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Dearest Diary: I Have Never Been Intimate With You! - Christofer French
Dear Diary: I never took you up. Yes, I was probably afraid of writing down intimate events, faults or situations. Then, in the fury of youth, when I was young, I didn’t take you up as an exercise. I was afraid I was sure I would miss something – something pretty, something drop... Submitted 137 days 4 hours ago.

Dear Diary - - The Old Gray Mare
Life is a series of busy days and a whirlwind of excitement for the young teenager as she starts classes in her new school. She wants desperately to get top marks and make good on the promises she wrote in her diary - her goals have been set high and she intends to meet each one. The Diary is her... Submitted 138 days 22 hours ago.

Where Were The Right Answers When All The Wrong Ones Were Coming At Me - Susan Thom
What made me think the wrong things to do were right, and the right things to do were wrong? Why did others know different? Was it in their character? Their upbringing? Or my choice? How do any of us know for sure if we ware making the right decisions? Most of the time, I suppose we can tell by... Submitted 139 days 4 hours ago.

I Did What I Knew How To Do, And The More I Know Better, The More I Do Better - Susan Thom
I believe shame is the most harmful of emotions. To feel ill towards your inner being, outer shell, and thinking process of your own mind, is to bring yourself to your knees. Second guessing our decisions is good for future growth, but obsessing over bad choices is only harmful to our health and... Submitted 140 days 6 hours ago.

You Probably Think This Article’s About You - Brianna Popsickle
I wasn’t a writer. I only started writing as a favour to a friend. He needed someone to write the women’s portion of a website he was developing. Two years later the site’s gone, but I’m still here and still writing. I don’t write about government or the economy. I... Submitted 143 days 5 hours ago.

Adjusting To The Second Half Of Life - Susan Thom
At fifty five, this is definitely the second half of life. Let’s just say, "I aim to do better!" Personal development! And about 20 years already of that personal developing! Now it appears it’s time to put lessons learned to the test. Am I really wiser? You know, I believe I am!... Submitted 143 days 5 hours ago.

Emotions! I love Them! Let 'Em Out, That's What I Say! Down With Repression! - Jennifer Stewart
There’s the kind of miraculous aspect to searching for solution, or just wanting it. Solution to anything that’s unsatisfactory. Sometimes that's all I’ve been able to do – want it, I mean. I haven’t had a clue how to actively search for it. But I didn't have to know... Submitted 143 days 14 hours ago.

Where Did You Open Your Eyes First? It Shouldn't Matter - - HyunSoung Kim
This, that, this and that... Open your eyes, don't close it when the other thing comes which wasn't the first thing you saw. Each and every offers the same teachings, guidelines, principles. It is just wrong when we don't offer even a thought about them, it is just wrong if we close our door for... Submitted 145 days 18 hours ago.

The Evolving World - - David Tanguay
“ Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced” James Baldwin When we come head on with complications, we can and should change an unpopular stance with what we consider a more favorable outcome. Yes we face many problems everyday in our... Submitted 149 days 13 hours ago.

You Know You’re Getting Old When . . . - Brianna Popsickle
Everyone reaches that point when they recognize the fact they’re getting old. For some it’s when they turn forty, for others it’s when they lose their hair or their kids leave home. I’ve recently reached that point . . . As much as I tried to ignore the swelling on... Submitted 151 days 2 hours ago.

We are all Passengers onboard Planet Earth - - David Tanguay
“ Reexamine all that you have been told in school, or in church or in any book. Dismiss whatever insults your soul .” Walt Whitman Nurtured in society, we learn a great deal about the world and ourselves. Our entire educational curriculum derives from other people’s teachings... Submitted 152 days 9 hours ago.

How I Terrified Myself out of a Depression - - Ingrid Weir
I tried to keep it a secret for a while, but I finally couldn’t anymore. I have been going through hell on earth for the past couple of years. It seemed as though every time I would pull myself out of something, another thing would rear its ugly head. Determined to fix it, I challenged... Submitted 153 days 10 hours ago.

