Tag Archives: courage

Tree of Life

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

I was getting impatient. I wished they would get on with it. This guy was letting the chance slip through his fingers. I wanted to shake him awake and tell him to get a life. Dry you can be but … Continue reading →

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Profiles of Courage

Posted on April 24, 2011 by

An elusive concept Or an encompassing one? An expression of self; A time when you’re alive, one with your belief. A policeman braving bullets In his quest for truth. A commoner, unbending in his abiding integrity. A child wearing clothes tattered to … Continue reading →

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Always Alert

Posted on March 19, 2011 by

He was an outsider, forced to make a presentation on that super-serious and thus laughably ridiculous topic- ‘corporate espionage’. He knew that they maliciously whispered  to each other that the only thing he had ever managed was the canteen at the army. He stumbled through his carefully … Continue reading →

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