31 days: Writing by the prompts
For each day in the month of October I will post a short essay based on a prompt, suggested by Kate Motaung. Kate is the founder of Five Minute Friday, an online community of writers who support each other as they engage in sharpening their craft. As iron sharpens...
A new kind of Notice
Do you ever feel invisible? Think about it. Here’s what I mean by that. It isn’t that you want to be on display, receive applause, or even be the center of attention, but maybe simply to be noticed. We all go through times when we want someone, we care about, to...
When You Want the Other Outcome
Just wondering . . . have you ever had a day when everything went right? Me either. That’s for ‘other'. Well, I take that back. Sometimes I am one of the ‘other’ people. I’ve had a lot of days when everything seemed to be OK and then there are those other days. Those...
Solving Problems Saving Hope
Don’t give up! Have you ever listened to someone’s story and heard these words, “Fine for you to say, but you don’t know what I’m going through here.” When we listen at heart level, we become aware of problems people are going through and they are traveling the path...