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Tag Archives: writing
Words paint 1,000 pictures . . .
Words are brush strokes that can decorate your soul with beauty or stain it with blight. You’re the painter. Words paint a thousand pictures on our soul, yet we hear and say them so carelessly.
Word choice matters
Your lingo leads your life. Choose to use uplifting lingo! It’s hard to build a positive life with a negative vocabulary. Bad words don’t produce good outcomes. Your feelings follow the verbiage you daily use and consume. Volatile verbiage creates volatility. Serene verbiage … Continue reading
Posted in censorship, encouragement, grammar, jargon, love, negativity, positive attitude, positive confession, positive thinking, power of choice, power of thinking, power of words, Serenity Prayer, Uncategorized, verbiage, verbs, vocabulary
Tagged finding the right word, language, lingo, quotes, recovery, terminology, word choice, words, writing
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Write To Free Speech / Write To Life
I love to exercise the right to write. For me, the process of writing is freeing and life producing. I write to set words and thoughts (my speech) free from self and to allow them to soar in the Spirit. Far too … Continue reading
Posted in anthologies, clasics, essays, freedom of speech, great books, How to be creative, How to blog, How to write better, Philokalia, releasing creativity, right to life, stream of consciousness, writing advice
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Beaching It (In My Mind)
Inspired by Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s book, Gift From The Sea, I try my hand at writing about the sea: The ocean is such a reminder of the grandeur of God. Its wonder stirs our spirit and allows us to breathe in the … Continue reading
The Way With Words
The Way With Words The words you hear; The words you say; Can mess you up Or make your day. Refuse the words That make you prey And throw you off Of God’s moral way! For more on the power … Continue reading
I Don’t Like Shakespeare (Neither Did Tolstoy)
If you have ever attended high school, you’ve probably been made to read a play (or several plays and sonnets) by William Shakespeare. For me reading Shakespeare was very hard work. I don’t like Shakespeare. Then my daughter (who graduated … Continue reading
Posted in biography, English literature, history, lifestyles, Quotations, Quotes, self-help, Shakespeare, Uncategorized
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Top Ten Reasons Not To Make A Top 10 List
Top Ten reasons why not to make a Top Ten List. Reason #10 — People may think you are trying to be like David Letterman when you make a Top Ten List. Reason #9 — You can only think of … Continue reading
Posted in lifestyles, popular culture, Quotations, Quotes, self-help
Tagged 10, compulsion, count to ten, David Letterman, down, eleven, harp, making decisions, nine, nonconformist, number one, reaarange, read, spouse, strong, sue you, Top Ten List, writing
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