Have you ever wondered why some blogs have thousands of followers? I know I have. I recently set out to discover why this was the case and found that social media was the key. In a 2016 survey of 500 …
Photo from Google Image Search (unknown source) In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: Image Search. Pick a random word and do Google image search on it. Check out the eleventh picture it brings up. Write about whatever that …
The Media Tries To Scare You The NASA image showing Hurricane Matthew as it traveled across Port au Prince, Haiti is auspicious, not a scary sign. Skull imagery symbolizes death and immorality — the physical passes but WE continue on …
Do You Remember The Sexual Assault Case That Involved Brock Turner? It was a controversial sexual assault incident that happened in January 2015. Two sisters went to a party at a fraternity house on Stanford University’s campus. Somehow, the two …
In response to The Daily Prompt: Someone Else’s Island We’ve all been asked what five objects we’d take with us to a desert island. Now it’s your best friend’s (or close relative’s) turn to be stranded: what five objects would …
In response to The Daily Prompt: Youth Write a new post in response to today’s one-word prompt. As I mentioned in this post, I have been writing in a journal since I was a teenager. As I saw today’s prompt, …
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner …
“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”~Dalai Lama Some days I wake up full of enthusiasm and ready to take on the world. Happiness is not a problem on those days. Then, on other days, …
In response to The Daily Prompt: Forgive and Forget? Share a story where it was very difficult for you to forgive the perpetrator for wronging you, but you did it — you forgave them. For as long as I can …
When I first started this site I was going through a hard time in my life. I had suffered an accident and I was battling the depression and isolation that being physically impaired can bring. My only true source of …