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| Thoughts and takes on the way life presents.... |
| There comes a time when every life goes off-course. In this desperate moment, you must choose your direction. Will you fight to stay on path? Will others tell you who you are? Or will you label yourself? Will you be haunted by your choice? We are all given an inner voice that will lead, guide, protect, rejoice, cry, all those things for you. Whenever I am knocked off my path, I know it is because I was running down the wrong path without care or concern with what was going on around me and who would be impacted by my choice. The only choice I am willing to fight to the death for is my Creator. No one can use my children, my husband, my home, my possessions, my life as a bargaining chip. If I have to be a martyr, and I don't want to be, but if I have to be, I will. All choices made in desperation are poor. Pray about it, get right with God and go. If He brings it to you, He will bring you through it. And there will be no regret if you take the path God puts you on. You only run into trouble when you try to make it on your own and put possessions in front of people or get off the God Path. I label myself, mom, wife, sister, daughter, friend, neighbor, author, recruiter, paralegal, court reporter...But the only one that matters is Christian. Only you can tell if I hit the mark. There are tons of choices that would have put me on a different path. I can let them haunt me or I can let them go to enjoy the time and space that God has prepared for me. I choose to enjoy my life and the people who are in my circle. That's all. Peace and God Love You! Cheri |
| Motivational Monday! Musician David Bowie, born on this day in 1947, once said "All my big mistakes are when I try to second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger when I get very selfish about it." How true (or false) is this about your own writing? What's more important: pleasing yourself, or your audience? WHAT A CROCK! All entertainment is based on pleasing yourself. The success of your talent is pleasing an audience. Selfish? How dumb is that? All talent has an agent to promote them and you can't be selfish. The truer statement is Egos or I goes. Stated by Fergie of Toto. The biggest mistakes for talent in any industry is to not listen to the ones who buy what you are selling and your agent who has the pulse of the demands out there. |
| Woohoo, it's the first Saturday of the new year. What cartoons as a child did you watch on Saturday morning? Do you ever get tempted to watch cartoons now? I love this prompt. I will say that the today's cartoons stink. I love the cartoons from the 60s. I can't think of one that I don't like. But my favorite by far is Droopy -- anything with Droopy. You remember that dog that says "That makes me mad" then takes the villain by the foot or tail, bam, bam, bam on to the ground with an overhead arch in between, then spins them over head and sends them sailing to God knows where. I wanted to do just that to John Kirby and Gary because those two stinkbutts would not leave me alone. They are solely responsible for me not dating, talking to, working with, naming a baby (or pet) by either of those two names. That's all. Thanks Lyn! Good memories |
| It's fun fact day at 30DBC. Pick one. I picked. 1925 - Mrs. Nellie Taylor Ross was sworn in as the governor of Wyoming She was the first female governor in the U.S. If California and New York were so great they would have been first, but it turns out Wyoming is the great equalizer for women's rights. Yea, Wyoming. Not much has changed over time. JMO. And I'm from Minnesota, and we are just cold. Some may think we have evened things out for women's rights, but that's another form of manure that stinks as bad as the real stuff. |
| "If I ruled the world, I'd __________..." If I ruled the world, I’d channel my inner George Washington and delegate, delegate, and delegate some more. The world is much too large and diverse for one voice. The world is much too large to please everyone so Yes, WWJD would be the backbone of all choices. So I would put like-minded people in positions of authority and present a united front. Hopefully, most of the things that are important to me will be in play through this unity. I doubt in a world this large and diverse that there will be 100% agreement on anything, so I’d shoot for 75% agreement on major things and 20% agreement on controversial things. If not agreement, at least a measure of respect for the person and what she is trying to do and give the plan a chance. As the late great Bishop Sheen would say, Good night and God love you. |
| Prompt: What do you think are three things we're going to be hearing about a lot more as 2018 rolls on? I am not going to pull any punches or be politically correct because that's not who I am. You can stop reading now, no harm no foul. And you should if you have not taken your blood pressure meds yet. I like Donald Trump. I think he is keeping promises and getting things done. I think the boo-hooers will find fault with every single thing he does no matter how much they wanted it, no matter if it was introduced into congress long ago by their party ... Instead of delighting in the economic upswing and the good things coming about, there are still people who will find fault in the good of all things. I think that the race card will be thrown more no matter how silly it is. Most people I know are color blind. But there are more people of color who can only see color and you can thank the former President for that sorry state of affairs. I think you will be hearing more about global climatic changes. Instead of reading the Book of Revelation and knowing what is going on, people will grab onto catch phrases like global warming and the hoax that it is. And bonus prediction: If the NFL does not get their p's and q's lined up and get control of their players, they will be out of business within three years. Again, JMO. You don't need to agree or disagree, just watch and see for yourself. |
| Tell us what annoys you most about yourself. I suffer from CRS. Anyone can say anything about me or give me credit for all sorts of horrendous things and I have to take their word because I really don't remember. Now, if it is big enough to make an earth shattering impact, I will remember. If you repeat it 7 times, there is a 50/50 chance I will remember. Why is this happening? I don't have a thyroid, which, as you know is the body's regulator. So I suffer this embarrassing condition and believe me it is embarrassing. I'm pretty sure I will remember what I forgot in the middle of the night when I should be sleeping and it won't matter anyway. More times than I can count I have to send myself emails or make lists. My favorite excuse for begging out of stuff is: Remind me because when I remember, I am not in a position to act, and when I am in a position to act, I don't remember. Surprisingly, most people don't really care, they have a willing body and don't really mind reminding me all the time. I used to have a mind like a steel trap. I could spit it back word for word. Now, phht, nothing. That's all. |
| Prompt: I’ll never forget 2017 because…. And I’m looking forward to 2018 because… I finally placed in the 2017 Game of Thrones contest and we earned enough GP that I could actually pay for my upgraded WdC membership with GP and not dip into my financial resources. That was cool because in order to do it, I had to dig deep and finally figured out show don't tell. In 2018 I am looking forward to my business taking off like a rocket. The foundation is laid and all glitches are cleaned up. |
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