[stylist] Old Blind Mikes Proverbs for Ideas and Thoughts!

Fri Jul 31 16:12:44 UTC 2015

Bill, Michael and others,

Yes, Bill brings up a great point. While using exclamation marks is not
exactly wrong, generally, they are to be used sparingly. You should really
only use them when using a true exclamatory statement, and even then, often
you should find other ways to convey it as such. In the case at hand, I
would definitely limit the use of exclamation marks, but ultimately, it's up
to the writer.

Bridgit

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Hello Michael,

Thank you for this post, I enjoyed reading it.  The sayings contain depth,
wit, and are entertaining.  I wish I had written them.  Had I written them,
I would replace virtually all the exclamation points with periods, as the
exclamation points lose their impact and become tedious, especially hearing
them from a screen-reader.  For it is my experience that while the power of
understatement rarely diminishes; continuous overstatement devolves into
meaninglessness.

Sincerely,

Bill Meeker

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Subject: [stylist] Old Blind Mikes Proverbs for Ideas and Thoughts!

Greetings fellow Writers: These following sayings have been excerpted from
Old Blind Mikes personal collection called; Ponderosity! Over the years, he
have somehow managed to compose over 5000 original sayings and proverbs. As
time permits, he would like to share some of these captured thoughts with
you. Hope everyone will enjoy them and find some life giving substance
within them. Not all are jewels but some are just chunks of lead but even
lead is worth something! Each of these proverbs has a story behind it. I
have learned to break Writers block by going back and reading some of my own
past thoughts. Maybe they can help others do the same.  

Section 1
Food For Thought!

1. If your going to PLAY THE GAME OF LIFE. you better know the rules, for
your effort might be defeated, NOT by your opponent but by YOUR OWN
IGNORANCE!

2. Disagreement among friends
sometimes keeps STUPIDITY
from reaping its HARVEST!

3. If everybody's name was a GOOD WORD,
when we got together
we would have the makings for a GREAT STORY!

4. GOOD DEEDS are tiny coins
hidden In an ancient VAULT
and the BOOK KEEPER.DOES NOT MAKE MISTAKES!

5. SAVOR THE MOMENT,
because time will surely steal the FLAVOR!

6. It is difficult to not think of TOMORROW, and live for TODAY,
especially...when You spent everything YESTERDAY!

7. It is never the RIGHT TIME to make a BAD DECISION!

8. Maybe the reason we never get ANYWHERE, is we have to many people in our
lives making us GO-ROUND and ROUND!

9. Effort is REWARDED.
at least by knowing you tried!

10. It takes only a SECOND OF THOUGHT,
to prevent a LIFE TIME OF PAIN.
and a MINUTE OF PATIENCE
to CHANGE YOUR DESTINY!

11. Do not heap unnecessary problems
upon an already OVER BURDENED LIFE!

12. Trying to be spiritual and working to be rich at the same time, is like
trying to carry SEVEN WATER MELONS AT ONCE!

13. HOLLOW MINDS make place
for someone-else's...ECHOES!

14. ADVICE is sickening when your FULL OF IT!

15. DO NOT overload a friend with more of your ADVICE, while he is still
stuck because of your LAST SUGGESTION!

16. EXPLOSIONS!!!
Occur when some things unite,
so with STRONG OPINIONS in the same place!

17. ISM's...can make SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING, and NOTHING OUT OF
SOME-THINGS!

18. GLORY is carried on the shoulders of HONOR wearing the crown of JOY,
walking the path of HUMILITY among the crowds of PRIDE and NO ONE KNOWS!

19. Love is NOT LIKELY to find a SWEET HEART, hidden in a....SALTY ATTITUDE!

20. So precious are a child's feelings,
that time itself chooses to HIDE THEM in secrets. and men CANNOT FIND THEM!

21. One CHILD'S stroke of GENIUS is another CHILD'S .STRETCHED IMAGINATION!

22. The over all feeling left after an experience, will usually age itself
into a LASTING IMPRESSION, may it be a ROSE IN THE NOSE, NOT A FOOT PRINT ON
THE BEHIND!

23. Great OAKS bow to the wind,
so with a great person who possesses
HUMILITY AND STRENGTH!

24. Give a child the OPPORTUNITY and it will certainly Hide Behind all its
mothers EXCUSES!

25. The hillside SMOTHERED IN WILD FLOWERS is natures personal gift to our
tired eyes!

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Thank You
Copyrighted C

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All The Best And More,
Regards And Respect From Michael!
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