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February 8, 2013 at 12:22am
February 8, 2013 at 12:22am
#774196
The February 8, 2013 for "Blogging Circle of Friends Prompt Forum is
List three things you'll never understand.

I will never understand men.
I will never understand why some people prefer loud music over silent meditation.
I will never understand why one neighbor's cat sits on my back fence baiting another neighbor's dog.

Men
I'll never understand them,
I don't have to understand them
to love them.

Thought for the Day: "I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness." - Marianne Williamson
February 7, 2013 at 10:33am
February 7, 2013 at 10:33am
#774110
The February 7, 2013 for "Blogging Circle of Friends Prompt Forum is
What technological device could you not live without?

Technology
is a blessing and a pain
like walking barefoot in the rain.

The one piece of technology I couldn't live without is an indoor toilet. Now I know there are many people who don't consider this a form of technology, but these people have never used an outdoor toilet. They have never had to get up in the middle of a cold winter's night, walked out their backdoor and through the snow to use the toilet. My grandmother had to do this when she was growing up in the late 1800s. I've used an outhouse myself, not in the middle of a snowy winter night, but the experience was almost as bad.

Outhouses smell bad and they attract creatures with six and eight legs. I could survive without any other piece of technology, after all I grew up without computers and cell phones. I consider these forms of technology wonderful and great things to have, but I could handle not having them. However, I'm not sure I could handle not having an indoor toilet; at least, not at 66. I could deal with having to share a toilet with a group of people. I could deal with having to walk down the hall to use a shared toilet, but I don't think I could handle not having an indoor toilet.

Thought of the Day: "The most exciting breakthroughs of the 21st century will not occur because of technology but because of an expanding concept of what it means to be human" --John Naisbitt
February 6, 2013 at 1:42am
February 6, 2013 at 1:42am
#773975
The February 6, 2013 prompt for "Blogging Circle of Friends Prompt Forum is
If you could read minds for a day, would you? Why or why not?

Why should I want to read someone else's mind?
Telepathy is just a waste of time
unless you're mature enough to handle the stress
of knowing humanity's secret anguish
and its haphazard thought processes.

I have to admit that, when I'm driving in Las Vegas or any other city, there are times when I would like to know what the driver ahead was thinking when he/she did something stupid that almost caused an accident. However, I would not want to read another person's mind for even a day because I don't think I'm mature enough to handle the secrets I would learn.

Why should I want to read someone else's mind?
Telepathy isn't like reading a book,
it isn't like following the movement of a plot;
it's descending into the depths of thought
through layers muddied
by ego's passions
and bloodied
by fear and hate

I believe telepathy (mind reading) is possible. I believe that under certain conditions and for short periods every human being can read another person's mind. I just don't think it is something that should be possible for more then a few minutes at a time because of the implications to an individual's mental and spiritual health.

Thought of the Day: "Tact is, after all, a kind of mind reading." - Sarah Orne Jewett
February 5, 2013 at 10:12am
February 5, 2013 at 10:12am
#773916
The February 5, 2013 prompt for "Blogging Circle of Friends Prompt Forum is
Name one of the best decisions you ever made.

One of the best life decisions I have ever made was to declare my belief in Baha'u'llah. I became a Baha'i in the late twentieth century when I realized that Baha'u'llah was the answer to my search. I am not exactly sure when I began my search, but I think it was sometime in my childhood. I did not understand why there were so many religions because I knew that there was only one God.

After I moved to Las Vegas, I heard about Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith. It was when I learned about progressive revelation, that I understood the reason for so many religions. I found out that at periodically God sends a messenger who reflects the Divine attributes to humanity. These messengers, these prophets, came at critical times in history to assist humanity in its next stage of spiritual growth. Baha'u'llah, the latest messenger, declared his mission in 1863 in garden just outside of Baghdad. The Bab, Baha'u'llah's forerunner, whose was also an independent prophet, declared his mission in 1844 in Tehran, Persia (now Iran).

Decisions of faith
affect progress of the soul
in the worlds of God.

Test by test the soul
develops divine attributes
becomes its true self.

Thought for the Day: "Thou hast asked Me concerning the nature of the soul. Know, verily, that the soul is a sign of God, a heavenly gem whose reality the most learned of men hath failed to grasp, and whose mystery no mind, however acute, can ever hope to unravel..." Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writing of Baha'u'llah, LXXXII, page 158-159
February 2, 2013 at 5:15pm
February 2, 2013 at 5:15pm
#773645
The February 2, 2013 for "Blogging Circle of Friends Prompt Forum is
What are three things that you hope people never say about you?


