’ve used it correctly! Semicolons: A semicolon is typically […]
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Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable Be honest and transparent anyway Mother Teresa
A few days ago I was listening to the radio as I drove, and overheard a lady speaking who, as a teenager, wanted to commit suicide. She thought life was so terrible and hopeless that there was no point to living. She said that she was in the midst of her suicide attempt when she […]
Haste Haste boils When one should simmer And cries RUN! When one should ponder
I’ve been a College Writing Tutor now for awhile. I help college students write papers… all sorts of papers. One thing that has become very clear: if I can help the student create some kind of tentative (and very simple) outline, before they’ve even begun to write, then they will save precious time and have an […]
Wise words…
No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne
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