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“The gods envy us. They envy us because we’re mortal, because any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we’re doom...

Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? no. Just as one can never learn how to paint. Pablo Picass...

The good life is the well balanced life. “Kvetch” is a wonderful word from Yiddish. It means “To complain but without bitterness” ove...

Writing restores me. The creation of even a simple sentence makes me whole again, whole in a world that takes me apart. To be clear, art, t...

I used to be a tough guy. I wouldn’t walk away from an argument or a fist fight. I would stand my ground in the face of the devil himself. ...

I wasted so much of my life not letting go and it cost me and it cost me dearly.   I wouldn’t let go of the anger I held over the pover...

The first time I hit rock bottom I was 7 years old. The state came to our house one night with the cops and put us in foster homes. The...

Poetry is the language of feeling. Just go with that and enjoy the rest.

“It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing  that makes you happy or unhappy.  It is what you...

I encourage you to change for the better, to experience's a reawakening, but know that in that regeneration that there is a price to pa...

Art for the Pop of It: Josep Renau, Chicago’s Miss Beefsteak c.1960–66

It sounds dramatic but the truth is that it takes guts to believe in yourself. Think about it. From Jesus Christ to Thomas Jefferso...

The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one.  He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness ...

Every now and then stop and reflect on this; the greatest moments of your life will consist of small, nameless moments that flash by.  ...

Don't doubt yourself. Self-doubt is dangerous and has killed more hopes and dreams, large and small, than failure ever has.   Wh...

When I was 17 years old I looked at my life and this is what I saw; a high school drop who attended 8 grammar schools, raised in the fost...

Be careful who you give an opportunity to.  Think it through before you do it because if they fail they will never, ever forgive you f...

It is a great thing, a great thing, to believe in a dream when we are young. It’s also an easy thing to do. But it is a far, far gr...

I no longer a participate in organized religion nor am not a deeply religious person, yet I am careful never wander far from God because it...

Shakespeare: Shakespeare revealed in 20 objects : By Vickie Aldous There are many ways to gain a deeper understanding of William Shakesp...

Do no harm. Treat others as you would want yourself to be treated…and with that said…..always be aware of the unseen dark soul of tyranny...

The old Irish in New York had a saying “It’s better to know the judge than the law” and in that vein, knowing the rules is a good thing, ...

A big blog of Irish Literature: Scaling Ireland's literary heights : By Raymond M. Lane Dublin - Another rainbow formed and then beg...

Here is one key to happiness. I love what I do. I don’t kinda sort like it. I love it.  I love everything about it. This is the o...

Tenacity Here are the synonyms for the word Tenacity. Persistence, determination, perseverance, doggedness, strength of purpose, ti...

I worry about sin, I feel guilty over almost everything and I’m slightly neurotic…….but I don’t worry about it. It’s all the same thing wit...

Your success isn’t hidden away in some place or in a different time, a time to come or an opportunity that passed. Your success isn’t a m...

You are the answer. You decide if your world is a prison or a palace. The good Lord gave you, gave us all, that kind of power. What we do ...

Know yourself and be true to who and what you are. Here’s why…… Your success and your happiness in life are in direct  proportion t...

Live now. Live in the moment. Throw yourself in it. Drench yourself in every drop of now because now is where eternity is. Thoreau, God ...