Published inILLUMINATION·PinnedMember-onlyToday Is Not ForeverNothing stays the same. Things change. — During difficult times in my life, I have reminded myself that today is not forever. In fact, I used to keep this message on my refrigerator door to remind me of this fact. It gave me hope during bad times and was a warning during good times. Tibetan meditation master…Change4 min readChange4 min read
May 14Member-onlyI Double Dog Dare You to Take a Photo a Day and Observe the Things Around You That You See or Don’t See Every DayYou Will Be Surprised at What You Will Discover — I encourage you to take up this challenge and begin to take a photo each day. Observe the sights around you and you will be surprised at what you will discover. Since I can’t stop at just one photo a day, I have compiled a selection of the photos I…Photography5 min readPhotography5 min read
Published inPublishous·May 7Member-onlyTrying to Pick Just One Photo a Day is Impossible for MeI can’t choose just one. — I started out on this One Photo a Day Quest hoping to find one really good photo each day to post and write about. Now, I take multiple photos hoping one will be The One, but this is impossible. …Photography3 min readPhotography3 min read
Published inPublishous·May 3Member-onlyOne Photo a Day Helps You See Life in a Different WayWhat did you see today? — I took a walk today and began to see familiar things in a new way. I am so often on my phone or busy with my thoughts that I fail to notice the world around us. …Photos3 min readPhotos3 min read
Published inPublishous·Apr 30Member-onlyMy Son Dared Me to a Piddly Photo Challenge, and Now I’m HookedI can’t stop at just one. — As I explained in the following article, Take One Photo a Day, my son inspired me to take a photo a day as a creative exercise as he has been doing. I have been trying to take just one photo a day, but I’ve been taking more than just one…Photography4 min readPhotography4 min read
Published inMuddyUm·Apr 26Member-onlyTake My AdviceIncluding the Good, the Bad, and the Funny — Everyone has advice for you. Who has been giving you advice? Have you received bad advice that you acted upon and suffered the consequences? Or did you get good advice that was beneficial to you? How often do you give advice to others? My advice to you is to get some kicks out of reading the advice in this article. The advice I share comes from a…Humor4 min readHumor4 min read
Apr 26Member-onlyTake One Photo a Day ChallengeFINDING INTERESTING PHOTO OPS My son, who is a videographer told me that he has begun taking a photo each day as a creative activity. I think this is a great idea and have adopted it for myself. The quest for a new creative ideas for my daily photos makes…4 min read4 min read
Published inPublishous·Apr 22Member-onlyAnger Is a Dangerous WeaponIt is a two-edged sword — Anger is a two-edged sword that harms both the one wielding it and anyone to whom it is directed, even if it is yourself. Anger can be directed outwardly or inwardly. When we direct our anger outwardly, it harms whoever is its intended victim as well as others who are affected by it. Anger harms the person who is angry and also the target of that anger. We may angrily shout at our children…Life Problems4 min readLife Problems4 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Apr 20Member-onlyHow to Not Be Fooledby Anyone You might consider yourself a good judge of character and good at determining what is right or wrong. However, even the best of us has been fooled at one time or another. What passes for news in this country is varied and comes from a variety of sources…Logic3 min readLogic3 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Apr 20Member-onlyHow to Get Along With a Difficult PersonYou can’t You can’t. A difficult person is going to undercut every effort you make so that you will just give up and do what they want even if they aren’t sure what that is. They just know they don’t want to do anything that would please you. Forget logic…Advice4 min readAdvice4 min read
