Tag Archives: good

My Views On the Risk of Someone Stealing My Work

Posted on July 2, 2012 by russtowne

I’m encouraging someone I love who has dabbled with writing to begin blogging. He asked whether I was afraid someone would steal my work. I wanted to share with you my reply: “Not particularly. I view it as a pain-to-gain … Continue reading →

Posted in Attittude, LIfe Lessons, Optimism | Tagged blog, blogging, blogoshpere, good, Love, stories, story, support, writer, writers, writing | 8 Comments

Send In the Cavalry!

Posted on June 30, 2012 by russtowne

As our children got into their mid to-later-teen years, they and their friends used to “hang out” a lot at our house, and usually in our living room. It probably had a lot to do with the fact that My … Continue reading →

Posted in Abundance, Humor, Parenting, True Stories I've Written | Tagged adults, bugler, cavalry, dinner, food, Friend, friends, good, good cook, good kids, leftovers, living, living room, Love, movie, movies, parents, safe, teenagers, welcome | 17 Comments

WAY Too Much of A Good Thing!

Posted on June 12, 2012 by russtowne

On my wedding day 33 years ago I weighed 148 pounds and stood an inch shy of six feet tall. I wasn’t merely skinny, I was gaunt, despite gobbling up huge amounts of nutritionally horrible and calorie-laden junk food virtually … Continue reading →

Posted in Abundance, Growth/Learning, Humor, LIfe Lessons, Observations, Random Thoughts, True Stories I've Written | Tagged barbecue, beloved, cautionary tale, cook, good, good thing, healthy, marriage, nutrition, potato chips, root beer, sandwich, subway, too much, wedding, wife | 7 Comments

Of The Good In You I Can Speak

Posted on May 29, 2012 by russtowne

“…Of the Good in you I can speak, but not of the Evil. For what is Evil but Good–tortured by its own hunger and thirst? When Good is hungry, it seeks food, even in dark caves, and when it thirsts, … Continue reading →

Posted in Courage, Generosity, Gratitude, Inspiring, Making the World a Better Place, Observations, Optimism, Praise, Quotes I Love | Tagged appreciate, centuries, descendants, fellow, food, generations, generous, good, grateful, great, greatness, heart, Hope, humankind, Kahlil Gibran, kind, legacy, live, living, living legacy, medicine, save another, saved, shirt off their back, spirit, spirits, survivors, wonderful | 7 Comments

The Other Side Of Me

Posted on May 27, 2012 by russtowne

I have received a number of great compliments from many of you lately and appreciate every single one of them. A lot. Thank you for taking time out of your day to brighten mine. But there is another side of … Continue reading →

Posted in Abundance, Courage, Friendship, Generosity, Gratitude, Growth/Learning, LIfe Lessons, Observations, Random Thoughts | Tagged arrogant, Baditude, blog, coward, Family, friends, good, goodness, great ideas, greatness, Hero, humble, Life, Love, me, petty thoughts, readers, reading, small, Stinking Thinking, thank you, the other side, vain | 2 Comments

Now This Is What I Call a Blue Light SPECIAL!

Posted on May 18, 2012 by russtowne

When Rankin Paynter found out his local K-Mart was going out of business he bought up its entire invenotry and donated it to a local charity that helps clothe and supply the needy in his community. He could have doubled … Continue reading →

Posted in Abundance, Creativity, Fun Vids, Generosity, Inspiring, Making the World a Better Place, Vids & Stories That Touched Me | Tagged Blue Light Special, charity, clothes, clothing, donated, entire inventory, good, good people, inventory, K-Mart, Rankin Paynter, small town | Leave a comment

Have I Ever Done That or Would I Do the Same?

Posted on May 2, 2012 by russtowne

“No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.” -Viktor Frankl, Holocaust survivor, author, neurologist and psychiatrist. (Seen in Wordsmith.org’s A.Word.A.Day by Anu Garg) I’d update … Continue reading →

Posted in Forgiveness, Generosity, Healing, LIfe Lessons, Making the World a Better Place, Parenting, Quotes I Love, Random Thoughts, Uncategorized | Tagged A.Word.A.Day, absolute honesty, Anger, Anu Garg, children, day they're having, drive, driving, empathy, forgive, good, good surprises, holocaust, Holocaust survivor, honesty, kids, Life, life they've led, mad, parent, parenting, self-empathy, traffic, Victor Frankl, wordsmith.org, wordsmith.org's | 1 Comment

Remember Why You’re Holding On

Posted on March 19, 2012 by russtowne

“The moment you think about giving up, think of the reason you held out so long.” –Michele Serens Mann Sounds like good advice to me! Storms eventually end if you hang in there long enough. In the darkest nights and … Continue reading →

Posted in Courage, Quotes I Love | Tagged advice, attitude, beginnings, brutal, brutal storms, challenge, chang of view, change of attitude, dark, darkest nights, eluded, give up, giving up, good, good advice, hang, hang tough, held on, held out so long, hing in there, hold on, holding on, in front of me, inspired, inspired by memories, light, long time, Michele Serens Mann, moment, new, new days, problem, puzzle, reason, Relationship, simple, simple change, situation, skin, solutions, sounds, storms, sun, think, time, view, warmth, warmth of the sun, you | Leave a comment

The Wrong Kind Of Clever

Posted on March 15, 2012 by russtowne

My latest songwriting project tells the story of a man who must come to grips with the price he has paid for being far too clever for his own good. In a dream he learns the brutal truth and it … Continue reading →

Posted in Forgiveness, LIfe Lessons, Song Lyrics I've Written or Co-Written, Song Updates, Songs I've Written or Co-Written | Tagged bank account, bed, brutal truth, car, chasing fame and fortune, choking, clever, conuest, cunning, darkness, false friends, fame, Forgiveness, fortune, Friend, friends, game, good, grabbed, habits, Happiness, heart, joy, lasting, lasting joy, lies, Life, lifetime, lifetime of habits, long-term pain, Love, loved ones, lover, lovers, Money, neck, need, needs, past, Pleasure, poem, poetry, puzzle, redemption, richer, short-term pleasure, sng, Songwriting, story, The Wrong Kind Of Clever, tomorrow, tonight, trophy, truth, value, Wealth, wreck, your past is just a story | Leave a comment

Too High A Price To Pay

Posted on March 5, 2012 by russtowne

I was recently reminded of a saying that I like and believe is true. It is below, but I’ve taken some creative license with it. ‘There is enough good in the worst of us, and enough bad in the best … Continue reading →