Tag: life

  • Weekly Words of Wisdom

    Weekly Words of Wisdom

    Dancing Trees Along my life journey, I bend very often in confronting issues I face. I do this as the better option to resisting these issues. I learned this from the trees I see every day outside my window. When a storm moves in with all its ferocity, high winds blowing at an alarming, speed,…

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  • Peter’s Quote for The Day.

    Peter’s Quote for The Day.

    Swan Soulmates Photo by Belinda Fewings Upsplash.com As a young man, I rejected censure and lived for compliments, always criticizing others. I knew everything; now that I am an older man, and wisdom has become my soulmate, I know so much less. Wisdom has taught me never to reject censure or compliment; not allowing either…

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  • Peter’s Quote for The Day.

    Peter’s Quote for The Day.

    Feature Photo by Possessed Photography Upsplash.com When I leave this life, I will not be remembered for who others were, but rather, who I was. Therefore, it’s of little concern if others are considered better than me. I am happy just being me, and you know what? This state is so peaceful and calm. The…

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  • Weekly Words of Wisdom

    Weekly Words of Wisdom

    Feature Photo by Elena Mozhvilo Upsplash.com What On Earth am I Doing? I accept that my life is a very precious gift, for which I shall be eternally grateful. I am even more grateful my life has taught me so many useful lessons about living. Enjoying my living takes some of the mystery out of…

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  • Weekly Word of Wisdom

    Weekly Word of Wisdom

    Importance of Advice In my life advice, mostly not asked for, has arrived frequently on my doorstep, and often in the nick of time. All too often it hails from the strangest quarters. I’m not alone in this unusual process; Robert the Bruce of Scotland was licking his wounds in a cave after being defeated…

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  • Weekly Words of Wisdom

    Weekly Words of Wisdom

    On Laws and Rules: I have often felt that so many messages posted on media attempt to set rules for my life. Nearly all of my life there have been those who have set down rules for me; parents, teachers, employers, religion, just to name a few. Now here are folks on media doing the…

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  • Peter’s Quote of The Day

    Peter’s Quote of The Day

    I never run away from the upheavals in my life, choosing instead to face them head-on; this way they never pursue me. A forest fire, once abated, does not raise its fury again for some years. ‘You Are Enough’ photo by Felicia Buitenwerf on Unsplash I love each new day; the advantage of waking up and finding I’m…

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  • Peter’s Quote for The Day

    Peter’s Quote for The Day

    In my life, there are no ‘good old days.’ The word good is not in my dictionary, the word old is not definitive enough and days are simply that – days. My days are precious moments of which I say, “I love my life so much, I’m going to live forever; why bother looking backward?”The…

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  • DanVenture Travels – 2020

    DanVenture Travels – 2020

    Originally posted on DanVenture Travels: Hi reader! I should say welcome back to DanVenture Travels since it has been 2 whole months since you’ve heard from me. I could use the excuse that I was busy with work & moving apartments, but that would be boring. As I have done in the past, I wanted…

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  • Don’t Die Too Soon……

    It is interesting that in our age, longevity is a sought after state, with this product or that process offering to lead us to that sought after place. It is also noteworthy that the Bible talks about certain men living to extraordinary ages. Methuselah takes the lead having died at the age of over 900…

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