You can say that I am old and gray,
That some of my ideas are passé,
But never say that I am in the way;
Because you see
I'm where I ought to be
On any particular day.

You can say that my thoughts are deep,
Or that I often oversleep,
But never say that I am cheap;
I watch my pennies and my dimes,
This is economical
But it is no crime.

You can say that I am pragmatic,
Or that sometimes I am quite dramatic,
But never say I am dogmatic;
I am willing the change my mind,
At any given point in time,
If your argument is logical.

Thought of the day: "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience." - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
February 1, 2013 at 12:22am
February 1, 2013 at 12:22am
#773499
The February 1, 2013 prompt for "Blogging Circle of Friends Prompt Forum is
Is it ever okay to lie?

Each day we have a choice to make,
Between the truth and a lie,
Which do we tell to ourselves,
As the sun rises in the sky.

Is it ever okay to lie? I can't answer this question for anyone else because I don't know the circumstances surrounding the question ask. Was it a "Honey, do these pants make my ass look fat?" question or a "Honey, why did you overdraw the checking account?" question? A person has to ask him or herself am I lying to protect the other person's feelings or to protect/make myself look good. Whether or not it is okay to tell a lie is between three entities, the two people in the conversation and God.

Thought for the Day: Someday a computer will give a wrong answer to spare someone's feelings, and man will have invented artificial intelligence. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
January 31, 2013 at 6:17pm
January 31, 2013 at 6:17pm
#773459
The January 31, 2013 prompt for "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS is
It's Opinion Thursday. What's your opinion about blogging every day? Is it really necessary or are there other things that keep you writing?
Thank you, Wordsmitty ✍️

life keeps me writing
the wind in the olive trees
contrails in the sky

This afternoon (January 31, 2013) blogging keeps me writing. I'm tired. I spent the morning having a mammogram and knee x-rays. I'm presuming the mammogram will show nothing despite the fact that a few years ago I did have a lump (the doctor found it, but I never felt anything); it showed up as a shadow on a mammogram and it appeared on an ultrasound, but the last mammogram I had showed nothing.

life keeps me writing
fish tank in doctor's office
Las Vegas drivers

I don't know what the knee x-ray will show. I'm not going to worry about it because the only thing I can do, until I see my doctor. Is take pain pill for the pain and hope the knee doesn't go out of joint while I'm walking across a parking lot. As I was saying, this afternoon if I didn't have to make blog entries I probably wouldn't write. I have to post a poem, but since it's already written it doesn't count for today.

life keeps me writing
the neighbor's cat in my yard
a neighbor's dog barks

When I'm not tired and trying to avoid falling asleep at the keyboard, I don't need blogging to write everyday. However; blogging everyday keeps my muse awake. It also help me keep a positive attitude. There are other advantages to blogging every day, in fact there are too many of them to list in this entry.

life keeps me writing
memories of my mother
chocolate ice cream

Blogging Thought for the Day: "Blogging is the new poetry of our time!" Author Unknown * Found on the internet while building Bloggers Market.com in March of 2009 *
January 31, 2013 at 5:29pm
January 31, 2013 at 5:29pm
#773456
The January 31, 2013 prompt for "Blogging Circle of Friends Prompt Forum is
Name a movie that frightened you.

Scary movie always make me pee,
It doesn't matter where I am, you see,
So I avoid going out and buy the CD.

It's been a while since I went to see a movie of any type. Most of the scary movies I've watched are on television, I wouldn't call any of them frightening. All though, some of them have come fairly close and not because they scared me, but because they were so bad. I prefer to watch movies that I think my frighten me on video or on television. If I watch them on television then the commercial break occurs at the frightening parts and this give me a chance to get up or get away from the movie.

Bad movies always make me puce,
It doesn't matter if the stars are cute,
Because bad movies always make me puce.

Thought of the Day: "When there's no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the Earth." - Dawn of the Dead (1978) (George A. Romero):
January 30, 2013 at 2:11am
January 30, 2013 at 2:11am
#773159
The January 29, 2013 prompt for "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS is Serial Experience Prompt PART TWO of the January 29, 2013 prompt
Teach me a LESSON in two parts. The rules are simple: this is an open blog prompt where you can blog about any life experience you desire. The kicker is that it has to be in TWO parts (cliffhangers are recommended and encouraged - make me want to read more!) Open with a problem, take me through your experience dealing with said problem, and end with the lesson you learned (however philosophical or ordinary it may be).

