Russ Towne's A Grateful Man

Choices

Posted on August 8, 2014 by russtowne

I very rarely listen to or read “the news” from traditional channels. On average their news stories are far too negative (and often politically motivated and slanted) for me. I focus on the positive by investing time to read and follow upbeat blogs and other sites. They are far more likely to inspire me to continue making positive changes than reading or listening to all the negative news about all the bad things happening in the world.

When I experience “news” I rarely feel love and connection, but when I experience posts from or about kind and humble people, my heart heals and my spirit soars.

With Love,
Russ

Posted in Choices, Connection/Connecting, Humility, Kindness | Tagged choices, humility, kindness | 10 Comments

A Glorious Idea: Inglorious Fruits and Vegetables

Posted on August 6, 2014 by russtowne

One supermarket chain proves how easy it is to change the perceptions and actions of people where everyone involved wins:

http://elitedaily.com/envision/food/supermarket-keep-food-going-waste-video/672280/?utm_source=FBTraffic&utm_medium=fijifrost&utm_campaign=CMfacebook

With Love,
Russ

Posted in Breakthroughs, Change, Creativity, Health, Ingenuity, Inspiring, LIfe Lessons, Making the World a Better Place, Stories That Touched Me | Tagged creativity, Europe, France, fruits, glorious, ingenuity, inglorious, story, supermarket, vegetables, video | 12 Comments

A Gang of Kids Badly Beat Three Cops (at Basketball!)

Posted on August 5, 2014 by russtowne

http://blog.petflow.com/breaking-news-secret-footage-catches-kansas-city-police-in-the-act/

With Love,
Russ

Posted in Children, Community, Vids & Stories That Touched Me, Youth | Tagged basketball, community, cops, kids | 2 Comments

When Falling on Deaf Ears is Wonderful!

Posted on August 4, 2014 by russtowne

There are so many great creative ways people are helping to make the world a brighter place. Here’s another:

http://blog.petflow.com/there-is-something-very-unusual-about-this-new-restaurant-and-now-i-really-want-to-go/

Posted in Breakthroughs, Challenges, Community, Compassion, Connection/Connecting, Inspiring, Joy & Happiness, Kindness, Making the World a Better Place, Stories That Touched Me, Vids & Stories That Touched Me | Tagged ASL, deaf, food servers, restaurant, sign language, signs | 7 Comments

Three More Stories Will Soon Be Added to Slices of Life

Posted on August 4, 2014 by russtowne

The non-fiction short story anthology project showcasing the work of eleven writers (so far) is at about 24,000 words and three additional stories will be added soon. Hopefully they’ll bring the word count to 26,000+. My target for this anthology is about 32,500 to 35,000+ words, so there is still space for more writers and stories.

Please let me know if you have any stories you’d like to have considered for this project and/or please recommend writers to me or vice versa.

Thank you.

With love,
Russ

Posted in Anthologies, Non-Fiction, Non-fiction Stories I've Written, Non-Fiction Writing I've Done, Story Writing Adventures, True Stories I've Written, Writing Project Updates | Tagged anthologies, author, books, non-fiction, showcasing short stories, writer, writing | 9 Comments

Many More Opportunites Every Day

Posted on August 3, 2014 by russtowne

I loved this vid, its message, and the looks on the man’s face. I believe you will too.

http://www.viralnova.com/homeless-surprise/#.U93CKpLsws8.facebook

Posted in Beauty, Change, Choices, Compassion, Creativity, Generosity, Goodness, Inspiring, Joy & Happiness, LIfe Lessons, Making the World a Better Place, Music, My Beliefs, Stories That Touched Me, Teamwork, Vids & Stories That Touched Me, Youth | Tagged compassion, creativity, generosity., goodness, music, youth | 13 Comments

5 Things You Should Never Say to an Indie Author

Posted on August 1, 2014 by russtowne

For writers and readers alike. I especially like the info about how readers can help their favorite indie writers.
Russ

Sarahbeth Caplin

The next installment of the Indie Author Life series:

This post can apply to a variety of people, not just authors. Some of it also applies to traditionally-published authors. Bottom line: ignorance of the publishing industry is a daily reality that drives us crazy at best, and makes us wonder why we bother writing at worst.

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