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Work is my favorite activity, for it allows me to meet fascinating people. Such people, I find, broaden my perspectives in so many ways. Reading is a favorite hobby of mine also, especially important biographies. There are many pursuits I have chosen for their

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Redemption: 1 of 78
A beating heart, in furious rhythmburns with a darkened knowledge,of something that dims the soul,and the spirit as wellWhat is it that dogs a manand offers no relief,what is it, he asks,knowing full wellA line is crossed, immorally soand with it comes the price to payin currency of little value,but to you, and to meWhy does ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Freedom: 5 of 283
Freedom shall forever rest,upon the shoulders of those whounfailingly meet the test,and with the gift of a year or twospent in faraway places, ever so fardoing the work others will not do,their mission is known, and on parwith ancestral guidance, do they renewvows of loyalty to those left behind,those same others who but for ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Love does not die: 11 of 312
Forever And BeyondHow but to slow the clockticking away my timeforever reminding methere are hills yet to climbobstacles placed in my pathby only me I realizehere I stand on the golden shorereaching out with my eyesfor she with the auburn hairshe whose love I have lostwill it ever be this wayif it is then what a costthe flowe... More..
Other Thinking about the future: 9 of 131
Thoughts of the future are filled with anxiety. Not so much that one must become moribund, and complacent, as the requirement that one should above all, relax, and try to interpret tomorrow's needs pragmatically. The future as we understand it, is fraught with imagined perils. The truth is simply defined, with but a bit of re... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: I long for you: 24 of 346
Longing For YouI remember the many nights, each of themwhen all about me, so threatening, at times so vile,I saw your face with that familiar smileBut it was only a dream, a bad one too.Many have been the moments, in the vagueness of faded light,when I wondered why it was you were taken from meSuch a monstrous void exists, wh... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Why we make mistakes: 17 of 236
A mistake is made. The consequences pour forth. For each mistake, there is the concomitant necessity to atone, and to let the sorrows flow. Mistakes offer us unintended places of no charm, no colorful skies, nor anything particularly useful. Mistakes are every bit the product of someone's inability to know the better way of d... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: In my dreams: 20 of 214
Flowers Of The MindPansies and daffodils scattered aboutand tulips and hyacinths tooall may be where love blooms anewin this place where I found youonce in an earlier timecarefree and happy were wedo you remember can you still seeour ship afloat on the roiling seawhen children laughed for all to hearand you and I gamboled day... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: People who inspire us to pursue our goals: 3 of 31
Just who are these people who inspire us to lofty goal setting for ourselves? Truly, they are the greatest of them who exist, and who have existed. They are no less important when found residing in our thoughts in meaningful ways. It is the latter that give voice to the calling of our nobility, and to the commitment to succee... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) Reflections: Taking our freedoms for granted: 2 of 18
Quite a phrase, isn't it? "Taking our freedoms for granted".Why should we not take for granted, that gift which God has given to us? No man, or government institution, has it within their granted power to take what is not theirs to take. Freedom, human freedom, stands on a granite pillar carved with the blood of thousands of ... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Are people inherently good?: 10 of 69
To believe that goodness is not in the heart of man, is to believe not in the very heart of man. Goodness is instilled at the moment of conception, and survives the strains of birth itself. A child smiles, and an enraptured throng are witness to the fledgling's first signs of initial goodness. Why is that, one may ask? Simply... More..