Discover Something Significant
The Process Call it a vision. Call it inspiration, but I’ve been gathering memories and the particles of necessities that were the foundation of my creative writing. Whether or not those tidbits and oddities provided a clear vision, even so, I was inspired by those...
How to Upgrade Your Outlook
Insight intensifies your Outlook Looking out from a vantage point above the English Channel, the Dover Castle provides a scene approaching pastoral quietness. The magnificent view belies what took place on this location in World War ll. It’s amazing to experience the...
How to Build Your Following
Build your following on a firm foundation A foundation is the lowest load-bearing part of a building, typically below ground level. That definition suggests support is a necessary factor in carrying weight. Establishing criteria to undergird your relationships is...
This Little Light of Mine …
A Brighter World "This Little Light of Mine" is a fanciful jingle that, in a few repetitive sentences, offers a mighty powerful suggestion. Here are some of the lyrics: This Little Light Of Mine,I'm gonna let it shine,This Little Light Of Mine,I'm gonna let it...
How to Tell if Your Influence Matters
As kids, my brothers, my cousins, and I received the gift of a silver dollar every Christmas from our grandfather. The lineup of youngsters to get a silver dollar was a long one. I remember standing expectantly, respectfully waiting for him to place the coin in...
How to Boost Your Engagement
Streams of Brilliance to Boost Your Engagement Streams of brilliance on a beautiful sunlit day might possibly boost your engagement with something, or someone, beyond yourself. Even if only a little bit--even if you don’t believe in God as the Creator, it’s difficult...
How to Maximize Your Potential in 3 Steps
Even as an eight-year-old I had to build hope in new people and surroundings. That’s not really so unusual since all our days are fresh and different, infused with options to renew or rebuild our hope and thereby maximize our potential for living life victoriously.
How To Tell If You’re Connected To A Power Source
Have you found yourself in a situation where you’ve been short-circuited with no strength for living?
1920’s Nostalgia
A Wistful Affection For The Past My mother looks rather elegant, don’t you think, as she poses for a photograph around the age of nineteen? Showing off her stylishness for sure---cloaked in black with a drape of fur---she is (and was) far from colorless! A Flair For...
After All Those Years
A Red Barn Story In the era when my grandfather owned an eighteen hundred-acre farm in rural Kentucky, barns were red. Many of those colorful frame buildings still dot the landscape along country roads today. None so nostalgic as the ones from my childhood. I was an...
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