The Only Way Past the Wall of Fear Is To Walk Through It - Jennifer Stewart
Life’s a bitch. I thought that having overcome my fears about my writing meant it would be like that in all areas of my life. It turns out I was wrong. As a child my biggest dream was to be a pianist, and also a vocalist of some sort. But I learned to believe I wasn’t musical enough... Submitted 153 days 11 hours ago.

Filters and Personal Agendas - Dianne Lehmann
I still think that Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi should have seen past the makeup, hair and costuming to realize that Padmé was in reality Queen Amidala. They were Jedi Knights for goodness sake. Cognitive psychology is a subdiscipline of psychology that explores internal mental... Submitted 154 days 5 hours ago.

Freedom is not Free - - David Tanguay
“ Human history begins with man's act of disobedience which is at the very same time the beginning of his freedom and development of his reason .” Erich Fromm According to the bible, Adam and Eve’s act of disobedience by eating from the forbidden tree, cast out from the... Submitted 154 days 10 hours ago.

Big Cause For Celebration - Getting Beyond Just Being A Dreamer - Jennifer Stewart
Finding a balance between the reality of my circumstances as they are at the moment and that other kind of reality, where I can go to in my imagination about where I want my life to be has always been a challenge for me. If you let yourself dream big and you have low self esteem and lousy... Submitted 154 days 17 hours ago.

When One Lets Their Soul Evaporate, There Is No Hope - Susan Thom
When one holds compassion in their heart, understanding in their mind, and mercy in their soul, they can overcome almost any adversity. These attributes provide strength where there was weakness, and love where there once was hatred. However, once someone pities themselves and considers... Submitted 157 days 3 hours ago.

Life is about Creating Ourselves - - David Tanguay
“ We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains.” Anne Sullivan The chains that bind us and keep us slaves of an existence we try to free ourselves from, we avoid change for we fear what change may bring into our... Submitted 161 days 13 hours ago.

The 21st. Century A new day - - David Tanguay
The 20 th . Century presented to us challenges, opportunities and many options to become successful. In this country, the American dream of coming from rags to riches was quite prevalent. In the beginning of the 20 th .Century with the coming of the automobile, airplane and inventions galore... Submitted 166 days 13 hours ago.

Sometimes, When You Think You Are Done , It Is Just The Edge Of Beginning - Susan Thom
Sometimes, when we know we are nearing the end of an experience, a situation, or even a relationship, we start to panic, or become fearful. When we start to touch on something real, perhaps something personal, we tend to become afraid of what lies ahead. We may end something before we even begin.... Submitted 167 days 2 hours ago.

No More Sailing - - David Tanguay
“My idea of Hell is to be young again .” Marge Piercy Some of us reminisce about our youth and find many memorable events that bring us pleasant recollections of the times we had when we were young. However, being young and naïve to the facts of life can and does bring us... Submitted 168 days 15 hours ago.

Be Good Regardless - - David Tanguay
“If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.” Albert Einstein I have nothing against people who go to church every Sunday to worship God. However if our actions during the course of a day whether good or bad are derived... Submitted 177 days 12 hours ago.

Challenge and Controversy - - David Tanguay
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” Martin Luther King, Jr. In our comfort zone i.e., when all is going well in our lives these times do not make up our character... Submitted 182 days 12 hours ago.

The Importance Of My Friends - Joel Hendon
The older I become, it seems the dearer and more cherished are my friends, both current and throughout my life. I cannot remember any actual friends before my school years. But I look back now and am shocked to realize that I no longer know but one first grader with me who is still alive. He was... Submitted 183 days 5 hours ago.

Picking Up With An Old Friend - Brianna Popsickle
“Ya’ll don’t have any of this in the back room do you?” she asked, holding up the last bottle of Justin Bieber perfume. I noticed her accent and asked where she was from. She was shopping in the boutique where I worked. “Houston, Texas,” she replied. I... Submitted 187 days 12 hours ago.