T L Smith
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I have many interests and a few talents. I have liked to write since I was in middle school. I have not done much with my writing except to amuse my friends. My main focus is on teaching and caring for my family.
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The Path I Am On
When I consider the past, this is what I’ve found. I have seen many places because I get around. There are wonders little known, that I can only best describe as Road Runner brown rock under a perfectly pristine sky. As I drove among these boulders down a steep narrow road, a glimmer of blue appeared below, yet I never slowed. The glimmer grew into a sparkly blue stream so breath-taking and crisp, I thought it was a dream. The dream slowly turned to dread as the vision drew near. As I approached the water more closely, the road disappeared. I kept my pace descending steeply toward the vision, thinking that certainly there would be a collision. Heart in my throat, I continued to descend; then I was relieved that the road did not end. A bridge carried me over the most beautiful, blue flow toward the round, brown rock ahead and below. I have seen winter wonderlands, laced with dark, contrasting shapes. Of buildings poking out of the silvery snow and ice, as well as the trees on which the snow drapes. I have seen the magnificently inviting sea with its pockets of green and blue. So I jumped in to enjoy the tropics as the tourists and natives do. I have seen beautiful places and done amazing things. But people are more important than the things that I have seen.
By T L Smith5 years ago in Motivation
More Than Black-Eyed Peas
“I woke up today, so I must have a purpose.” My friend told me these words one time. So simple, yet it makes so much sense. I have had several major life transitions. Before each transition, I had one major question: What was the purpose of the years that just passed? What do I have to show for what I have just come through? Sometimes I have no answer. Since then, probably once a week, I reevaluate if I am living life on purpose or living it passively. While many people spend the end of the year making resolutions for the year to come, I tend to reflect on the year that has passed to see how I have lived. There is another habit I have begun at the turn of the year.
By T L Smith5 years ago in Motivation
