Saturday 6 September 2014

[www.keralites.net] The Health Benefits of Brisk Walking

 

The Health Benefits of Brisk Walking

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[www.keralites.net] Story: The Tea Cup

 

Story: The Tea Cup
 


 
 


 
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There was a couple who used to go to shop in the beautiful stores. They both liked antiques and pottery and especially teacups. One day in this beautiful shop they saw a beautiful teacup. They said, "May we see that? We've never seen one quite so beautiful." As the lady handed it to them, suddenly the teacup spoke.
 
"You don't understand," it said. "I haven't always been a teacup. There was a time when I was red and I was clay." My master took me and rolled me and patted me over and over and I yelled out, "let me alone", but he only smiled, "Not yet."

"Then I was placed on a spinning wheel," the teacup said, "and suddenly I was spun around and around and around. Stop it! I'm getting dizzy!" I screamed. But the master only nodded and said, 'Not yet."
 
Then he put me in the oven. I never felt such heat. I wondered why he wanted to burn me, and I yelled and knocked at the door. I could see him through the opening and I could read his lips as He shook his head, "Not yet."

 
Finally the door opened, he put me on the shelf, and I began to cool. "There, that's better," I said. And he brushed and painted me all over. The fumes were horrible. I thought I would gag. "Stop it, stop it!" I cried. He only nodded, "Not yet."
 
Then suddenly he put me back into the oven, not like the first one. This was twice as hot and I knew I would suffocate. I begged. I pleaded. I screamed. I cried. All the time I could see him through the opening nodding his head saying, "Not yet."
 
Then I knew there wasn't any hope. I would never make it. I was ready to give up. But the door opened and he took me out and placed me on the shelf. One hour later he handed me a mirror and said, "Look at yourself." And I did. I said, "That's not me; that couldn't be me. It's beautiful. I'm beautiful."
 
"I want you to remember," then, he said, "I know it hurts to be rolled and patted, but if I had left you alone, you'd have dried up. I know it made you dizzy to spin around on the wheel, but if I had stopped, you would have crumbled.
 
I knew it hurt and was hot and disagreeable in the oven, but if I hadn't put you there, you would have cracked. I know the fumes were bad when I brushed and painted you all over, but if I hadn't done that, you never would have hardened; you would not have had any color in your life.

And if I hadn't put you back in that second oven, you wouldn't survive for very long because the hardness would not have held. Now you are a finished product. You are what I had in mind when I first began with you."

God knows what He's doing (for all of us). He will mould us and make us, So that we may be made into a flawless piece of work To fulfill His good, pleasing, and perfect will.

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[www.keralites.net] Wish these were my hands

 

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GOOD WRITING TIPS

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But for all of you overachievers out there, here are some other ideas that may help.

Move from the general to the specific. Here's the idea, now here is how you apply it. Give people the concept and then tell them more about how they can use it. Travel is fun and meaningful; here's how you can actually book a Round-the-World plane ticket. To stand out in life you have to be awesome; here's what that looks like. Change the world by doing a, b, and c.

Get personal. This is the Penelope Trunk model: often imitated, but seldom to the level of the art form she's made it. A lot of people copy Penelope's tactics without relating them to a broader strategy. You have to have a strategy. She does it right; her imitators do it wrong.

Write for an audience of several. I think of about five people when I write. They're all different, but I try to picture them and think, what would so-and-so think of this? Would he get it? Would she find it interesting?

If it "goes without saying," you don't need to say it. I hate reading that phrase… and when I discover it in my work, I hate it even more. Other overused writing phrases include: the jury's out, think outside the box, it is what it is, and my two cents. Alas, I use them all once in a while.

Always answer the reason why. Why should someone care about what you have to say? Of course your friends and your parents care about what you think, but what about everyone else? You need a clear reason for the rest of the world to care.

Do the second edit later. It's impossible (well, for me) to write and edit anything longer than an email without needing at least a short break. The longer the draft, the more of a break I need.

Print your work and proof it on paper. I used to write in longhand and transfer it to the laptop, which also helped. Now that I do this for several hours a day, every day, I write almost exclusively on the laptop.

Read everything aloud. There's something about hearing your work aloud that causes you to notice things you miss when you read. On our annual review trip last December, Jolie read the entire AONC book manuscript out loud over the course of a week (1-2 chapters a day). I couldn't believe how many mistakes and poor word choices we found! Keep in mind this was after I had been writing the book for six months, and after two complete edits. It was depressing… but hopefully now it's better because we did it.

Get into the details! Don't be vague. Provide more info, work it out, tell the whole story. This makes a huge difference. This is why J.D. Roth is such a role model to me. He always tells the whole story. The Yarn Harlot also does this well.

Take the time to do it right. Ramit told me about how he spends 12 hours writing a guest post for someone. Some people are surprised, but that's how long it often takes! When I get an opportunity to write for a great outlet, whether online or offline, I spend a similarly long time on it.

Preempt objections. This is an important marketing strategy, but it's also important in your writing. Build your case. If you're trying to present a viewpoint, think about what the objections will be, then try to preempt them by addressing them (and often negating them) in your writing.

Take a stand. Contrary to conventional wisdom, readers want to know what you actually think. If consensus is overrated, so is neutrality. What bothers you, and what are you doing about it? Tell us.

These books are good: Art and Fear, The War of Art, On Writing, Bird by Bird, and The Elements of Style. But remember, if you want to write, it's more important to just start writing.

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Lastly, recognize that any creative act worth doing benefits from an ongoing process of continuous improvement. Writing is no exception. I don't like everything I wrote in the first two years of the archives here. Next year I probably won't like everything from 2010. I want my second book to be better than my first, and so on.

That's just how it goes, and you can't improve without getting something out there to start with. That's why the first writing tip is the best: if you want to write, start right now and don't stop.

What would you add to this list?


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