What do you do to recharge, refuel and refresh?

Sometimes you just need to put your toes in the water, your ass in the sand and let the world go by. #Quote #MotivationMonday #Encouragement #SelfCare #MentalHealth
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Mark Wayne – Author and 'Warrior Poet'
Sometimes there is no justice only mercy
Sometimes you just need to put your toes in the water, your ass in the sand and let the world go by. #Quote #MotivationMonday #Encouragement #SelfCare #MentalHealth
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I wrote a first draft of a new novel during November’s National Writing Month (#NaNoWriMo) creeping up on 70k words. I have no title yet, but here are some teasers of the story.
So what have you been up to?
The old Cheers television show theme song contained the following lyric…
Well, sometimes if we are honest with ourselves and others we want to get away to places where nobody knows our names.
We need the escape, even a brief respite, from the chaos and responsibilities that hound us. Especially with everything that has happened in 2020 and now during this often hectic and crazy time of year.
Take time for yourself, it’s okay to not be okay. #SelfCare #Holidays #MentalHealth
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Sometimes we wanna, and need to, go where nobody knows our name. #BlogPost #MentalHealth #Holidays
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#JustBelieve #HopeLives #LiveYourDreams
The line above is from my upcoming memoir ‘Cowboys Are Not Supposed to Cry’ to be published by Christian Faith Publishing due out in Spring 2021.
And the best thing you can do with death is to ride off from it? #WickedQuestions #Grief #Memoir #UpcomingBook #Wip
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“I could not kill her executioner; I could only tend to her now that she was on death row.” ~Mark Wayne ©2020 #Memoir #OneLine #NoContext #NoExplanation #Teaser
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We live in the paradox of our existence. Our world is small compared to the universe. Even in comparison to our planet that revolves around the sun here in this little corner of the galaxy. There is so much unexplored and unknown, both out there and within the human heart. And yet, we have eternal significance and worth just as we are to a sovereign and holy god. Do you believe that?
And what are we to make of that? #MondayBlogs #MondayQuestions #MondayMotivation #YouMatter #JustBelieve
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You are strong enough!
As we {finally} near the end, the year of 2020 will live on in our memories for many reasons. When we look back let us remember how our hope and perseverance got us through.
It’s not to soon to begin thinking about next year and what is needed…
2020 has been a troubling year for all, some more than others. Do you need some support and self-hope? Do you know someone who does? If so, take a look at this.
The book My Still Waters is available for presale on Amazon.com right now and on track to be available for purchase Dec. 10th! Get your copy ordered today! Order a couple more for family and friends and please share the link with others as well. The theme of the anthology is poems related to self-hope, self-discovery and healing
The publishers narrowed the list of submissions to 120 poems for inclusion in the anthology. I had 5 poems selected for inclusion in the published anthology. Better yet two received honorable mentions and my poem ‘Wake the Beast‘ made the short list of the top 25 and then the top 11 to compete for the people’s choice award.
I tiptoe around afraid to wake the beast – He rests sleeping his power unreleased “Wake the Beast” #poetry #poetrycommunity #amwriting #writerslife
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Purchase a copy of the anthology and you can read the rest of the poem. 😉 As well as poems by many other talented writers.
May there always be moments, that take our breath away. #MondayPrayer #MondayMotivation #LiveYourDreams
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As we face tightening restrictions due to COVID-19 all over the world, the US and the state in which I live, the lyric above got me to thinking about how much we really have no control over. We spend so much time and energy trying to control things in our lives. We schedule and plan out our tightly controlled days and when it does not go according to plan, what then?
So much is happening outside of our control:
What is happening around you for which you have no control? #WickedQuestions
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For the sake of our own sanity and mental health, we must learn to detach from that over which we have no control. To trust in a good outcome, to hope in a better tomorrow, and a better future for those who come behind us.