Day: September 2, 2020

Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge Sept 1, 2020

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Go Dog Go Café

Devereaux Frazier and Beth Amanda are currently hosting the Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge which was started by our star writer Christine Ray. We hope to offer all of you something that will spark your creativity and willingness to participate.
The prompts are designed to be quick challenges that can be written in 10 to 15 minutes,  inspire you creatively, are fun, and get everyone interacting.  Please post your response to the prompt in the comments below and show your fellow posters some love and support.  All members of the Go Dog Go community, including Baristas, are welcome to participate.  Feel free to share this post on your own blogs and/or Facebook.

Today’s prompt: into fall’s hands

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How To Deal With Toxic People

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Be Inspired..!!

Your life is yours to live. Life is too short to waste it being someone you’re not, doing things that don’t make you happy, and spending time with people who are posionous to your self-worth. By stepping away from unhealthy relationships we make room in our lives for new, better connections. We renew our hope, restore our freedom and open ourselves to fresh possibilities.

Here are how you can deal with toxic people :

Be Prepared

  • Mentally prepare yourself for an upcoming encounter with a toxic or belligerent person. It can be a simple as taxing a few deep breaths and reminding yourself how awesome you are to rehearsing key lines you can say to remain calm while standing your ground.
  • If an encounter with a toxic person is avoidable, avoid It! For example, if you see a co-worker headed your way who only wants a listening ear for his…

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Sunday Writing Prompt – 30th August – Discovery

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Keep it alive

Michael is the host of Sunday Writing Prompt this week
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This week write about a discovery.

It could be one within your experience, something about yourself, discovering love and or heartbreak, a place or person you visited that exceeded expectations or a fantasy discovery

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Discovering myself

Life is a journey of discovery

Being born totally clueless we start to learn

Step by baby step we gain the knowledge of living

Listening and understanding, then learning to say words

The school teaches us much more and yet we desire more

Knowledge that can be gained by higher studies or working experience

But this process of discovery should never stop

There are still a million things we need to find out

About the world and people around us and better still

We can explore our own selves and the mysteries hidden inside of us

Contrary to what we think, we really…

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my little red heart

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Update on our Dear Friend Drew!!!

The Lonely Author

my little red heart

This little red heart has been my loyal companion. She helped me through every cough and sneeze. She even rests on my chest as I sleep at night.

Doing well. I am past my little bout with pneumonia.

Walking everyday in an attempt to build up my strength and honestly, it is like starting all over again. Just taking life one step at a time.

Thank you all of your kind messages and wishes.

Anxious to reconnect with all of you.

Have a great week.

❤️

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