A woman I met, upon finding out my birthday was December 24, was thrilled because she thought that anyone born on December 24 and December 25 were special because those people had a specific mission in life. I couldn't understand then, and I still can't understand, why being born on either of those dates makes a person any more special then any other date. The truth is that if I could have chosen the date of my birth, it wouldn't have been either Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.

As for having a specific mission in life, everyone is born into this world for a reason and has a mission in life. Some people go through their entire lives without finding mission, while some settle on a mission that is thrust upon them by someone else; neither of which leads to happiness and fulfillment. Those who find their life's mission are fulfilled and will find happiness, but it may take a long time to find one's mission in life so a person can't stop looking, can't give up, and can't settle. Another thing about a person's life mission is that it is twofold.

It took me several years before I understood this twofold mission. The first part is to develop my spiritual attributes so that my soul is clothed when my body dies and my spirit pass into the spiritual world. The second part of my mission concerns the age into which I was born and not the date of my birth. I was born in an age of transition when humanity is moving from a cultural and political climate based on nation-states to a planetary cultural. I have to be concerned with the problems of this age, I have to take my duties as a citizen of both the nation into which I was born and those of a world citizen seriously.

One of those duties is to proclaim the glorious future of humanity and of Earth. The pains and stresses occurring to humanity at this point is history are not death throws, but birth pangs. We are learning how human actions on one part of the planet effect (or is that affect) every other part of the planet, including the weather and climate. Humanity is going through the process of maturity and growing up is never easy, just ask any teenager or parent; if there were any other way to gain maturity then most people would chose that rather then the growing pains that precede adulthood. Humanity will survive and prosper, but it won't be easy.

It isn't easy to step outside of one's comfort zone and put aside outdated concepts or beliefs. However, this is what humanity and individuals (humanity at the grassroots level) will have to do. I can testify to the fact that while putting aside outdated concepts and partisan ideas isn't easy, it is possible. It take work and following our intuition (gut feeling) that had developed as part of humanity's survival instinct.

Consideration of the Day: In case you're worried about what's going to become of the younger generation, it's going to grow up and start worrying about the younger generation. - Roger Allen


January 30, 2013 at 12:39am
January 30, 2013 at 12:39am
#773157
The January 30, 2013 for "Blogging Circle of Friends Prompt Forum is
Which natural disaster freaks you out the most?

Which natural disaster freaks me out the most? I'm not sure because the only natural disaster I've had first hand experience with is tornadoes. When I was a child a tornado struck Blackwell, Oklahoma. I'm not sure of the year, but I was in grade school at the time. We had a root cellar, so my parents and grandparents took us into the cellar. The tornado didn't do any damage on my side of town, but it devastated the side of town where grandma's sister and brother-in-law lived. It's strange, in all the years I lived in Oklahoma, which is part of Tornado Alley, I only had first hand experience with one tornado. I remember other warnings and I think I even sighted a tornado a couple of times, but the only one I ever remember touching down close to my residence was the one in Blackwell.

tornado warnings
memories from my childhood
sirens echoing

In Nevada, we have to worry more about earthquakes the tornadoes. I moved to Las Vegas some time in the 1970s, at the time I didn't realize that this was an earthquake prone area. We haven't had large earthquakes, but we have had trimmers. I've felt the trimmers. When we were living in the apartment on Sunrise, I saw the walls of my bedroom move because of an earthquake trimmer. I know that the city could be devastated by an earthquake, but it isn't something I worry about. I'd probably react the same way to tornadoes if I still lived in Oklahoma.

The thing about natural disaster's is that you can prepare for them, but you can't avoid them. You can determine an escape route, you can pack a disaster preparedness kit, and you can say prayers of protection, but you are still at the mercy of Mother Nature when it comes to natural disasters. If a natural disaster freaks a person out that person is more likely to panic. The last thing a person needs to do during a natural disaster is panic because that in itself is dangers and perhaps more dangerous then the disaster itself.

Quote of the Day: "Don't Panic.” ― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
January 29, 2013 at 10:54am
January 29, 2013 at 10:54am
#773071
The January 29, 2013 prompt for "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS is
Serial Experience Prompt: PART ONE - Teach me a LESSON in two parts. The rules are simple: this is an open blog prompt where you can blog about any life experience you desire. The kicker is that it has to be in TWO parts (cliffhangers are recommended and encouraged - make me want to read more!) Open with a problem, take me through your experience dealing with said problem, and end with the lesson you learned (however philosophical or ordinary it may be).

