: About Me

As a teenager I admired writers for their ability to use language that triggered emotions within me. I used to think that of all the things a person could do writing was at the top of the list of amazement. As an adult I have not strayed too far from that viewpoint.
I love writing and reading the written word still fills me with wonder of how mere words can alter one's emotion and sometimes guide a persons' thinking to cause a change within. This powerful medium can actually shape lives if that is the intent of a skilled author to produce such.
Once I sat in a park and witnessed an incident that I wrote on a notepad while sitting there. After writing the article I went straight away to a major newspaper searching for a writer whose column I read in the newspaper now and again. That person was not there; instead I was able to see someone else. After a brief introduction of my purpose for being there I handed him the handwritten article.
He read it and said he could feel the emotions in the article. He was speaking to the writer and perhaps he thought he was complimenting the writing for what he felt. What he did not know was the writer in me had not arrived and the compliment fell to dead ears. My object was to report what I had seen and if he felt the emotions then okay. What of publishing the article? He would pass it to "his boss" and let me know. Weeks went by and no article. I phoned him and he returned my call. The newspaper purchased the article but it will use it at some other time in the future, no time soon. I would receive a check for $300.00 which he explained was better than a kill fee but then he had to define kill fee for me (he still was addressing the writer). The only copy of my article never reached print but I gained much from the experience.
In college I wrote poetry to busy myself when classes were out but wrote only to pass time. Friends would ask me to help them write the pros and cons of a paper which I was happy to do and went about the process eagerly. One of them received a grade B minus and we both were upset then resolved that the professor was a difficult one after all.
Somewhat as legend of the apple dropping on Isaac Newton's head, many occurrences throughout my life have dawned on me that I love to write. Today I accept that I am a writer and be it good, bad or indifferent to others, I do it anyway because it provides an opportunity to share the world from my vantage point. I've heard or read before, " we are as we choose to befor it is nothing but a point of view." Today I desire to share my views with those who will read it I write, you read, we share.
My family inspires me with words of encouragement and none of them has a problem to express when something does not "sound right."
I have been the social counselor that I was educated to be and now I embark upon the writers' platform where I have always desired to be hoping that the ability to impact with words is still present.

My passion is ...

Writing

I know too much about ...

acausal principles

My parents always told me ...

Just try it

My childhood ambition ...

to be a psychologist or counselor

My favorite memory ...

buying my first car

Why I write ...

to share a point of view

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Thick Face Black Heart/Dave Matthews Band

My first job ...

Data entry in an instrument repair shop

My best moment ...

Training and captivating an audience with a speech

My inspiration ...

My family

Religion & Spirituality > Spirituality (Other) Integrity, honesty, and honor are not just words

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One of the greatest sorrows in life is the person whose mind is gripped with fear. Fear which has developed as a result of the person telling lies to self and others; this individual is void of integrity (a value of self). There are many rationales for why one lies, but lets consider for a moment just one rationale behind the lie; a person tells a lie because they are afraid the outcome will not be favorable for them. The fantasies (lies) they create are attempts to change the outcome to win situations for themselves. This is much like cheating on a college exam to eventually portray onese...

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