A Month (Almost) of Self-Reliance

A Blissful Life to Live

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:13:48 -0500

A blissful life to live:

The shadow was everywhere, but no longer.
I’d been lost in the dark for a long time until a speck of light emerged.
-- Lorena

A Bunch of Names

Thu, 9 Apr 2009 08:58:20 -0500

How great are the names in this photo? Are they great enough to use in an English paper? Says who? The only thing they did was write down a bunch of ideas. They were original, and that’s it. Anyone can be great like them. All we have to do is trust ourselves. -- James

Creation: From the Roots of Our Hair

Wed, 8 Apr 2009 09:00:28 -0500

Self-reliance is creation. We depend only on ourselves to bring new ideas to a world that's threatened by imitation every day. We need to be creative and original from the roots of our hair to the earth and heavens. Just as our hair grows, we need to make creation come alive and flow. -- Genesis

Zenith

Tue, 7 Apr 2009 09:08:06 -0500

The boy reads the book quietly to himself, his imagination reaching its zenith in a flurry of dreams. His arms are tense from holding the book for so long. His eyebrows connect in anticipation. His back and shoulders are hunched as he prepares to pounce. -- Shomari

Working Past Distractions

Mon, 6 Apr 2009 11:11:28 -0500

One of the major challenges of becoming self-reliant is overcoming the distractions that are put in front of us. There is a point where a person needs to have self-control and know how to balance things. Sometimes one needs to know how to avoid the distractions and get to work.
–Rebecca