In the beginning, not the beginning of the Universe, the Milky Way Galaxy, or the Earth; but in the beginning of me. Actually my story begins before I was born. Anyway, as I was writing, in the beginning two people met, fell in love, got married, and had sex (this is how I was informed that it went). Eventually I was conceived and nine months later on December 24, 1946 at 11 minutes before midnight I was born in a hospital delivery room in Blackwell, Oklahoma.

I have a birth certificate to prove that I was born. Apparently, in modern civilization an individual needs a birth certificate to prove that he or she was born and a death certificate to prove death. If one have neither then I guess the person or the person's soul is consigned to wander aimlessly between matter and spirit. As it was once believed the spirits of the unburied wandered, which way why sailors begin wearing gold earrings. If a sailor died at sea then when his body washed onto shore he could receive a proper burial.

What, you may ask, does this have to do with my serial experience? The answer is simple or complicated depending on one's point of view, this is how my serial experience began. You see, I was born into Christian society and a Southern Baptist Family. I was born on Christmas Eve the day before one of the holiest days of the year. I was born in a town that, at the time, was referred to as a sundown town (and the reference has nothing to do with vampires or zombies). I was also born with a mission in life, the desire to ask questions, and an intuition that has prevented me from doing too many stupid things that would get me killed before I completed my life's mission.

Thought for the Day: “Our bodies have five senses: touch, smell, taste, sight, hearing. But not to be overlooked are the senses of our souls: intuition, peace, foresight, trust, empathy. The differences between people lie in their use of these senses; most people don't know anything about the inner senses while a few people rely on them just as they rely on their physical senses, and in fact probably even more.” - ― C. JoyBell C.
January 29, 2013 at 12:40am
January 29, 2013 at 12:40am
#773039
The January 29, 2013 prompt for "Blogging Circle of Friends Prompt Forum is
What gets better with age?

This is the riddle each person must answer
Before Azrael's sword sticks it blow
Separating body from soul:
What gets better with age?

For me
it is Love of God.

Each day,
each prayer,
each test
strengthens the connection
between me
and my soul's Immortal Beloved.

Meditation of the Day: "O Son of Being! Love Me, that I may love thee. If thou lovest Me not, My love can in no wise reach thee. Know this, O servant." - Baha'u'llah, the Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah, Part I - From the Arabic, #5
January 28, 2013 at 9:50am
January 28, 2013 at 9:50am
#772950
The January 28, 2013 prompt for "Blogging Circle of Friends Prompt Forum is
Would you rather be super intelligent or extremely good looking?

Would I rather be super intelligent or extremely good looking? If I had been ask this question between the ages of 1 to 29, I would have answered extremely good looking. If I had bee ask this question between the ages of 29 to 59, I would have answered super intelligent and extremely good looking. However, I was ask this question after the age of 60, therefore, my answer is super intelligent .

Brains or beauty,
Beauty or brains,
Which is the best to possess?

Extreme good looks can get a person just so far in this world. Eventually the beauty fades and it cost of keeping those good looks mounts until it becomes unreasonably expensive in money, time, and body trauma. Let's face it, having a lot of plastic surgery has to have a traumatic effect on the human body and the only way for a person to make sure his or her extreme good looks remain until the day of death is to go under the knife or laser (depending on the type of surgery and the advancement of technology).

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder;
Beauty is transitory;
Beauty fades with age.

Super intelligence, barring some physical disease or brain trauma, last until the day of death. Intelligence, when used properly, assist a person in making and in living well. It also helps humanity because the super intelligent person can discover new things and help advance civilization, but the person has to take responsibility for using his or her super intelligence properly. I would rather be super intelligent even though it would mean more responsibility and would bring more tests into my life.

Scary Thought of the Day: Beware the light at the end of the tunnel. It may be an oncoming train. - Author Unknown
January 28, 2013 at 9:18am
January 28, 2013 at 9:18am
#772947
The January 28, 2013: prompt for "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS is
Persuade me (and whoever else reads your blog) why you enjoyed competing in the "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS Do you think you will compete again in future months? Care to share any suggestions for improvement?

Do you think you will compete again in future months? I plan to compete again in the official version, but I am taking a sabbatical during the next unofficial. I will not discontinue blog entries, but I do not plan on making them every day. I will probably cut down to every other day for about a month. I will also continue to write poems and short stories. I have considered taking a sabbatical for a couple of months, but normally change my mind. However, I am dedicating February to getting ready to move to a smaller place.

