There’s more to life than work – as everyone but the Tories and Kim Kardashian knows John Harris

Originally posted on Leaving Oz:
Daddy Matt Going there for the last time,To Chapel Hill,It is smaller now than then,And though I didn’t go inI saw it as it wasLarge and livelyMy grandfather,Daddy Matt,At the kitchen tablePlaying cards, telling storiesChildren laughingAnd the smell of Granny cookingSouthern Fried Chicken and riceSo nice,So long, long ago

Originally posted on Mind of Terry:
An unspoken rule is a rule or behavioral constraint imposed on a group but isn’t written down or spoken about. There are many unspoken rules in our society that we have because they’re mostly associated with the logical action needed to be taken. Some typical rules that you would…
Originally posted on The Sapphire Scripts:
Sept. 4 Why do you think it is so difficult for people to talk about race? There are always subjects that people feel aren’t proper or sensitive issues that may cause a war of words or some form of conflict. Some examples are politics, battles of the sexes, and…
Originally posted on Living Life in a Fish Bowl!:
I interact with numerous people throughout any given week. Sometimes I can go from talking with someone who has just lost a loved one or lost their job to someone who just got married or just got a promotion. Romans 12:15 says, “Rejoice with those who…
Originally posted on Critical Digest Room:
For the purpose of introduction, the self is a common concept that is either privately or generally perceived and conceived. Talking about private or generic perceptions of self, what is the self? Many premises have been laid on this concept. Some view it as a representation of a person.…
Originally posted on Roth Poetry:
Mountain storm passes through Pisgah National Forest Water roars over Looking Glass Falls Thunder booms… Lighting flashes Tons of shale hang out over the falls unfazed by natures fury ***** Today’s Carolina Blue sky embedded on flat rocks Mountain stream gurgles over wet stones polished and shaped over ten thousand…

Originally posted on Grace Begets Beauty:
“Now I know that the best thing I can offer this world is not my force, but a well-tended spirit, a wise and brave soul.” Shauna Niequist, Present Over Perfect The dust has just settled from some glorious time on a vacation away from my phone. It was the…
“And then sort of dabbling. And then it just turns into a habit that you do once a week and then once a day and then, like, twice a day and then, like, without booze. It just became bad vibes.” – Ed Sheeran has spoken candidly about his former drug habit and the circumstances that caused […]

Originally posted on Levant's Agora:
Editor: Li Jiayao. During the more than eight-year war and ensuing years of violence after the 2011 U.S. pullout, more than 200,000 civilians were killed and over 9 million others displaced in Iraq. Much of the country’s infrastructure was also destroyed during the relentless bombings launched by the U.S.-led…