It Has to Start Sometime

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New beginnings are always a great time! I am constantly in awe of the resoluteness one needs for the closing of the door behind to walk slowly but assuredly away from one’s comfort. And then how soon it can be followed by the exhilaration and anticipation of new worlds to be found in the opening of the doors ahead.

This is where I find myself. Wanting… Maybe even needing… to enter a new unexplored world. Yet I still enjoy and find fulfillment and rest in the world in which I presently reside.

Living simultaneously in two worlds… It can’t last forever… But while it does, I will enjoy the ride.

Sunday Poser # 131- People Pleaser?

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Sunday Poser #130 – People Pleaser?

Sunday Poser hosted by Sadie @ Keep It Alive.  Sadie offers a thought of the week to start you writing juiced flowing on an early weekend morning. If you enjoy wise sayings from others, check out what she’s doing. 

This week’s question is…

Are you a people pleaser?

My brilliant answer …

What a timely question, Sadie.

In today’s world with so many diverse options which cause so many political divisions, do I try to please the people I am around? Or do I try to stay true to myself?

I try to be kind.

I try to be welcoming.

I enjoy getting to know people. People from all different cultures and backgrounds.

I try accept each person as they are and where they are in their walk of walk.

Am I willing to lose myself … who I am … to “please” someone? No.

I think people can find common ground and learn of each other and from each other without drawing battle lines that say, “If you believe this, then you are … and I can’t be your friend.”

Insulating yourself in a world that only contains people of your own beliefs, I think, creates a very narrow world for you to enjoy life.

Written for Sunday Poser #130 – People Pleaser?

Fandango’s Provocative Question #212

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Fandango’s Provocative Question #212

Fandango’s This That and the Other hosts Fandango’s Provocative Question as a weekly writing opportunity to allow your mind to travel to unexplored area on argumentative intrigue and oppositional engagement.

This week’s PROVOCATIVE QUESTION …

How do you feel about this topic? Do you believe that gender has a biological basis defined exclusively by chromosomes, genitalia, and internal plumbing? Or do you believe that “male” and “female” are merely socially conditioned behaviors and that gender is purely a subjective experience of identity? What are your thoughts?

MY BRILLIANT ANSWER …

Wow, Fandango. Another one of those polarizing questions. (Yes, I know that the polarizing questions make for the interesting things posted on your blog.)

Thanks for the wonderful, thought-provoking question… But I’ll pass on blogging the topic.

I am sure by choosing NOT to talk about I have probably offended as many people as I would have had I talked about it.

FYI: I love your weekly blog idea. Just because I don’t choose to participate is not relevant to enjoying the blog idea!

Written for Provocative Questions #212.

Share Your World – May 1, 2023

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Share Your World – May 1, 2023

Hosted by pensitivity101.

Each week Share Your World offers its followers FOUR intriguing questions for insightful responses.

It’s a great way to get to know other bloggers! You could give them a try!

THE FOUR INTRIGUING QUESTIONS

The First of May is a Bee Gees Song. Do you like the Bee Gees and if so, what is your favourite track?

What was the first record (single or album) you bought?

Do you know what was top of the charts the day you were born? (You can check it out here source)

Do you and your partner have a ‘special tune’?

MY BRILLIANT ANSWERS

The First of May is a Bee Gees Song. Do you like the Bee Gees and if so, what is your favorite track?

I really didn’t follow the Bee Gees –apparently, I don’t remember any of their songs EXCEPT the ones from Saturday Night Fever. I think we did medleys of those in high school and I remember them from the radio. Other than the Saturday Night Fever songs, I didn’t remember any of them from the list on Google?

What was the first record (single or album) you bought?

Ring of Fire (a 45 rpm)

Do you know what was top of the charts the day you were born?

Do you and your partner have a ‘special tune’?

Written for Share Your World – May 1, 2023.

Sunday Poser #129

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Sunday Poser #129

Sunday Poser hosted by Sadie @ Keep It Alive.  Sadie offers a thought of the week to start you writing juiced flowing on an early weekend morning. If you enjoy wise sayings from others, check out what she’s doing. 

This week’s question is…

Do you still have a desire/ dream that you want to attain?

My brilliant answer …

Wow! What a great question, and very much on my mind at this point in my life.

I have been blessed. I really did write a Goals to Achieve list when I graduated high school and kept adding to the list as a college student.

It was whittled down to the SEVEN goals that were most important to me.

Before my retirement, I had completed them all.

Now, in this new chapter of my life, I am processing what are my future dreams.

Hopefully I can zero-in on the next SEVEN goals for the second half of life.

Written for Sunday Poser #129.

