Are you clutching the bit of financial security and certainty that you still have in hopes that the wind and the rain of this financial storm will end? If so, you might soon find yourself beating on the door of the proverbial ark which is being constructed by those who have effectively read the signs of the times…

All my life they said I was going down
But I’m still standing stronger proud

Do you ever feel guilty because you hate to have an alarm clock wake you up before you’re ready? Or how about being disgusted at the idea of having a boss who tells you what to do and when to do it? Do you feel like there’s something wrong with you because you don’t want to work a job with a strict schedule? You might even feel like you’re irresponsible for sometimes wanting to walk away from it all and take a day off because it just “feels like the …

We human beings are emotive creatures.  Our existence is defined by creation and expression.  It’s who we are.  It’s what makes us tick.  For thousands of years, that compulsion to create and express has found its outlet through writing.  From the earliest ancient etchings found on rocks and cave walls, to the tapping of computer keyboards that we are familiar with today, writing has formed an integral part of our experience.  As it turns out, there are wonderful benefits to writing, whether they are defined or not.
Physiological response – …

There once was a boy named Johnny in a town called Slothville.  A spoilt and undisciplined little kid was he.  Johnny had a sweet tooth something fierce, and loved to stuff his mouth full of candy.  He especially loved MnMs, and he especially, especially loved them when he didn’t have to do chores or use his own pocket money to get his hands on them.  He couldn’t stand the sight of others eating them when his stash had run out.  So Johnny spent hours and hours cooking up ways to …