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When I woke up in the morning, the dangers of flooding were the furthest thing from my mind. I groggily got out of bed, walked out to the living room and I looked out the sliding glass door to check the weather. I saw that it was raining a torrential down pour outside.

Living life, is all about finding out how to get to the heart of the matter. When you find out your true feelings; you find out who you really are.

With unemployment soaring to record heights and the recent struggle by the Democratic Party to pass an extension of unemployment benefits, one has to ask the question, Is the Republican Party out of touch with reality and The American People?

Through writing, you get to know your self and, what you want out of life.

I am about to tell you how to make the most out of doing nothing. Get ready for a bombshell and a moment of divine inspiration.

When you know how to control your thoughts, to control what you get out of life, you have unlimited potential.

As human beings, we're taught to believe that we're so small and insignificant that what we think, act, and do doesn't matter in the big scope of things. Little do we know that every act, thought, and deed that we think, act, and do is energy put out into the cosmos that has an affect on the universe, the world, and humanity.

When a dearth of funds and a deluge of responsibility rules out all but the tamest adventures, it's a good thing writers like Val Haigh can fill the void and keep dreams alive.

Ever since reality television made its way into the mainstream media, our society has slowly been moving to the realization that there is great talent within each and every one of us. We're finding out that, talent, is not limited to a select few, it's within everyone. This is what trends in television tell us about humanity.

This week the Novel of Life brings us to glittering Las Vegas, where Lethe grows anxious about returning to the Backpacker's Inn with the older man he has been hanging out with. In a desperate move, he flees from a poker table and runs through a labyrinthine casino at breakneck speed.

This week's chapter of The Novel of Life takes us to Madrid, Spain, where Lethe Bashar follows a street up to the top of a hill and discovers a small gathering of festive Spaniards. Lethe sometimes leaves the Senora' apartment at night. He has a habit of going out to buy hashish. On this night however he sticks around the neighborhood and wanders the streets nearby. Upon witnessing the Spaniards, Lethe is struck by a longing to connect with people his age.

When you're focusing, on what you can give to others, you're bringing out the best in humanity.

The benefits of being able to forgive, far out number the benefits of holding onto resentments.

The joy to be found in self-pity isn't too rewarding. There comes a time when it's good to find out how to turn self-pity into self-confidence.

A site on which one can publish one's fiction. The social networking aspect of the site seems to be limited to the posting of reviews. Having not yet registered an account on this site, I don't know whether or not one can screen the reviews of one's stories. As each story page seems to link to a page of reviews of the story appearing on that page, if the answer to this question is "no", then what one would have, in effect, would be a guestbook that one couldn't moderate, with all of the possibilities for abuse that creates. I don't know that's the case, but I also don't know that's not the case, so I'll set up that account in a few days and learn more. I just didn't want somebody blindly stumbling into trouble, thinking that I had checked out something that I hadn't, yet.

And sometimes it makes you laugh. The truth can also be funny. Prepare to laugh as you view some funny signs. Feel free to laugh your little heart out and experience the freedom and joy that funny signs can provide.

For us sober alcoholics, the holiday season can be a trying time of year. Our goal is, to always stay sober. It seems that the holiday season brings out the temptation to drink alcohol, everywhere.

My experience told me that I had nothing to say. My strength said, wait a minute; and, my hope was trying to push me forward to become a leader. To have my voice heard by as many people as I could get my message out to.