Care to share any suggestions for improvement? I have two suggest, first is a gratitude entry once a week. Second, a toot your horn entry about something that the writer accomplished either in writing or his/her other (non-writing) life.

Poem of the Day

a cloudy morning
the wind blowing through tree limbs
will it rain today

Thought for the Day: "Our mothers never leave us. Ever." - Brad Meltzer

January 27, 2013 at 1:43am
January 27, 2013 at 1:43am
#772840
The January 27, 2013 prompt for "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS is
Blog. Tell us about your week, include your favorite blog entry from your fellow challengers from the preceding week, and, most importantly, why.

I'm sitting here staring at the screen and wondering what to write. It has been a long or perhaps a short week; the days seem long and the week seems short or is it the other way around. The long I live the shorter the year and the weeks seem, but the days always seem long. No matter how long the day feels there is never enough time to get everything done.

A cup of coffee
and a chocolate cookie
Sunday morning joy.


What blog entry did I like and why? I liked all the blog entries because they are always thought provoking (at 66 my mind needs to stay active) and sometime funny. I am having difficulty deciding on my favorite, so I am not going to decide on a favorite on this last Sunday in January 2013.

The January 27, 2013 prompt for "Blogging Circle of Friends Prompt Forum is
Today's a free day, so blog on whatever your heart desires, and have a wonderful day!

It is a beautiful, damp, and (to me) chilly day in Las Vegas. It was cloudy all day yesterday and it finally rained sometime during the night. I was up until midnight, so I think the weird noises I heard had more to do with a gentle winter rain then with ghost in my house or yard. I did not hear the neighbor's dog bark last night, so they must have taken him or maybe her into the house.

wind in the olive
limbs dancing with their shadows
sparrows are singing


Thought of the Day: There is nothing wrong with curiosity unless you are a cat. - Ronald Allan Richardson
January 26, 2013 at 12:11am
January 26, 2013 at 12:11am
#772746
The January 26, 2013 prompt for "Blogging Circle of Friends Prompt Forum is
You find a big spider in your bathroom. Your next move is to . . .

A huge spider in my bathroom sink,
Red hourglass shape on her abdomen,
A nightmare crawling on eight legs,
Cause chills to creep up my spine.
How do I oust this venomous critter?
No one else is in the house, so I must
Overcome my irrational fear;
Pretend my queasy stomach caused by
Hunger or some twenty-four hour virus.
Overcome my terror and smash the alien
Bitch where she sits.
I'm not a violent person, except when I find
A huge spider in my bathroom sink.

The January 26th, 2013 prompt for "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS
Write a review of an animated film that you've seen.

I can't remember the last film I saw, which was before 2007, much less the last animated film. The closest I come to seeing animated films is watching a Tom and Jerry or Scooby-Doo animated short of the Cartoon channel. Perhaps this year, as soon as I get everything settled with the house, I'll go to a movie.

Tom is chasing Jerry
You'd think that cat would learn
The mouse is more intelligent
At every twist and turn.

Tom's persistence is admirable,
He watches Jerry's mouse hole
He wants to have the rodent for lunch
And he never gives up this goal.

Thought of the Day: If you want happiness for an hour - take a nap. If you want happiness for a day - go fishing. If you want happiness for a lifetime - help someone else. - unknown
January 25, 2013 at 1:12am
January 25, 2013 at 1:12am
#772683
The January 25, 2013 prompt for {item:1786069 }
Forced Laughter and Laughter Therapy
http://www.laughteryoga.org/
Comment on the site, do some research of your own, and write a blog on the topic of Forced Laughter!

They say you learn something new everyday or maybe it's you should learn something new everyday. This is the first time I've heard of Laughter Yoga, but I think it's a good idea. I don't think people laugh enough, if the human race laughed more then there would be fewer wars. Someone once told me that when you laugh you add time to your life, I think she said either an hour or a day (I really hope a day is added to my life when I laugh because I'd like to live to be 100).

Don't just sit there laugh
Take a deep breath and laugh
So that the world can laugh with you

I'm so intrigued by this that I searched the website for a Laughter Club in Las Vegas. According to the website, the Laughter Club in Las Vegas meets the last Saturday of every month. I sent an e-mail and hope to get an answer soon. This sounds like an exercise I can handle without difficulty. I'm supposed to be writing on Forced Laughter; I don't see how it can hurt. I've always thought laughter was a natural human reaction and human beings need to laugh more (but I think I've already said that). Since this is something I haven't yet tried I can't form an opinion on it. I do know that God loves laughter.

