Thanks to @lilithsaintcrow I was recently introduced to six word stories.  The concept of the six word story has been around for some time, but it was new to me.  If you’ve never heard of the six word story click here for an introduction and some wonderful examples!

For today’s Wordly Wednesday I decided to try my hand at writing my own.  It was so much fun I wrote several, six to be exact, which seems somehow fitting.  Don’t you think?  I’m calling it my creative writing 6×6.  . . . Continue Reading

The importance of the words we use in everyday communication could hardly be understated.  While body language, context, vocal intonation, pitch, etc. are significant factors in interpreting intended or implied meaning, the words themselves are the common-language root of our vocal communication.  For people in the hearing impaired and Hard of Hearing (HOH) community, however, understanding spoken words can be a constant challenge.  While they may get the gist of what someone else is saying, much of the nuance, and at times the actual content of the message, can be lost in translation. . . . Continue Reading

For Christmas last year my wife bought me a copy of a The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises From Poets Who Teach.  It’s a collection of essays and exercises intended to challenge and inspire writers (not just poets) at all literary levels.  I’ve only recently begun to work my way through it.  Typically I can only make time to do this when the hopper managing my ‘free-time lottery’ kicks out the writing self-improvement ball.  Unfortunately, . . . Continue Reading

I’ve always believed words have much more power in them than most people are willing to give them credit.

With that in mind, I broke new personal ground today by starting my own Wordly Wednesday "thing" (how’s that for a use of words) on Twitter.  Search: #wrdw.  For starters, I’ll be taking an often misused word I hear during the week and crafting a Tweet about it.  I’m not sure how this will turn out or how long it will last.  Consider it an experiment.  My first #wrdw Tweet was this morning.  Go and have a look.  :)

How ironic then that a coworker today posted these powerful words on his corporate blog. Unfortunately, they weren’t attributed so I can’t give proper credit. I wish they were mine, but they’re not. {sigh}  Anyway, here they are:

Watch your thoughts, they become your words.

Watch your words; they become your actions.

Watch your actions; they become your habits.

Watch your habits; they become your character.

Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

There’s nothing more to say.