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Let’s Revive Common Courtesy!

Filosofa's Word

Today is National Common Courtesy Day, according to the National Day Calendar folks.  According to their website …

National Common Courtesy Day on March 21st serves as a reminder of the behavior that keeps society from melting into a sea of madness. In addition, the day brings awareness to how crucial common courtesy is in our lives and provides examples to help us improve.

In the Merriam-Webster dictionary, courtesy is described as a: behavior marked by polished manners or respect for others: courteous behavior b: a courteous and respectful act or expression.

Common courtesy can be as simple as saying “please” and “thank you” when asking for and receiving a service, gift, or assistance. Kindness and courtesy go a long way and are noticed by others even if you do not realize it. Letting someone in front of you in traffic is easy. Hold open a door for someone…

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He notado

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA

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A quienes se marcharon de este mundo

He notado, esta mañana, al despertar, que la vida pintó las frondas de los árboles e insertó hojas de intenso verdor y talló las innumerables cortezas, decoró los paisajes con flores de bellos matices y exquisitas fragancias y texturas, colocó los helechos a la sombra de los bosques, conservó los plieques turquesa y jade del océano, acumuló incontables gotas de agua para formar espejos en los lagos y reflejar la profundidad del cielo o pasear y regalar sus encantos por medio de las cascadas y los ríos. He notado, al amanecer y retornar de mis sueños, que la vida, conmigo o sin mí, continúa su sendero, abundante y sin apegos, iniferente al empleo que se haga de sus movimientos y de sus pausas. He notado, también, que la flora y la fauna…

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What We Say (and how we say it)

The Twisting Tail

Madness is rare in individuals – but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Can you use it in a sentence:

Charientism is a way of life


Lune: the ancient art of insults

You will never know
For certain
charientism cares


To
Forgo
charientism
Is to
unveil
Mass hysteria


charientism:

An artfully veiled insult



Can you use it in a sentence:

I bombilate in the shower regularly


You
Discombobulate
When you
bombilate

I
Percolate
Become
Irate

Nothing is said
But still
The sound of you
Is in my head


bombilate:

To loudly hum or buzz continuously


According to the Oxford English Dictionary there are 171,476 words in current use. (That means there are examples of each of these words being used recently)


Can you use it in a sentence:

These dentiloquents are grinding me down


These dentiloquent speeches
Clenched by rigidity
Lack comfort and ease

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My Life is a Desert by Dawn Pisturino

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My Life is a Desert

by Dawn Pisturino
site: http://www.dawnpisturino.wordpress.com

My life is a desert. Big and brown and empty.
A chill wind blows sand across my heart,
burying it forever.

Cactus needles pierce my feet and hands,
making the blood flow red.
I place the Crown of Thorns upon my head.

Broken and bent, I ascend the Cross.
Hanging like rotten fruit from a dead tree,
I gaze across the barren landscape and cry,
“My God! My God! Why have You forsaken me?”

@Dawn Pisturino

Gabriela Marie Milton
#1 Amazon Bestseller Author
Books:
Woman: Splendor and Sorrow :I Love Poems and Poetic Prose
Passions: Love Poems and Other Writings
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