Fame! I’m Going To Live Forever….

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photo credit: prayitno Instead he went out and began to talk freely, spreading the news. As a result, Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in lonely places. Yet the people still came to him from everywhere. ~Mark 1:45 During my preteen and teen years, my bedroom walls are plastered with posters of pop music artists whom I adore. Idolize even. Oh, what I wouldn't give to meet just one of them! My adolescent fantasies hope, wistfully, that I, too, can one day be as … [Read more...]

A Thousand New Roads

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One of  the key words from my vision for 2012 is Create.  As I look back on the last two months, I realize that creativity is beginning to take on various forms for me. I took the brave step of moving from Blogger to Wordpress, so in a sense I re-created Everyday Gyaan.  And then I created a new blog - Everyday Photographs. I'm very new to photography but it's something I do want to pursue further, so that blog is the space to do it in. I found that I'm constantly getting new ideas … [Read more...]

Why Do We Stay?

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    My thoughts today were spurred by a recent post that Corinne had written: “Letting The Hens Be”. For anyone who read this, you realize this had nothing to do with chickens. But the message was a serious one and for me, a cause for reflection. I have ‘tolerated’ much in my life, and as I get older and wiser, I find myself asking “why did I allow myself to tolerate the misery I experienced in my life?” Of course, in anyone’s life we have experiences that are … [Read more...]

Is Comparison Good?: Announcing A Blog Hop

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  The other day I put up a graphic with these words on Everyday Gyaan's Facebook page and asked for comments. I got a few. One long and interesting one came in from Dangerous Linda. After she had stated her views she asked for mine. I said that I was waiting to turn all the comments in to a post. That's when she came up with a brilliant idea of a Blog Hop on the subject. So on March 1st Linda and I will be posting our views on this. We've decided to take opposite sides on this. The Blog … [Read more...]

Letting The Hens Be

photo credit: MaretH.  A farmer brought his brother to see the psychiatrist. "My brother," he explained, "thinks he's a hen." "Really," said the psychiatrist, "and how long has he been thinking on those lines?" "For about four months," replied the farmer. "And you did nothing about it?" "No, Doctor." "That's too bad. Why in the name of all that's reasonable, didn't you bring him to see me sooner?" 'Well, to tell you the truth, Doctor, we needed the eggs." ~ Reader's … [Read more...]