Greetings Fellow Writers,
I have been writing most of my life. In grade school I loved to write short stories. In high school I wrote special essays to be shared with my own and other English classes. When I graduated from high school I began working as an Executive Secretary at a hospital where I wrote and edited a hospital news letter. I did free-lancing writing for our local newspaper. Later I started writing poetry. This is my preferred genre although I am currently working on a short story.

I am also writing a book about Breast Cancer. When I was diagnosed with this disease all of the books I found were frightening. They had me dead and buried before the glossary. I see a need for an easy to read book that contains humor along with useful information for other women recently diagnosed. My goal is to provide something encouraging and not to lengthy.

I have won awards for my poetry. I won a first place award from Writer's Hood for an essay entitled good parents/bad parents. I have also written essays about the art of writing. Some of my poetry has been submitted and accepted by on-line literary journals; but I have chosen to forbear publishing my poems through these journals.

Currently my goal is to collect my poems and eventually present them to a publisher for consideration. One of my poems is in a small book published by Voices Literary Magazine entitled "Spirit of Strength." The poems in this publication have been written by survivors of cancer.

Most writers are also voracious readers. I am guilty of this as well. One of my favorite sites (I hope this site to equal it) is Shelfari, a venue for readers to connect and share their books, ideas, opinions and literary tastes with others.

I hope that by joining Helium I will acquire knowledge, connect with other writers and, perhaps, have some of my own writings shared through Helium.
Happy Writing!
the-poet75

Religion & Spirituality > Theories of Spirituality Mind and body connection: Do we have a soul

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What is the Soul? The answer is simple. Within the text of another article written for Helium which addressed the question: "What happens to the real you when you die." I used the Bible to explain the nature of the soul. I turned to the Holy Scriptures for the answer rather than declaring a personal opinion.

For those who profess Christianity I don't believe the Bible's description of the soul can be either ignored or denied. In the first book of the Bible we can learn the definitive answer to the question: What is the Soul?

"And God proceeded to form the man out of dust from the gro...

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