Day: November 8, 2018

Pay It Forward Thursday- November 08, 2018

~ thereluctantpoet

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Pay It Forward 7-4-2018

The baristas at Go Dog Go Cafe are big fans of Pay It Forward Thursdays. We think it is a great opportunity to give a shout-out to another writer who has wowed us or creatively inspired us.  However, Pay It Forward Thursday has not been getting a lot of love lately, which we think is a shame. Dear reader, you are losing out on some great writing! We’ve decided to shake things up a little and the baristas will be reblogging our Pay It Forward picks for the week directly onto GDG Cafe so you don’t miss out on our favorites.

We like this idea so much that we will also reblog the posts you think were the best thing you read this week if you drop a link below. You are invited to post one link to one specific post (600 words or less please!) from someone…

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A Life of Blessing

~ thereluctantpoet

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A life of Blessing?

She pondered, as she sat there

Watching the news

Tired of their narrative

their false truths

Listening to the young person

Who feels oppressed?

Living off of their emotions

Of their perspective abuse

The trampling and dumbing down  of freedoms

They don’t understand

For the true sacrifice given

Yet, she only hears the temper tantrums instead

Yet. . . . . . .

A hope still glimmers

Along with life and liberty

Not sure why many are so blind

Perhaps they need

To embrace a different country

For proper comparison and truth

That they live

A life of Blessing indeed

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Thirty minute sketch

~ thereluctantpoet

Shari Blaukopf's Sketchbook

It’s been frustratingly difficult to sketch outdoors these days. We’ve had a lot of rain over the past few weeks, and the rainiest days seem to coincide with my free time before or after class. Last week I had a long break but it was pouring outside and I just wasn’t in the mood to sketch in a café. And then there was the day when the weather was good and I had a short break, but I forgot my palette of paints. Ugh. I ended up drawing in ink but it just wasn’t the same because the trees were bright yellow and I painted them grey. Today I had about thirty minutes on my way to school. I sketched directly in pen, and I don’t think the perspective is quite right because I was rushing so much, but I was happy to sketch that bright yellow tree before all…

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The dream of all dreams

~ thereluctantpoet

Keep it alive

Dreaming of dreams

Dreams of love

Dreams of happiness

Happiness of love

Love of life

Life of beauty

Beauty of love

Love of humanity

Humanity and humility

Humility and kindness

Kindness towards all

All that surrounds us

Us and all the people

People who are in need

Need, poverty and terror

Terror for their lives

Lives that are precious

Precious, week and hoping

Hoping for us to awaken

Awaken from our dreams

Dreams of idealism

Idealism needs actions

Are we ready to act?

Written in response to the

November writing prompts

from:

#Puttingmyfeetinthedirt.

#Keepitalive

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