Joyful Noise for a Joyful Life: Writer's Prompts

Writer's Workshop Prompts

1. Share one good thing you're looking
forward to.
The challenges of teaching at the middle school
for the first time this year.

2. List 5 things that make you angry.
1. Lying

2. Littering

3. Selfishness

4. Self-righteousness

5, Jealousy

3. If you could change one thing about yourself,
what would it be?

My jealousy.

4. When was the last time you made something
with your hands and what was it?

I crocheted a soft yellow baby blanket this summer.

5. Write a post or poem inspired by the word: dreams.

We all need:

Dreams to reach for,

Dreams to work for,

Dreams to live for.

6. Do you have a family pet?

Kylie my wonderful 7 year old malti-poo.
Not only does she bless my family,

her puppies have blessed other families.

In Him,

Joyful

In Others' Words...

I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again ~William Penn

Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened. ~Anatole France

I will not eat anything that walks, runs, skips, hops or crawls. God knows that I've crawled on occasion, and I'm glad that no one ate me. ~Alex Poulos

Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady. ~Edith Head

There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt. ~Erma Bombeck

Life is not the way it's supposed to be. It's the way it is. The way you deal with it is what makes the difference. ~Virginia Satir

Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it. ~Bill Cosby

Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing. ~Phyllis Diller

You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. ~Robin Williams

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. ~Robert Frost

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

~Eleanor Roosevelt