Tag: dailyprompt
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Have you…
What is one question you hate to be asked? Explain. Got any money? Just ten dollars? I could really use it until the end of the week. I’ll pay you back from my next check. I’m only asking for a little. Can you spare some cash? I get asked that questions far too often from…
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Trouble with Women
How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? The primary large failure that I have endured is the fear of women that kept me out of relationships and in a few cases sabotaged the relationships I did manage to start. When I was young no one expected me to be…
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The First Line
You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence? The first line of the autobiography I am working on is, “I have read many things that people call scripture.”
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Only the Essentials
There are three things that no human being can live without. They air, water, and food. Some of y’all are probably answering cell phones, or TVs or cars. But you’d be okay without them. Try not breathing for a few minutes and you’ll know what I mean.
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My Kids and Their Autism
What experiences in life helped you grow the most? I was a very free man when I met my oldest son for the first time and knew I had to take some responsibility. It was the beginning of a journey into understanding brand new human beings and realizing how much like me they were. Three…
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What We Choose Is What We Become
Do you believe in fate/destiny? I believe that the choices we make shape our destiny. We cannot go back and change the past so the choices we have already made are part of that destiny. Sickness, old age, and death are unavoidable. Those are part of the destiny of every human being. But we each…
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Disabled Adult Children
Do you enjoy your job? Two of my sons are disabled adults. My wife and I love them and will care for them as long as we are both able. We are currently getting reimbursed for their care. That is my “job.” Changing diapers every day is awful but at least I don’t have a…
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Remembering Dodge
Describe a phase in life that was difficult to say goodbye to. I’ve written about what I call the Dodge Street Standard before (read here). It was a time in my life that I was very free. I was also very poor and alone most of the time. I had the essentials. I had my…
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Being Someone Else
If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why? As I contemplate this question I can think of a few people right off the top of my head. It would be amazing to live for a day as Jesus Christ or Joseph Smith Jr. Mohamed and Gandhi are also…
Latter Day Sinner 