Category Archives: Observations

Because It Has A Song

Posted on April 1, 2013 by russtowne

“The bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.” (Source: Online Wellness Network) Actually, I believe that singing a song IS an answer to many things. It can also be an inspiration for … Continue reading →

Posted in Cheerfulness, Joy & Happiness, Making the World a Better Place, Music, Observations, Quotes I Love | Tagged answer, birds, dance, inspire, inspiring, observation, Online Wellness Network, quote, sing, singing, song | 5 Comments

Facing The Mirrors

Posted on March 31, 2013 by russtowne

“Life is mostly froth and bubble. Two things stand like stone – Kindness in another’s trouble, Courage in your own.” ~ Adam L. Gordon Source: Diana at http://talktodiana.wordpress.com/2013/03/31/kindness-and-courage/#comment-4301 Thank you Diana. Your post inspired this poem and post. Facing the … Continue reading →

Posted in Adversity, Challenges, Courage, Failure, Introspection, Kindness, Making the World a Better Place, Observations, Poetry I Wrote, Quotes I Love | Tagged Adam Gordon, Adam L. Gordon, courage, Diana, kindness, mirror, mirrors, poem, poetry, quote, TalkToDiana | 7 Comments

“If Only…”

Posted on March 27, 2013 by russtowne

“If Only…” “If only…” he said ‘til the day he died Let regrets drown His dreams inside Paralyzed in the present By mistakes of the past Gave up on living Until dying at last Few words are so cruel Or … Continue reading →

Posted in Dreams, Failure, Observations, Poetry I Wrote, Regret | Tagged broken lives, death, dying, observations, poem, poetry, regret, Shame, shattered dreams | 12 Comments

Choosing What To Follow

Posted on March 26, 2013 by russtowne

“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.” –Rumi (via Online Wellness Network) I like this quote, and my first thought when reading it was that I didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, Believe, Dreams, Following Your Passion, Joy & Happiness, Observations, Quotes I Love | Tagged Love, Online Wellness Network, passion, poetry, quote, quotes, Rumi, spirit | 13 Comments

Detriment of the Doubt

Posted on March 25, 2013 by russtowne

I normally like to think things out And to give folks the benefit of the doubt But there have been times that I’ve found It’s wisest not to hang around When my stomach starts to churn That’s the time to … Continue reading →

Posted in Choices, LIfe Lessons, My Beliefs, Observations, Poetry I Wrote | Tagged back, believe my gut, churn, detriment, Detriment of the Doubt, doubt, Geoff Gannon, good, gut, hat tip, instinct, knocked on my butt, poem, poetry, stab, stab in the back, stomach, too good to be true, true | 11 Comments

War No More

Posted on March 24, 2013 by russtowne

I think I’ve found a cure for war So young men and women need die no more If anyone must fight and die Let’s make leaders answer their own battle cries Instead of reasons to go to war They’ll say, … Continue reading →

Posted in Observations, Poetry I Wrote | Tagged battle cries, cure, leaders, poem, poetry, war, war no more | 12 Comments

A Life So True

Posted on March 23, 2013 by russtowne

They say war is Hell and it’s true But even in war there are rules You tend to know friend from foe But in gossiping anything goes No one is safe from whispered words Spoken when one’s back is turned … Continue reading →

Posted in Gossipping, My Beliefs, Observations, Poetry I Wrote | Tagged fools, gossip, gossipping, hell, poem, poetry, stab, true, war, war is hell | 5 Comments

Alignment

Posted on March 22, 2013 by russtowne

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. – Winston Churchill (Source: Friends Mark and Zach posted this) I believe that a key attribute of success is indeed the ability to go … Continue reading →

Posted in Adversity, Challenges, Failure, Following Your Passion, My Beliefs, Observations, Quotes I Love | Tagged Actions, alignment, failure, heart, quote, spirit, succes, vison, Winston Churchill, words | 3 Comments

Choices

Posted on March 21, 2013 by russtowne

“Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you – not because they are nice, but because you are.” — Unknown via Let’s Be Positive Together “Every day brings a choice: to practice stress or to practice peace.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Choices, Observations, Quotes I Love | Tagged choices, Joan Borysenko, Let's Be Positive Together, nice, positive, quotes, rude, rudeness, sayings, smart, tinybuddha, together, wise, wisely | 6 Comments

I Changed My View and It Changed Me

Posted on March 20, 2013 by russtowne

There were times many years ago when I thought my friends had abandoned me. I was wrong. I had only thought that they and I were friends. I hadn’t really been much of a friend to them so I shouldn’t … Continue reading →