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I love sunset, laughter and sunrise. Humor is my anecdote "To Life"!

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Abstract poems: 2 of 576
FoghornSo you feel caught up in a vengeful stirThe storms of life beginning to take their tollConfusion is causing you to see everything in a blurNegative karma is beginning to afflict your soulThe air is ice cold and the fog is quite heavyWhy does it seem the rain only pours down on you?And oh the futile concern and cares of... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Broken heart: 1 of 249

Land of the Broken HeartIt seems at timesYou've approached your endTook a wrong turn onceLeading to that desolate plainThe Land of the Broken HeartChecked in at Shattered Dreams InnPerhaps you made a few wrong turns?Maybe that's just the way life isYour heart has been brokenIt has been crushed!Shattered into a million piecesI... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Purpose: 1 of 28

What Have I Learned...I learned that all of life is a process. I learned the art of being calm in the midst of crises'. I learned that I am capable of accomplishing great things. I learned that I have a vast reserve of inner strength. I learned that being balanced is a key to success. What does this mean? I learned about my l... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Courage: 1 of 25
COURAGE"I have always believed that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value." Hermann HesseBut you gotta have some courage. Have a heart. No hurries no worries. No tears no fears.Well, cry if you must, and if you feel fear, move forward, and in spite... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Life's paradox: 2 of 39
ParadoxVirtue or vice? What will it be?Love and hate are one and the sameNaughty and nice becomes you and meTruth and dare is the name of this gameRight or wrong is the confused man's songBlack and white is irony to the extremeGood or bad same difference life longIs this reality or just a dream?Who calls the shot with a one-s... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Choices: 3 of 46

Choices"If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?" Dolores HuertaA Greek philosopher by the name of Pythagoras once stated, "Choices are the hinges of destiny." Recently, this truth hit home in a way that drove a nail straight through my heart, piercing it through and through as a dagger. Through... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Nature: 44 of 633
Sunshine and the MoonSunshine set sail on the Great River QuestShe would discover if there was light after dark.Which direction would she take? North? East? South or West?As an explorer of the unknown on her journey she embarked.However, sunshine quickly became bored by the riverShe would venture to the ocean though it was a ... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: The passing of time: 12 of 161

To Everything There Is A Season"A time is set for everything, a time for every experience under heaven." - KohelethI have a story to share that has been brewing inside of me for about 5 or 6 days now... sometimes the most painful stories are the most difficult to tell...For me... all of my writing is very difficult... because... More..
Other Thinking about the future: 10 of 131

Passing Through"So much of life, it seems to me, is determined by pure randomness." - Sidney PoitierYesterday as I was taking a late, very late, afternoon hike - the kind that ends as the Sun is setting, I was inspired by a flood of many musings. One thought in particular that I had is that there is relevance to the randomnes... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Economy American economy: Still dropping: 5 of 64

Exponentially Excessive"That was gift-wrapped and waiting for me." - President Obama on inheriting versus creating the larger than life deficit.Any governing administration in our society has very little control over the budget. "One thing you need to understand is that only a portion of the federal budget is what we call "co... More..