Category: Inspirational
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The Story of The Naked Truth and The Best Dressed Lie.
Every now and again I come across a gem and I discovered this one on Roche Mamabolo’s site. ‘The Naked Truth and The Best Dressed Lie’ is a metaphorical piece of prose which explains why lies are easily accepted and truth shunned in the world today. In an age of massive disinformation the media pounds…
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A Letter To The Younger Me – Part Two
Featured Image Copper Mine Upsplash.com If you missed part one please tap here to read. One day, while sitting on the front veranda of his little miner’s cottage in that faraway country, he had decided to kill himself with his air force revolver. Daddy was sad because he missed Mommy and all four of his…
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The Raven and The Honeybear
Monika R. Martyn I am Blogging this touching story at the suggestion of East of The Web and Contributors 2018. See the terms and conditions below. The Raven and the Honeybear Emma nervously entered the classroom and found an empty desk while she felt the burning power of a hundred sets of eyes staring. She…
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Fork in The Road
When we reach a fork in the road ahead, we are forced to decide: Which road do I take? As surely as the sun will rise tomorrow, so will the fork in the road appear tomorrow. Often it appears many times in the day. When faced with this decision, we have two choices: take the…
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Funny You Are
Feature Photo by Tengyart Upsplash.com I love you for all that you are, all that you have been, all that you’re yet to be. Ernest Hemingway “This too will pass, and the best is yet to come.” If you whine in her company, she’ll tell you this and then make you repeat it. Remind you…
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Brave You Are
You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering. Ernest Hemingway Feature Image Photo by Josh Hemsley Upsplash.com Five am cold, dark, and rainy outside. Thursday is the three-week chemo treatment day, and we prepare for the drive to the hospital. Two sleepyheads are fumbling around in the room, a queue for the…
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Love Loving
The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too. Ernest Hemingway Love Loving Yourself How special are you in terms of your own opinion? Concerning this question in my own life, I came to see that from the age of seven years…
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Lockdown!
Our President placed this country under lockdown as at midnight on Thursday, March 26th. 2020. And this was my take on the issue at that time: The Family Scene My immediate family, of which I am the oldest, consists of two children and five grandchildren. specifically, the family live in five different homes within a…
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Misfortunes-Peter’s Wisdom Snippets .
Feature Photo by Sigmund Upsplash.com Because of the many misfortunes, I have experienced in my own life that I have compassion for those that lack in any way. And in this way, with my compassion, misfortunes became fortunes. In times of sorrow, without thinking, I set my living aside to focus on my sorrow; And…