Serious Wednesday: The Craziness of Writing

On Passionate Writing

It is a writer's greatest pleasure

to hear that someone

was kept up until the unholy hours 

of the morn

reading

one of his books.

--B. Sanderson

Writing is the strangest

and most interesting,

besides the most misunderstood,

craziest and hardest

most frustrating--

yet satisfying talent--

or is it a curse?

career?

hobby?

job?

                                                                          purpose?

A writer will certainly dwell in stages of 

despair

discouragement

hopelessness

yet writing affords deep . . .

satisfaction and pleasure,

determination

happiness and joy 

by one act of a reader, in reading.

To the real writer, 

that is enough.

Blessings!

Sunday Morning Peace: Sailing

Some things cannot be spoken or discovered until we have been stuck,

incapacitated, or blown off course for awhile.

Plain sailing is pleasant,

but you are not going to explore many unknown realms that way.

--David Whyte

Rambling Friday: Puppy Time!

Major Cuteness Alert!

Why would anyone want a Bullmastiff dog?

Just kidding.

This adorable pup came into our lives just days ago

because son Dan wanted him; had always wanted a Mastiff.

Since son Dan is traveling for work,

Mom and Dad are dog sitting. :)

Being a typical puppy,

he has toys and whatever he wants to chew on scattered all around.

He's a fast learner:

Climbs the stairs.

Learning to "go" outside.

Teaching him to heal and not sure if he's learning that, 

or giving in to the big bad woman. Lol

Anyway I describe, he's annoying, yes,

but oh, so cute and adorable.

My older two dogs don't care for him much...

but I love him.  

Do you own a pet?

Sunday Sunshine: When You Thought I Wasn't Looking

When You Thought I Wasn't Looking

When You Thought I Wasn't Looking

You hung my first painting on the refrigerator

And I wanted to paint another.

When You Thought I Wasn't Looking

You fed a stray cat

And I thought it was good to be kind to animals.

When You Thought I Wasn't Looking

You baked a birthday cake just for me

And I knew that little things were special things.

When You Thought I Wasn't Looking

You said a prayer

And I believed there was a God

that I could always talk to.

When You Thought I Wasn't Looking

You kissed me goodnight

and I felt loved.

When You Thought I Wasn't Looking

I saw tears come from your eyes

And I learned that sometimes things hurt--

But that it's okay to cry.

When You Thought I Wasn't Looking

You smiled

And it made me want to

look that pretty too.

When You Thought I Wasn't Looking

You cared

And I wanted to be everything I could be.

When You Thought I Wasn't Looking

I looked...

And wanted to say thanks

For all those things you did

When you thought I wasn't looking.

--Mary Rita Schilke Korsan

Happy Mother's Day!!

Sunday Sunshine: The Daffodils

Daffodils

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd--

A host of golden daffodils

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the Milky Way,

They stretched in never-ending line

Along the margin of a bay:

Ten thousand saw I, at a glance,

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced, but they

Outdid the sparkling waves in glee;

A poet could not but be gay

In such a jocund company;

I gazed--and gazed--but little thought

What wealth the show to me had brought.

For oft, when on my couch I lie,

In vacant or in pensive mood,

The flash upon that inward eye

Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the daffodils.

--William Wordsworth

Rambling Friday: Everyone Wants to be Loved

Everyone Wants to be Loved

I think.

Here are a few suggestions on how to accomplish that:

• Don't contradict people, even if you're sure you're right.
• Don't be inquisitive about the affairs of even your most intimate friends.
• Don't underrate anything because you don't possess it.
• Don't believe that everybody else in the world is happier than you.
• Don't conclude that you have never had any opportunities in life.
• Don't be rude to your inferiors in social position.
• Don't repeat gossip, even if it does interest a crowd.
• Learn to hide your aches and pains under a pleasant smile. Few care whether you have an earache, headache, or rheumatism.
• Learn to attend to your own business.
• Don't try to be anything else but a gentleman or woman, and that means one who has consideration for the whole world, and whose life is governed by the Golden rule, "Do unto others as you would be done by."

Quote:
Do not fear to step where God leads.

Sunday Sunshine: Promises

For God said:

Call upon me in the day of trouble,

and I will deliver you.

--Psalm 50:15

They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength,

they shall mount up with wings as eagles;

they shall run and not be weary;

they shall walk and not faint.

--Isaiah 40:31

His mercies never come to an end;

they are new every morning:

great is thy faithfulness.

--Lamentations 3:22, 23

Ask, and it will be given to you:

seek, and you will find;

knock, and the door will be opened to you.

--Matthew 7:7

I am with you always.

--Matthew 28:20

Never will I leave you.

never will I forsake you.

--Hebrews 13:5

His words never  fail!

His words forever remain true.

Blessings!