Friend Can a friend be found in the most unexpected person. Can a friend take the form of a belief? Or experience? A place? How do you define 'friend'? Do you include yourself in that definition?

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Empathetic What happens when we try to be unaware of an unpleasant fact or situation so we cannot be troubled by it? Is it possible to block out or build moats in a world crying out for your attention?

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Different Message How do we celebrate our diversity while at the same time embrace unity and oneness. Is it possible? Is it necessary? Can the state of today's world shed light or darkness upon this vital question?

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Cause Why What inspires us to venture down a certain path in life amidst what appears to be a fractured, chaotic world? How can we be guided by a…

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Cause Why What inspires us to venture down a certain path in life amidst what appears to be a fractured, chaotic world? How can we be guided by a purpose in a landscape of distraction?

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On The Brink Seems we now constantly live on edge where something unwelcome or terrible is about to happen. Can we shift to not standing on the verge of the unwanted to being placed poised for the wonderful?

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Anyone Hear This audio-included post reflects how poetry can both provoke and heal while deepening and widening the distribution of poetic wealth. Here's hoping you find value in this start of our journey.

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Can a book be written with the dual purpose to both provoke and heal? Yes, it can! I am excited to share with you '50¢ A Poem Volume Two'. This new collection is in ebook form and can be yours right now! See below:

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Is this your year for busting broncos or saddling up to peace? Happy New Year (Hogmanay)! This post makes a toast to time and how it reins in or frees our lives. It also offers some resolutions that may presently ring true.

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Christmas morning message from Armstrong Words.

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Home is where the heart is Holiday message from Armstrong Words.

A holiday message from Armstrong Words.

Do you stay or do you go? What if every place is all part of one place? This Winter solstice post presents reflections on how every inch of a planet we call home is different from other earthly places yet how every space is part of one whole unit of immeasurable wonder.

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Are you happy with your given name or do you want to change it to one that better describes you? When you meet someone, is the name they are given do them justice or is there a disconnect between what they are called and who they are? Does it matter? This post explores the impact of name calling.

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Do you believe 'where there's a will there's a way' even when you are lost or confused? What if we have the willpower to change the concepts of ‘human versus nature’ and ‘nature versus human’ and replace 'versus' with something more about being for than being against.

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What would you do if you and ten other people received power and control over ten million other people Much of this post metaphorically wrestles with the idea of majority rule and when and why, if ever, does the majority abdicate their responsibility and give power to the minority.

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What will you and I do when we discover what the entire world hungers for? You have a table large enough for all humanity to take a seat. Would there be that one item you could serve that would satiate everyone? This post aims to cook up both food for thought and action.

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If you were awarded a prize what would it be and what would it be for? The achievements of Nobel Prize winners can ignite lights of hope, gratitude and inspiration. What if there is a prize every one of us on earth can win?

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If you follow your breath will it lead to a place that takes your breath away This post is influenced by our recent move to Scotland. We boarded a plane two weeks ago today, and here I write in a place that inhales and exhales both history and a hopeful spirt for tomorrow.

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How could you, or I, or anyone, go off and do something like that What causes a person to cheer for cruelty while another stands in silence? Why do we choose to take the path most travelled or path least travelled? Does this choice really make all the difference?

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Thinking about giving you a piece of my mind regarding conflict resolution. This message considers how the onslaught of ‘content’, imagery and artificial intelligence impact our synapses. Does it feed conflict or tranquility or leave us hungry for something yet to be known?

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What will you say if you are asked to give both the opening and closing remarks So much depends on what we say and what we don’t say. Will our words hurt or heal? Open or close doors? This post focuses on these questions amid a world of seemingly nonstop, nonstarter chatter.

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What happens if you are officially asked for your image to be put on a coin or paper currency - will you say yes? How do the images surrounding us fortify the transactional world we live in? In particular, how do the human faces we enshrine on money make our world go round? Do we even notice?

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New word from Armstrong Words. @pw.org @words.bsky.social #oligarchy #democracy #tyranny #vote #justice

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If you could have an abundant amount of something, what would that something be? In an increasingly transactional world, what is the most desired currency? Money? Power? Attention? Sex? What if we moved from an environment of buy, sell and zero-sum exchanges to one more caring?

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What would you say if the act of governing is ruled by a crazy little thing called love Right now it seems a growing number of people in power lean more than ever into control through hate and cruelty. This post leans the other way and I have to say I loved writing it.

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New word for your consideration. @legaldefensefund.bsky.social @aclu.org @pw.org @eji.org @afj.org #justice #legal #ruleoflaw #just #humanrights @hrw.org

New poem titled 'Legal Disease' for your consideration. @pw.org @poetrysociety.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social @newyorker.com @theatlantic.com @theparisreivew.bsky.social #poetry #poem @aclu.org @legaldefensefund.bsky.social