This week the writer’s prompt from Five Minute Fridays is REGRET. We have 5 minutes to write what comes to us — quickly. Little editing. Just write. Go: Clock is ticking This post first published on Medium.com I will admit I hate that word — regret. It has a negative tone and I am a positive person.… Continue reading Five Minute Friday: Regret
Tag: God
How Can I Balance my Life in This Day and Age?
33 Dots: Balance I am still challenging myself to draw 33 random dots on paper; then connect the dots without intersecting any lines; then paint. Today it turned out to be the theme of balance. This challenge has me inspired. I never know what I will see. This time was very different. I couldn’t see… Continue reading How Can I Balance my Life in This Day and Age?
5 Ways to Simplify your Work Life
To Simplify isn’t Easy, you know Today on Five Minute Friday the prompt is SIMPLIFY. Write for 5 minutes. Setting the Timer: Go I totally agree with Kate when she wrote about over doing it. I have done that before. I think there are 5 major things we can do to simplify our lives. Start… Continue reading 5 Ways to Simplify your Work Life
It’s Amazing How Different Things are When You Look Closely
This was going to be a different Friday as I had decided not to write. Ha ha. Me? not write? So I am taking the required 5 minutes to write on the word “different” for Five Minute Friday. If you are a writer and just want to write for fun and link with others to… Continue reading It’s Amazing How Different Things are When You Look Closely
Black and White – What are your truths?
Black and White – What are Your Truths? Today’s prompt is black and white. I have been pondering about this theme. What are my black and whites? My truths. I am joining #ScribblePicnic. I don’t believe everything is black and white. I don’t think others should be telling people what to think and what to… Continue reading Black and White – What are your truths?
Active listening – How to Control the Mental Racket when I Pray
Active listening – How to Control the Mental Racket when I Pray A lesson on active listening The other day I read a post about being an active listener and how important it can be. I have a head that never stops thinking except when I am asleep. And I’m not sure about that either… Continue reading Active listening – How to Control the Mental Racket when I Pray
Why are you poisoning yourself?
A lesson on forgiveness I was hurt – very hurt. Someone had said an untruth that bothered me tremendously. I felt angry, betrayed and resentful. Everything I said and touched started to turn to stone. My heart became hardened. I wanted to feel the anger – conversations always led back to how hurt I felt.… Continue reading Why are you poisoning yourself?
Why I love the delightful songs of a bird in spring?
Bird – Scribble Picnic It’s Scribble Picnic time again. This week prompt is BIRD. With spring finally arriving here in the Highlands it’s an appropriate time to thing of our feathered friends. I have painted birds before so at the end of this post I will give a gallery of some of my earlier paintings… Continue reading Why I love the delightful songs of a bird in spring?
EMPTY – Five Minute Fridays
I knew I had written on this word before. Here is my post from 2012 with my new thoughts following it. This week’s word from Five Minute Friday is EMPTY. When I first thought of empty I thought negatively – no thing left. Then I started to think that when something is empty something else… Continue reading EMPTY – Five Minute Fridays
Breathe: Five Minute Fridays
Breathe: Five Minute Fridays I can’t believe one week has gone by so quickly. Breathe. Janis. Breathe. That’s what I always tell others when they say they are stressed, angry, frustrated or just plain tired. Breathe. Why do I use that word to help them and me? Because that is what can bring God into… Continue reading Breathe: Five Minute Fridays