Category Archives: Life Lessons

July 21, 2016

Freedom – Three Day Quote Challenge – Day 3

By Kat Myrman

This has been a really enjoyable three days. I really do like gleaning for quotes. It gets the brain clicking and inspires. For the third and final day in honor of election season here in the US I chose the word Freedom. Some say freedom isn’t free…that freedom is a right…or that it is never given freely, and must be earned or taken…while others say that it is a state of mind or an attitude: one is free the minute they believe they are. It’s a topic that many have an opinion on including the great minds I’m sharing with you today (I got carried away…there are more than three!). At any rate I hope that on this 21st day of July you have the freedom to be or at least friends and loved ones around you to remind you that you do. 🙂

Thanks again to Elsie for nudging me to take up the challenge. If you decide to post a quote of your own, be sure to ping me. 🙂

Freedom

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July 20, 2016

Impossible – Three Day Quote Challenge – Day 2

By Kat Myrman

Happy Wednesday and welcome to Day 2 of my Three Day Quote Challenge. Today’s theme word is Impossible. I needed a bit of motivation today so I’m projecting a bit to inspire myself. If it inspires you in the process, even better. Sometimes things do seem impossible, but I need to remember these three things and then look Impossible straight in the eyes and say, “Watch Me!”

Have a great rest of your week. For those of us 9-5-ing it…halfway way there y’all. You can do it! 🙂

And as before, thanks again Elsie for inviting me to the challenge. And if you would like to play along…please be sure to ping back at me or post a link in the comments so I can be inspired by your quotes of the day! 🙂 Peace out.

 

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July 19, 2016

WanderLost – Three Day Quote Challenge – Day 1

By Kat Myrman

Happy Tuesday! My friend from “down under” Elsie,  kiwinana from the blog Ramblings of a Writer nominated me for the Three Day Quote Challenge. It’s been a while since I did one of these. Thanks Elsie!

I like to choose a theme for each day of the challenge. Actually, today it picked me, lured me in actually when I was drawn to this quote:

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I love this one. It is so true and speaks to my gypsy soul!

Did you catch the theme? It has to do with wandering…and even getting lost, or what I like to call WanderLost! 🙂 This, of course led me to my next quote…a favorite of mine. In fact I have this tin plaque over the door in my room:

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This is soooo me. Life is an adventure! I really don’t worry when I get lost.  Sometimes I even linger for a bit. You never know what treasures you might find in a strange new place!

Finally, I will leave you with this little gem I found with the help of my friend Google.

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I have to say, this is a new favorite now. I need to post it somewhere I can see it the next time I am laboring over a decision. My heart knows the answer. I just need to pay attention.

Have a great day! I know the rules say that I need to name three people every day to play along. But true to my wandering nature, I think I will throw the invitation out to everyone. This is a fun challenge. Doesn’t take a lot of brain power. Actually, I consider inspiration brain fuel. So if you do want to give it a go…Three Quotes/Three Days, all I ask is that you ping me back so I can be inspired by the treasures you find!

Blessings and Peace! 🙂

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July 16, 2016

Walls

By Kat Myrman

Silly vain humans
build your big walls if you must
life can’t be contained.

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A Haiku for TJ’s Household Haiku Challenge inspired by the prompt words green and fence.

Have a wonderfully wild day! 😊

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July 13, 2016

Never Forget – A Trio of Cinquains

By Kat Myrman
Le Somnambule

Le Somnambule by Marc Chagall

A storm
called Katrina
swallowed The Big Easy
abandoned, desperation in
whirlwind

poison,
death infested,
crested, licking the walls
relentless, inescapable
slurry

beings
young and not so
took to the muck alone
it was every soul for themselves
human.

kat  ~ 13 July 2016

A Cinquain written for Jane Dougherty’s Poetry Challenge based on the painting Le Somnambule (Sleep Walker) by Marc Chagall. When I saw this painting I immediately thought about Hurricane Katrina. This painting represents to me the desperation of the people caught in the storm’s swell and the tragedy of having to leave their beloved pets behind…and the tragedy of our government at the time looking away while the world watched in horror. It was the cat really, who took me there…looking away from the window as if she knew. I used a string of three Cinquains to tell the story. Some things are etched in our memories…for a reason. That we never forget…that we remember so we may avoid repeating the sins of our past. Peace all!

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