02Jul 2020 by skydancemountain

Timeless

Encouragement
Timeless seems to be elusive. We yearn for taking back time, knowing what we know now, but back then. We spit out angry venom words, released from a lashing tongue. And at the speed of sound, they land on other’s ears, piercing the heart, causing tears and tares in the fabric of their and our souls. Yet, in timeless habit, we again continue in the same predictable behavior, time, and time again. The human frailty that we tend to have is an Achilles heel of our behavior. Then we regret our actions, our words, the negative sequestered thoughts that we harbor. We seem to try to reach the often-lofty goals of self-improvement, wanting to be better, cleaner, pure in thought and action, only to trip and stumble once again. Crying…
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01Jun 2020 by skydancemountain

Out of the Fry Pan into the Blender

Encouragement
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jerimiah 29:11 “Hi, I’m Bob,” I said to my future wife’s adult, married daughter. She had her back to me with her arms crossed, looking at the flames in the fireplace. She turned around partially and said, “Yes, I know,” and looked back at the fire. Well, I thought, that is a start as the warm room took on a chill. Barbara and I had been high school sweethearts, and now, twenty-five years later, we were to be married. And I was being blended into a family of three boys at home and a married daughter who was skeptical of a…
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27May 2020 by skydancemountain
Believe, Plan, Go, Do

Believe, Plan, Go, Do

Encouragement
In these times, do you feel you are at the corner of Anxiety and Confusion? You look both ways before crossing and then get hit by an airplane? Let’s face it, isolation is not people-friendly. As writers, we have practiced for a time such as this. But now that it has happened, isolation is the only choice, so it seems. Gone are the “alone” times in your favorite coffee shop, missing is gathering visual information about your next book, article, a new creative project by people watching. The strolls in shopping centers, well, when have you been able to do that lately? We are cloistered, “locked up” and worrying about friends, family, associates getting ill. Sure, video conferencing is rampant, but isn’t that one dimensional? I was talking to a…
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