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Where do we go when life becomes too much to handle? Do we retreat and shut down or do we forge ahead? Do we make a new path amidst the chaos that paves the road we are traveling? Where do we go when the calm disappears and all that’s left is the chaos?
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As humans we complain constantly about the big and the small things that happen in our lives. We complain unnecessarily but we are responsible for the choices that we make. We stay in situations because we CHOOSE to. We refuse to explore the world because we CHOOSE to. We shy away from opportunities because we…
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We all get to the point where we “find” ourselves. We find that as we get older, we don’t see things the way we once did. People change because of the circumstances they encounter. We no longer appreciate the changes that we see in others because we have changed as well. We no tolerate insecurities,…
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Birdshooting season the men make marriages with their guns My father’s house turns macho as from far the hunters gather All night long contentless women stir their brews: hot coffee chocolata, cerassie wrap pone and tie-leaf for tomorrow’s sport. Tonight the men drink white rum neat. In darkness shouldering their packs, their guns, they leave…
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Wilfred Owen Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs, And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots, But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind; Drunk with fatigue; deaf…
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As we move through life, we wonder at the value that we place on education and success. But education is more than gathering information in a structured setting and with a structured curriculum. Education can be garnered from your daily experiences. It can be garnered from some of the simplest activities that we engage in.…
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by Mark McWatt You think I like all this stupidness gallivanting all night without skin burning myself out like cane –fire To frighten the foolish? And for what? A few drops of baby blood? You think I wouldn’t rather take my blood seasoned in fat black-pudding, like everyone else? And don’t even talk ‘bout the…
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Don’t worry about whether you will fail or succeed. Instead worry about whether you are willing to take the chances that will change your life… Julie Tagg
