Monthly Archives: April 2012

Throw Away People

Both my husband and I met at the now dead Rocky Mt News. Not as writers, but as pressmen, the ones who print the news. Thirty-four years of service nearly gone. Soon my husband will be a part timer at the newspaper he works for now while they go online only, then he will be out in the streets.

Me, I ended up getting hurt there bad enough that they found a way to fire me and my injury led to drug addiction. BUT! I am now a writer with her first book published through a editor of a new company, Evolved Publishing.

We all still cling to what we can in our old age, if you can call fifty-five old. It appears the newspaper here does, they do not want to the “old” people and offer buyouts as soon as they reach sixty.

My hope is people will still read, at-least books. What a great country we live in eh? Throw away people.

Never Allow Self Doubt To Take Control

I admit right here and now that I am a pessimist. Not just a little one either. Being a pessimist make one negative. Being negative will kill you as fast or slowly as drugs. Your body reacts to your emotions. Did you know that? Dentists found bad teeth can affect your organs. I am here to tell you so can being negative.

Waking with unexplained pain? Been to the Doc and they tell you there is nothing wrong? Maybe it is in your head? Yes, it very well may be–and in your entire body. Have you heard the term, “Depression Hurts?” Yes it does and it starts with Pessimism growing into negative thoughts.

So what if someone does not like you, the way you look, your personality. None of that matters. Unless you allow it to dig inside your very being. Like a small blister, if you let it alone, it will go away, but if you mess with it, what happens? It grows, gets worse, possibly infected. That infection can go deep. I know someone it killed.

Never allow self doubt to take control. This is the beginning of the end. You do not think you have what it takes, someone says you do not, you take it to heart. Far too much to heart. You begin to believe it and make it real. You become that reality and you no longer feel you have worth.

STOP IT NOW! We all have worth, we all REALLY do have a reason for being here. We just need to know we can find that reason, push forward and live. Really live. As a Trees drops leaves it no longer needs, drop the attitude.

Today I have dropped my poor attitude, my negative thinking, and have lost my self doubt because I BELIEVE IN MYSELF.

Say it, Believe it, and say it again. Again…. Never stop believing in yourself.

Slow Down


A little lady beetle crawled across the sidewalk in front of me. I bent over and watched this determined creature scamper across to the grass. I did wonder, why not fly if you have that ability. I would.

I began to think of everything I could see way above all else. Soon, I transformed my beetle into Eagle soaring on the air currents over the city, over the mountains and beyond. What a thrill!

But what did I miss at this great height? I asked myself and as quickly, the answer came…simple things. I could not see the cracks in the sidewalk, see the struggle of the wild plant determined to live.

We miss so much by not stopping, catching our breath and being still. As in Circles, Mouse sees what others cannot, will not by just using is his eyes, but his senses. He sees with his inner eyes things others miss. He feels with his mind.

The next time you pass by a plant, animal or person do not pass by in a rush. Take a single moment out you life and observe, or smile. A singe thought or smile will go deep within and if you give it just a second of your time it just may blossom into something wonderful.