After hitting a writer’s block, actually two (my son’s and my daughter’s) I came up with the following analogies. Unconventional and a bit barnyard, but they seem to be effective. Both kids are now writing pretty cool essays.
Category Archives: Only the Short
Hot Cocoa
When the day ends sadly no matter how hard you tried, hot cocoa and a warm quilt acts as a hug for the battered soul.
Rules to Live By
- Explore and embrace life.
- Read, then read some more.
- Think about what you have experienced and read; then write down your thoughts.
- Share the best; happy or sad share the best lessons of life with someone else.
A Quiet Moment
Do I accept the quiet of my mind, or do I try to form a thought? I think I will allow the quiet to win…
A Time for Change
New Year’s resolutions are made during a nighttime of boisterous revelry when merry making is more important than real reflection. Maybe a better time for making a change might be on Easter morn when the spring sunshine invites calm introspection and the abundance of new beginnings is evident all around.
The Early Bird
They say the early bird gets the worm, but not if the worm store doesn’t open until 10am.
Saith Me… Expectations
Don’t put me on your imaginary pedestal. I am more than capable of imagining one for myself.
A Perk of Having a Teen Driver
When your kids are little, a morning spent in warm sunshine and cool breezes, followed by an hour plus car ride, guaranteed they slept on the drive home.
When they are driving age, you put them behind the wheel and take a nap yourself.
(Note To Concerned Readers: It was my husband who left the driver seat and traded places with our son. I remained in the shotgun seat, trying to avoid taking a nap myself. Not an easy task on undulating, country roads.)
Reflection
Take the time to reflect on the hard work you have done today.
Take the time to reflect on the many blessings you have received through your hard work.
Take the time to reflect on the All Mighty who gives you the opportunity to work, the ability to work and the blessings you receive from that work.
In His name, have compassion for those who do not have the opportunity to work, have not been taught to work, or do not have the ability to work. In His name, all things are possible, but without compassion, in other words – charity, nothing good is possible.
Take the time to reflect… and when you are done be grateful.
Save the Thesaurus
The problem with education today is the notion it must be boring in order to be of value. Too often the excitement is drained out of informative material leaving an uninviting, grey mass for students to digest.
Feeling repulsed by the lack of color, some students turn to the overly technical or highbrow language of a single course of study. Others throw all caution to the wind with the use of slang, sound bites or insulting language, thereby lowering the bar rather than elevating it.
Creative words and phrases are endangered. The thesaurus is a dusty relic on a shelf.
If something does not change, eloquent language will become extinct!
Pithy Ponderings 