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August 27, 2018
Finish The Story Blog Hop – Part 7
Teresa’s challenge details can be found here: Finish the Story # 8, 25 August 2018. The rules: Copy the story below as it appears when you receive it (and the rules please) Add somehow to the story in which ever style and length you choose Tag only 1 person If you choose to not participate […]
Psyche Poised Against Infinity
Psyche stood on the edge of the rooftop contemplating the city’s nightlife far below. If anyone saw her swaying twenty stories above the street, they might vitiate her plans and try to persuade her to go indoors, or perhaps to a hospital, but suicide wasn’t on her mind. Privately celebrating the occurrence of her twentieth […]
Quoting: Love Criticism
Work on developing a love for accepting criticism. When you have a sincere desire to grow and develop, you will appreciate the opportunities that arise for further growth and development. Criticism expressed with profound love and concern is easier to handle than criticism expressed with anger or condescension. But if what is said to you […]
August 26, 2018
Here We Go Again: Comicsgate
I’ve heard of this thing called Comicsgate, and after doing a bit of reading, discovered it’s pretty much the same sort of critter that launched the efforts of the Sad Puppies a few years back. Allegation: The mainstream comic book industry (DC, Marvel) is overrun by Social Justice Warriors (SJWs) forcing their very narrow agenda down […]
Quoting: Worry is Created by Self-Talk
The more you engage in joyful and grateful self-talk, the more your mind will be free from worry. Some people tell themselves, “It’s my nature to worry.” But the truth is that no one is born a worrier. A person might have started worrying at a young age and have many early memories of worrying. […]
August 25, 2018
The Sad Puppies vs. the Hugo Awards OR Being in the Crossfire in the Fight for Significance
It’s easy to be intimidated by mean people. See through their mask. Underneath is an insecure and unhappy person. They are alienated from others because they are alienated from themselves. Have compassion for them. Not pity, not condemning, not fear, but compassion. Feel for their suffering. Identify with their core humanity. You might be able […]
Human Flagpoles
“But it’s so cold up here, Grandfather.” The nine-year-old huddled with the rest of his brothers and sisters around the aged Inuit in front of the fireplace in the family hut. “I know, George, I know it’s much colder here than in Inukjuak, but we were starving there. The white government says they will help […]
Quoting: Get Beyond the Mask
It’s easy to be intimidated by mean people. See through their mask. Underneath is an insecure and unhappy person. They are alienated from others because they are alienated from themselves. Have compassion for them. Not pity, not condemning, not fear, but compassion. Feel for their suffering. Identify with their core humanity. You might be able […]
August 24, 2018
The Last Frontier
“What am I doing here? I wanted to get away from it all, but the smoke’s even worse here.” Gary Flowers didn’t hike often anymore, but life in the city and suburbs had been wearing him down over the last decade or so. Married, three children, two grandchildren, divorced, semi-retired, he had in his grasp […]
Quoting You Are Not At Risk
Fear of failure is a prime cause of anxiety. People think, “If I don’t succeed, I am a worthless failure.” Someone who fears failure is not willing to take the risks that are an essential ingredient in every new undertaking. This prevents him from taking action in many situations in which he could accomplish a […]
