What do we do when life's certainties aren't certain anymore?

A Wealthy Affiliate member, who I shan't embarrass by naming, said in a very positive post not too long ago, that we should celebrate our past achievements and pat ousrselves in the back for our successes.I somewhat dismissed this post, commenting that not everyone was successful, and we should always be looking forward. I apologize to that member for being so rude (you know who you are).I am now curently reflecting on the past couple of years. Although the pandemic years were relatively succe

Of Course Julie Andrews Was Correct

I am always happy to go along with what Julie Andrews advises in The Sound of Music, "...start at the very beginning, it's a very good place to start..."Unfortunately, in the internet marketing, online money-making, entrupreneurial world, there are those who just love to shroud it all in mystery. There is so much overwhelm that a fear of where the jumping off point actually is, has become lost to many of us.We are of course in the correct place. Wealthy Affiliate outlines a step-by-step process

Ancient Times #35

Dread, a rising panic, then an empty, hollow feeling emanated from the pit of her stomach were the contributing factors that led to her shortness of breath. “Oh shit,” Mai gave voice to her present state, which didn’t really do justice to the reality of how she really felt. Perhaps Mai hadn't lost it? Or so she was secretly hoped. Maybe she hadn’t actually lost it at all. Perhaps she had just mislaid it and it would turn up like it always had done before.Not normally giv

Ancient Times #34

He was expected this time. He hadn’t had to travel that far either. Mai was a bit disappointed.Hermann came from a little village called Haswood. Haswood was as far from the palace as the palace was from the village, only in the opposite direction. Hermann had to travel for less than half a day. Pharaoh’s death-mask was what he called ‘his meager load’.Nearly 6 feet tall, round-shouldered, slightly stooped, prematurely going bald, Hermann was extremely confident in his

Ancient Times #33

Even though Im had only been away from the village for a short time, he was pleased to be home again. However, it only intended it to be a flying visit to inform the head of the village (his father, Zem) of his new role. He would have to leave again before sunset in order to resume his duties at the palace again the next morning.Im had decided not to admit how perilous his position actually was. He would play it by ear and hope the village came out on top. He would however have to point out a f

Ancient Times #32

Ky shot out through the front door, a piece of toast clenched between his teeth, still dressing himself. An must have shouted at him a dozen times or more to try and get out of his pit. Ky was going to be late for work, again.Ky arrived at the wagon as it was leaving for the site. He slowly roused himself to full consciousness as his workmates teased him about why he was late again. His hair was a mess.Aby had awoken that fine morning with an overwhelming desire, not all that uncommon, to do wh

Ancient Times #31

Zem gazed over in his new community garden and tried to visualize how, after a systematic, slow re-planting of his specimens, the vision might appear. His just knew his garden was going to look spectacular.A menacing shadow enveloped Zem and his immediate surroundings. This suddenly confused Zem, breaking his concentration and the picture that was slowly forming in his mind. Swinging around, Zem carefully looked up. Blotting out the sun was an extremely large man. The word giant, when used as a

Ancient Times #30

Im’s first day in his new job mirrored that of countless thousands of other people before him. He got lost in the building numerous times. He forgot everybody’s name as soon as he was introduced to them. He mislaid that important papyrus, the one that his boss stressed the importance of keeping safe. All before lunch too. He couldn’t quite believe he was really there. *****Im had been tasked with drafting a resolution to curb the growing excess of what Rudamon termed ‘i

Ancient Times #29

TJ felt enough time had elapsed for him to once again to turn his attention to the winding up of the village. Troubles on the domestic front had lessened slightly. The inundation problems were no more. TJ’s spy had recently informed him that progress was good, and targets were being met in the village. This needed to somehow be thwarted. The fact that there seemed to be a new contentment and pride about village life these days meant that TJ needed to act fast.Relations between Manetho the

Ancient Times #28

Tej’s face was a mess. He left the blacksmith’s forge minus a tooth but also thankfully minus his toothache. His pain had finally subsided. Tej had suffered for more than 2 days before plucking up enough courage to face an extraction. He more than anybody else knew how much of a coward he was. The village’s dexterous blacksmith/dentist Dagi, was a man of few words but was very direct. He was also very good at his job. Much pain was involved in the blacksmith’s orthodonti