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Seasoned with Salt

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From Colossians 4:5-6:  “Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time.  Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone.”

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Words, each matter

Jesus leading

Seasoned with salt

Prayer feeding

 

Words filled with peace

Jesus imparts

Seasoned with grace

Mercy fills heart

 

Words magnify

Jesus’ teachings

Seasoned with love

Change far-reaching

 

Words quieting

Jesus transforms

Seasoned with faith

Now empty storms

 

Words share wisdom

Jesus’ sixth sense

Seasoned with truth

Gospel’s defense

 

Words new pathway

Jesus affirms

Seasoned with salt

Goodness confirms

 

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From Luke 6:45:  “The good person out of the good treasure of the heart produces good, and the evil person out of evil treasure produces evil, for it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks.”

Writer’s Reflections

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Working through one creative mind

Marking day’s journey with words

Discovering everyday joy

Sometimes thoughts need to be stirred

 

Writing breathes through life’s marathon

Joining one more puzzle piece

Painting another sketch to share

Sometimes thoughts stir words’ new lease

 

Picking one theme to create from

Pouring forth from active voice

Sharing words’ unique perspective

Sometimes thoughts stir sharpest choice

 

Gathering daily momentum

Setting comfortable pace

Harvesting each page filled with words

Sometimes thoughts stir one more chase

 

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Writing Spirit (Haiku Series #239)

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Intimacy with Words

Notebook always close

Springing forth from anywhere—

Writer’s endless thoughts

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Unwavering Journey

Writing with patience

Searching for smallest ember—

Words waken each flame

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Source of Joy

Quiet solitude

Stillness primes another page—

Words come, flowing free

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Something

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Browsing life’s sketches

With another day

Searching for patterns

Something waits to say

 

Framing every word

With another thought

Discovering joy

Something ties each knot

 

Tasting sweet moments

With another page

Blending heartfelt dreams

Something comes of age

 

Leaving nest empty

With another flight

Seeking novel themes

Something waits to write

 

Plotting new sketches

With another scene

Finding new patterns

Something stirs, unseen

 

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Every morning I take a few quick minutes to complete a mini crossword puzzle.  The short journey helps to focus the mind on my next task.  Of course, my thoughts may be pulling together a theme for a new writing sketch as a poem or short story.

John Steinbeck Quotes

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A man without words is a man without thought.

Ideas are like rabbits.  You get a couple and learn to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.

John Steinbeck (1902-1968) was an American writer.  As an author of nearly three dozen books, he was recognized for his ability to bring realism into each one with keen perception and imagination.  In 1962, he earned the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Mark Twain Quotes

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I can live for two months on a good compliment.

No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot.

Samuel Clemens (1835-1910), better know by his pen name of Mark Twain, is often recognized as one of America’s greatest humorists.  Novelist and writer William Faulkner called him the “father of American literature.”  While he was in California in 1865, his literary skills struck gold with the story of “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.”

Writer’s Magic

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Galaxy of words

Waiting to be tapped

Crafting from stardust

Pleasantly gift-wrapped

 

Visionary words

Stirring with brilliance

Enchanting journey

Story’s resilience

 

Wizardry of words

Taking center stage

Spellbinding verses

Poetry’s new age

 

Writer’s gifted words

Singing with passion

Finding fresh magic

Vocal compassion

 

Endless cache of words

Weaving life’s heartbeat

Drafting each new page

Adventure’s front seat

  

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Words Count (Haiku Series #171)

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Quick Reversal

Holding back anger

Bitterness evaporates—

Speak with tenderness

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Being Yourself

Truth and honesty

Always being neighborly—

Words share life’s blessings

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Nothing Tastes Better

Choosing words wisely

Filling each one with kindness—

Sweeter than honey

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God’s Perspective

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From Psalm 8:4-6:  “What are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them?  Yet you have made them a little lower than God, and crowned them with glory and honor.  You have given them dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under their feet.”

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People judging people each day

Empty, hurtful words hunting prey

 

Frozen in polarizing world

Harshest, cruelest comments unfurled

 

Selfish thoughts swarm to harm and crush

Discolor with darkest paintbrush

 

Critique our words and appearance

One voice moves their disappearance

 

Self-esteem sinks in stormy seas

Rising up with God’s gentle breeze

 

God’s perspective always matters

His truly counts, others scatter

 

Listen to Father in Heaven

Divine thoughts arrive to leaven

 

Life’s identity rests with God

Truest actions, never be flawed

 

Hear marvelous news from above

God values us, unselfish love

 

Always, always remember this

God’s perception, never amiss

 

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From Psalm 8:1-2:  “O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth!  You have set your glory above the heavens.  Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded a bulwark because of your foes, to silence the enemy and the avenger.”