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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

In With the New!

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If you are reading this, be grateful for seeing another “new” year. We wrapped the previous year up with memories of good and sad, then stored them on the shelf with lessons learned in front of a slingshot of hope. Thank you, my dear friends, new and old. Your precious presence and friendship encourage me to be a more compassionate, productive, and better human being.

May love continue to fill your hearts and may your hearts burst forth with a light that shines brightly for all to see. It’s a new day, a new month, a new year, a new time, a new attitude, and a renewed purpose!

#TimetoRiseAndShine

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DO PEOPLE EVER LIE TO YOU?

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If so, what do you do?

Possible responses:

Ask for identification of everyone present??

Yes, but…What do you do when a tv conglomerate credits you with one cent so they have an open account with you?

Or when an electric conglomerate lets two fly-by-night companies both bill you for the same services, covered beneath their own?

I usually don’t speak up when friends lie, since I can understand their not-always-negative motivation. Tell me, did you ever feel apologetic for taking so long to die? Or not asking questions because it might cause the other embqarawssment (or further lying?)
By the way, the “new system” — either Word Soft or Word Press’s–will tell me “embarassment” is misspelled but won’t offer the correct spelling. I wonder what balliwick that’s under?

I don’t mean to trick you into my gripe session…”Honestly?” Back to being lied to: I encourage your response, if that’s still…

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A man won’t be shot while doing the dishes – a reprise post — CRAIN’S COMMENTS

Originally posted on musingsofanoldfart: Staying married takes effort. The same could be said about any relationship. If you don’t work at it, it won’t last. The title is a funny, but true metaphor that will keep you married – if you do the dishes, even if only periodically, you at least will survive another day…

A man won’t be shot while doing the dishes – a reprise post — CRAIN’S COMMENTS