HarryH3rd

Tag: writing

  • Champion

    In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. Martin Luther King, Jr. Daily we encounter situations that disturb us in some way. It may be a personal affront or simply a story related to us via a friend, social media, or network news. It elicits…

  • Blessings

    May you live every day of your life. Jonathan Swift This sounds like the beginning of an Irish blessing. Having a small amount of exposure to the writings of Mr. Swift, the similarity was more than likely intentional. But imagine the implications of that experience, to live every day of your life. There is no…

  • Belief

    Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Napoleon Hill The simplest of words carry the biggest ideas. The quote is simple. We each can recognize the truth in the statement. But we all do not believe that we can achieve our dreams. That is the difference between talent and genius.…

  • Live

    Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do the worst kind of suffering. Paulo Coelho Today is the day we live. Tomorrow is the day we seek. Yesterday is the day we remember. If we spend too much time seeking or remembering, we miss living. Waiting for the future, is difficult…

  • The Wind

    I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. Jimmy Dean Life is simple. You set a course and stick to it. Sometimes, often, winds blow to drive us off course. It is the natural rhythm of life. We define a destination and obstacles appear…

  • Definitions

    I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become C.G. Jung Definitions are important. Life is full of experiences. Many of them are successful endeavors and many are utter failures. It seems we choose to dwell on the disappointments. Our failures and the negativity we often associate with them are…

  • My Heart Aches

    My heart aches. It seems impossible but these events continue to happen. Day after day the news is filled with stories of needless violence and the death of innocents. Society gasps and offers a moment of silence but since it does not affect them directly, they go on with their life after offering encouraging words.…

  • Scraps

    I look around myself and I found scraps of incomplete thoughts jotted down on paper or in a document. It seems like my mind cannot commit to completing a thought or formulating an idea or a transition phrase. I think it is more of an indication of where I am as a person. I am…

  • Words

    It is easy to read the quote and understand the power of words. Most of us know from personal experience the affect of words on our psyche when we are most vulnerable. We realize that the intent was not malicious. It may even be more the delivery of the words than the words themselves. How…

  • Often Enough

    Some days the desire to create burns like zinc in my soul. It burns so hot and bright. It is almost blinding. But just like that fire of zinc, it is quickly consumed. There are so many ideas that circulate with in my mind, that grasping onto one and wrangling it into something coherent feels…