Fandango’s Provocative Question #211

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Fandango’s Provocative Question #211

Fandango’s This That and the Other hosts Fandango’s Provocative Question as a weekly writing opportunity to allow your mind to travel to unexplored area on argumentative intrigue and oppositional engagement.

This week’s PROVOCATIVE QUESTION …

Do you believe that Joe Biden, at 82 shortly after Election Day 2024, is too old to seek that office? What about Donald Trump at 77? Most important, do you think there should be a maximum age set for an individual to run for President of the United States?

MY BRILLIANT ANSWER …

I think all presidents should have to be ‘fit’ for office. (This goes for Congressional people as well!) FIT both physically and mentally.

But there are so many people that now are in office –maybe there always was? – that are there for agenda-driven politics … and it seems that some in the medically profession have become a political arm in America.

So I don’t know that there are ‘high-ranking doctors’ that would actually tell the awkward truth that a president has to step down. The opposing political party would go out of their way to ruin the doctor’s life or attack family members to silence all debate.

So many people have these are My facts lives. A FACT is a FACT. It can’t be a YOUR FACT or a MY FACT.

People have to begin to listen to ALL SIDES of arguments. Especially the sides that are not their personal beliefs. Then, maybe… we can begin acting like a civilized society again.

As far as age… I ma not sure tht AGE is a useful guide. Idiots come from all age groups…

Written for Fandango’s Provocative Questions #211.

Fandango’s Provocative Question #210

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Fandango’s Provocative Question #210

Fandango’s This That and the Other hosts Fandango’s Provocative Question as a weekly writing opportunity to allow your mind to travel to unexplored area on argumentative intrigue and oppositional engagement.

This week’s PROVOCATIVE QUESTION …

Have you been participating in the 2023 A to Z Blogging Challenge, either officially or unofficially? If yes, have you posted daily (except Sundays) without missing a day? If yes (or no) have you made a point of also reading the A to Z posts of other bloggers who are participating? What are your thoughts so far about this year’s challenge?

MY BRILLIANT ANSWER …

So far… I am an abject failure at the APRIL A-Z Challenge.

But I have a theme that I think I enjoy, So (as I often do)I think I am going to step back and reclaim the month of MAY for me to complete my challenge.

Who said that APRIL was the scared challenge A-Z month?

They didn’t ask me!

Written for Fandango’s Provocative Questions #210.

Fandango’s Provocative Questions #209

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Fandango’s Provocative Question #209

Fandango’s This That and the Other hosts Fandango’s Provocative Question as a weekly writing opportunity to allow your mind to travel to unexplored area on argumentative intrigue and oppositional engagement.

This week’s PROVOCATIVE QUESTION …

What’s your claim to fame?

MY BRILLIANT ANSWER …

I enjoy MANY things in life. I am very happy to hop for one thing to the next from Monday to Tuesday. Having a morning task, an afternoon task, and an evening task id a comfort to me.

Written for Fandango’s Provocative Questions #209.

Blogging Insights 3.0 – #7b

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Blogging Insights 3.0 – #7b

Blogging Insights hosted by Salted Caramel. Salted Caramel offers a quote-of-a-sort to respond to each week. If you enjoy wise sayings from others, check out her offerings.

TODAY’S QUESTION:

Are you participating in this year’s A to Z Challenge? If not, have you participated in the past?

What do you enjoy about this Challenge in particular, and what do you think about blogging challenges in general?

MY ANSWER:

I am participating in the A-Z Challenge for 2023. I have participated in the past.

This year, I am BEHIND. The A-Z is usually held during the month of April. For me. This year, I am going to have to complete it during the month of May.

I guess I’m OK with this. I’ll have to be OK or else just not finish it. I sorta like the theme (Yes, I know sorta is not a word) that I have for the A-Z this year. I think that it is a theme I can use in my writing presentations- the Gettin’ to Know Ya section, so I want to complete the theme.

I enjoy writing challenges. They give me a starting point from which to dive.

Written for Blogging Insights 3.0 – #7b.

Blogging Insights 3.0 – #7.

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Blogging Insights 3.0 – #7

Blogging Insights hosted by Salted Caramel. Salted Caramel offers a quote-of-a-sort to respond to each week. If you enjoy wise sayings from others, check out her offerings.

TODAY’S QUESTION (Today it’s a Quote):

“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.” ~ Anaïs Nin

MY ANSWER:

There are so many wonderfully-perfect quotes about writing that I love to read, but that I do not have any personally-applicable feelings toward. I wish I did.

Right now, I am still wrestling with the process of writing every day.

I want to write every day. At least I think I want to write every day.

I enjoy writing. At least I think I enjoy writing.

Well… you can easily see the problem.

Written for Blogging Insights 3.0 – #7.