Thought for the Day: "Life is like a jar of jalapeños. What you do today might burn your ass tomorrow." ~ Garfield, The Cat (at least I think it's a Garfield quote) http://www.laughitout.com/2009/01/life-is-like-jalapenos.html


January 25, 2013 at 12:08am
January 25, 2013 at 12:08am
#772679
The January 25, 2013 prompt for "Blogging Circle of Friends Prompt Forum is
What comfort measures do you use for your loved ones when they're sick with a cold or flu?
Or, what do your loved ones do for you when you're sick with a cold or flu?

All right, maybe the title is over the cliff, but my Grandmother swore, and she didn't take her oaths lightly, that chicken soup was the best medicine for a cold. The flu, on the other hand, was something you consulted a doctor about. Grandma lived through and remembered The Influenza Pandemic of 1918, so when it came to the flu she took no chances especially when it came to her child and grandchildren.

When any of her four grandchildren caught a cold, Grandma would make a big pot of chicken soup. I don't know whether it cured our colds, but it sure made us feel better. Mom made chicken soup for us as well, but it's my grandmother's chicken soup I remember best and I miss the most. I never could make it exactly like grandma, I'm not sure why; perhaps I didn't pay close enough attention when she was making it or helping me learn to cook.

I have no body
To make chicken soup for me
Or to make it for


My personal remedy for a cold or the flu is jalapeño peppers. I don't use this remedy on anyone else, unless the person begs me on bended knees. A jalapeño has a heat level of 2,500 to 5,000 Scoville Units, which is hot enough for me. I like to mix jalapeño with other foods such as black eyed peas, beans, eggs, and hamburgers. I've never tried putting jalapeño in chicken soup, but that may be something I want to try at some future date.

Thought for the Day: "Life is like a jar of jalapeños. What you do today might burn your ass tomorrow." ~ Garfield, The Cat (at least I think it's a Garfield quote) http://www.laughitout.com/2009/01/life-is-like-jalapenos.html


January 24, 2013 at 3:19am
January 24, 2013 at 3:19am
#772610
The January 24, 2013 prompt for "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS is
Two days ago (Jan. 22nd) was the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade case overturning a Texas interpretation of abortion law and making abortion legal in the United States. What are your thoughts on abortion? (Take a look at the links for information on the case:
http://www.lawnix.com/cases/roe-wade.html
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/abortionuslegal/p/roe_v_wade.htm

1

Choice and faith
is what it comes down to!

Choice and faith are components
of humanity's freewill.

Each individual must decide
his or her stand
on the abortion issue.

2

Sperm and egg mate
become one
create a unique individual;
at the moment of conception
the human spirit,
the human soul,
takes up residence
becomes part
of the human equation.

3

The decision
on whether or not to abort
a human fetus...
a human being...
is the responsibility
of two or three people:
the woman,
her doctor,
and the father
(if he is involved in the concept
of parenthood).

4

I believe
that the moment of conception
is when a human life begins.

I believe
that the life of the mother
should be the deciding factor
in this decision,
but I also believe
that in the final analysis
those responsible
for making this decision
must decide.

5

I chose
to give birth to my daughter
and give her up for adoption;
however,
I cannot make this decision
for someone else,
I can only advise
if I am asked.

Thought of the Week: "Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." - Douglas Noel Adams
January 24, 2013 at 2:40am
January 24, 2013 at 2:40am
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The January 24, 2013 prompt for "Blogging Circle of Friends Prompt Forum is
List your top five strengths.

*Snow1* The first strength is just plain old fashion Bull Headed Stubbornness, which I strongly suspect has a genetic component because it runs in my family. I am not the only one it stopped at, everyone of my siblings and their offspring are stubborn.

*Snow2* The second strength is creativity. Even if I do say so myself, and I do not think I am bragging, I am a very creative person.

*Snow3* The third strength is learning from my mistakes. All right, I have to admit that because of strength number one it does take me a couple or three times to learn from a mistake, but eventually I learn the lesson and can then move on to the next test.

*Snow4* The fourth strength is the ability to follow my gut feeling. This is a strength that I learned to use through trial and error because those time I did not follow my gut feeling, I ended up having problems.

*Snow5* The fifth strength is faith in God.

Thought for the Day: A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight. - Robertson Davies

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