Tag Archives: Choice

Creativity Challenge Day 23

Posted on December 13, 2016 by 1sojournal

Creativity Challenge 23 The Challenge here is to use your creative talent to bring light into the current distress in the world around you, in whatever form that talent takes. Please remember that we are reaching out to a world … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity Challenge Day 23 | Tagged Choice, Creativity Challenge, freedom, John Denver, Law, responsibilities, The Eagle and The Hawk, to live, to speak | 9 Comments

Did You Know?

Posted on November 23, 2016 by 1sojournal

For Creativity Challenge 3: Acceptance https://1sojournal.wordpress.com Did You Know? When you come at me, face red, engorged with passion, mouth spewing, spitting words like bullets, meant to pierce what you imagine is only hard headed, wrong thinking, you frighten me. … Continue reading →

Posted in Did You Know? | Tagged acceptance, Choice, Creativity Challenge, Did You Know?, flee, frightened, mouth spitting, red face, stand | 4 Comments

Musical Notes: Prompt #8

Posted on September 25, 2012 by 1sojournal

Musical Notes: Prompt #8: Final Tuesday Free For All 1. I will put up a musical prompt, but you don’t have to use it. You are free to choose another piece of music from your own treasure trove. Try to … Continue reading →

Posted in Musical Notes Prompt #8 | Tagged Choice, Final Tuesday Free For All, Musical Notes, poetry prompt, We Are The World | 3 Comments

The Underdog

Posted on May 21, 2009 by 1sojournal

I have often thought that the Underdog Archetype should be higher up on any list of such energies. The Underdog is that ordinary person doing extraordinary things. The Underdog comes from behind and through steadfast endurance could still possibly … Continue reading →

Posted in The Underdog | Tagged acceptance, Adam Lambert, admit defeat, affects of quitting, American Dream, American Idol finale, anonymous blip, Choice, comes from behind, definition, despair and depression, despite obstacles, endurance, for personal satisfaction, giving an opportunity, heart, identification, Kiss, Kris Allen, ordinary person, powerhouse vocalist, prove himself, proven star, public recognition, Queen, resignation, soul, steadfastness, strength, top of the heap, Underdog Archetype, unsung hero, Why am I doing this?, willingness | Comments Off

About Bravery

Posted on March 7, 2009 by 1sojournal

In response to Claudette’s Weekly Writing Challenge #6: Bravery #71. I am a coward. A coward is one who does not put him/herself in a place of possible danger, be that physically, mentally, or emotionally. I am terrified of heights, … Continue reading →

Posted in About Bravery | Tagged ability to proceed, beliefs, blog, brave coward, bravery, breaking silence, character, Choice, consequences, conviction, courage, cowardice, excuses, false reasoning, fear of heights, flying, forbidden, hesitation, Las Vegas, Montana, mountains, no matter the odds, novel, numbers on list, opportunity lost, personal truths, San Francisco, speaking aloud, stand up, student, take a stand, writing | 2 Comments

About Heart Day

Posted on February 14, 2009 by 1sojournal

It’s Valentine’s Day, today. As if anyone needs to be reminded. One can’t step inside a store without being hit with the colors pink, red, and white. I think there are two things I appreciate about Valentine’s Day. Those … Continue reading →

Posted in About Heart Day, Valentine's Day | Tagged alone, bah-humbug, better world, biggest sale, cellophane, chocolate, Choice, companionship, constancy, continuity, depression, enduring over time, gratitude, insecurity, joke, judgments, just one piece, lack of knowing, last minute grab, not a fan, obligation, over sized cards, pink, rankles, red, silence, sour grapes, syrupy poetry, teddy bear, Valentine's Day, wearing love, white, writing | 6 Comments

Letting It All Go

Posted on February 10, 2009 by 1sojournal

Have you ever noticed how easy it is to let go of some things? Yet, almost impossible to let go of others? Take personal disciplines, for example. If you’ve been doing it for years and the discipline has become … Continue reading →

Posted in American Idol, Choice, discipline, Letting It All Go | Tagged American Idol, aware and alert, best friend, broken existence, carbohydrates, Choice, choosing, couch potato, crying, daily work, diet, disciplines, dog died, eating plan, emotional support, greased chute, happy, hard work, Journal Writing, letting go, mental images, old habits, paraphernalia, putting on, reality, remembering, scale, Temptation, thin, weight loss, weight loss program | Comments Off

What Did You Say?

Posted on November 1, 2008 by 1sojournal

We all know there is a difference between hearing and listening. We can hear a thing many times before we understand what is being said. When we actually listen, we hear on a different level. I believe that people who write … Continue reading →

Posted in Growth, Journal Writing, Life, Self-Awareness, Uncategorized | Tagged a little writing exercise, best friend, best rainy day friend, Censor, Choice, Drill Sargeant, Editor, hearing, Lady With White Gloves, listening, Little Brother or Sister, Mommy Dearest, Older Brother or Sister, outcome, Pessimist, resistance, statement of fact, Staunch Supporter, tone of voice, Wild Child | 5 Comments

9/11 A Loss of Innocence

Posted on September 11, 2008 by 1sojournal

This is my journal entry from earlier this morning: Anniversary of 9/11 today. Just writing out those numbers brings back the memory of that morning, turning on the TV, and watching in stricken horror as that plane curved around and … Continue reading →

Posted in Choice, grief, innocence, Journal Writing, Life, Memory, Self-Awareness, Uncategorized | Tagged 9/ll, altered, awareness, Choice, common image, compassion, fear, hatred, horror, ignorance, looping film clip, loss of innocence, Memory, plane, reaction, response, shock, stages of grief, trauma | Comments Off

How We Know What We Know

Posted on September 5, 2008 by 1sojournal

There are two primary ways in which we come to know whatever we know. These two avenues often seem like a two-way highway with occasional entrance and exit ramps where we can rest, maybe even loiter for an hour or … Continue reading →

Posted in associations, Choice, Connections, Journal Writing, Knowing, Logic, Objectivity, Self-Awareness, Subjectivity, Uncategorized | Tagged argument, association, back country lane, bridge, Choice, comprehension, detachment, direction, Dreams, feelings, gravel, intersection, Knowing, Life, living, map, Memory, Objective, preference, red and green lights, roadkill, senses, smell, stimulation, Subjective, taste, thoroughfare, thought process, touch, traffic, travel, understanding, writing, wrong turns | Comments Off