If My Words Could Speak

the musings of a peculiar poet….

(Original post from Down the Rabbit Hole by VMS – July 28, 2009, Revised August 2013) Anyone down there listening???…. We live in a society that embraces the quick fix. If it takes more than a minute we don’t want it! This mind set is a destructive one. It feeds into the notion that diligence …

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  “Humility needs no other voice. It can speak for itself”. ~~~ Vertelle Marie       Copright © 2013 All Rights Reserved VMS

Yes it is me… the peculiar poet… with my rambling musings…. o_0  I am coming at you guys a little different because I can! 🙂 No seriously — I have taken yet another break not to find myself as it were, but to focus on school, work, school and work… need I say more? I …

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As a culture, we rely on our strength to get us through. It is startling to know what we really feel about showing our weaknesses. Many of us were raised that we should only show our strengths and to display any form of weakness is a definite sign of poor character & lack of leadership. …

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…Is VMarie??? Yes, Yes, and Yes… I have been at it again. I am here! Really I am. I offer no excuses 🙂 I can give you a ton of reasons .. but I will not … No I won’t! 😛 I will say this when it rains it pours … and this rain is …

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The Word of the Day: TRANSFORMATION trans·for·ma·tion [trànsfər máysh’n] (plural trans·for·ma·tions) noun 1. complete change: a complete change, usually into something with an improved appearance or usefulness Microsoft® Encarta® 2006. © 1993-2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. From the Greek metamorphoō met-am-or-fo’-o From meta (met-ah) and morphoō (mor-fo’-o); to transform (literally or figuratively “metamorphose”): – change, transfigure, transform. …

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For those of you who don’t know … I live not too far from the epicenter of the 2011 East Coast earthquake and on the outskirts of Ms Hurricane Irene…  My plan around Day 25 or so was to end  by giving everyone a break down of discoveries during my August Restart AND also present …

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Days 13 – 20 I’ve written and rewritten this post several times simply b/c I feel like I have not reached the destination of … “On the Other Side”. It has clearly been a busy and rough week for me.  Which is ok… b/c during those challenging times you learn so much about your situation, …

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Day 12 If it were not for the storm there would be no need for sunshine! VMarie Is it not amazing how after a storm it is always this serene calm feeling. Sometimes we even get to experience a rainbow and/or birds singing and chirping away. Based on the calmness of it all one would …

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Days 6 – 9 Ok… so don’t pay attention that you are reading these entries on Day 9….  just know that on days 6 through 8 this is what your girl has been thinking and contemplating on….  I will finish up my Flight Turbulence Part II later on this week .. perhaps on Day 12. So I shall …

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