Category: INSPIRATIONAL

Food for thought

Expanding your spirit sounds like a deep, heavy, mystical thing to do,
but it’s really not. Put simply, all it means is realizing that “stuff” happens
for a reason — and that reason doesn’t always pertain to you.
~John Paul Jackson
“My idea of a super woman is someone who scrubs her own floors.”
Bette Midler, American singer & actress

HISTORY – HIS STORY

Is anyone else out there wondering where they’re taking us in the “Jericho” series. I remember a high school history teacher telling us that the word ‘HISTORY’ could be broken into 2 words, HIS STORY and that history is really just the re-telling of a story based on ONE man’s perspective.

I also had a film professor in college that spouted rhetoric like it was a sermon. He believed that the media controls us. He believed that there is a “MESSAGE” in every show they put on TV. He believed that those in the know discern the message and spout when they feel the public is ready to learn it. Can you say, conspiracy theory?

Those 2 instances disturbed me a bit as a teenager. Now though, on Jericho, we have in a matter of no time at all a new president with NO election having been held. A new history book that blames the woes of the world on the U.S. for everything after WWII. Major cities destroyed everywhere including major magnetic destruction of electronics and a military power that somehow has access to all those destroyed records and more…

Unconscious Mutterings ~ New Meme

I found this over at the Forgetfulone and thought I’d give it a try too.
Unconscious Mutterings hosted by Luna Nina


Free association is described as a “psychonanalytic procedure in which a person is encouraged to give free rein to his or her thoughts and feelings, verbalizing whatever comes into the mind without monitoring its content.” Over time, this technique is supposed to help bring forth repressed thoughts and feelings that the person can then work through to gain a better sense of self.

That’s an admirable goal, but for the purposes of this excercise, we’re just hoping to have a little fun with the technique. Each week I’ll post ten words to which you can respond to with the first thing that comes to mind.

“Rules are, there are no rules.” There are no right or wrong answers. Don’t limit yourself to one word responses; just say everything that pops into your head. AND you don’t have to have your words up on Sunday. Take all week if you want! Read the FAQ for more information.

  1. Passport ::Travel
  2. Small world ::Disneyland
  3. Radio ::XM Highway 16
  4. Marine ::Jarhead
  5. Wall ::Climbing
  6. Wanna be ::teenager
  7. Pigtails ::Laura Ingalls
  8. Hyphen ::over used in today’s world for descriptive purposes
  9. 9.99 :: $10
  10. Unrated ::not suitable for family

Thursday Thirteen post #3 (131) 13 of my favorite Words & their meanings

13 of my favorite misused or over used words

  • Adage ~ an old saying illustrating some universal truth
  • Analogy ~ particular resemblance between things otherwise unalike
  • Anecdote ~ an interesting or amusing story
  • Banality ~ overused, common and lacking originality
  • Cliche’ ~ something that has become overly familiar or commonplace
  • Epitome’ ~ the perfect representation ~ quintessential
  • Euphemism ~ a polite word or phrase used in place of an offensive one
  • Hackneyed ~ common place, pedestrian, dull from overuse
  • Insipid ~ lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate or challenge
  • Metaphor ~ a figure of speech comprised of a word or phase that transfers its meaning to to another use as a means of illustration EX: drowning in paperwork
  • Platitude ~ trite remark often spoken as original though
  • Quintessence ~ the purest essence of something
  • Vapid ~ stale, lacking liveliness

The Ultimate Lesson

“The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well.” Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Swiss born Psychiatrist and writer