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Each Day Already is a Challenge
A Texas Sunrise

Sunrise on Surfside Beach, Texas

A friend, William Taylor, took this picture. He visits Surfside Beach with his dogs almost every morning, watching the sun rise while the dogs prance about at the water's edge.

This is only about ten miles from where I lived in Lake Jackson, Texas. Sadly, I only visited this beach about four times in the six years I lived nearby.




Each day is a challenge. A challenge to get by without thinking about the fibromyalgia pains. A challenge to stay awake when chronic fatigure wants to take over. And a challenge to navigate through fibro fog.

I haven't been writing as much as in the past. For years, I wrote at least 500 words a day. Now, I'm lucky if I write 500 words in month. Sigh.

For more information about what my day (or life) is all about with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, chronic pains, IBS, depression and everything else thrown in, check this out:

It's a New Day Open in new Window. (E)
My pain and welcome to it.
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Sunrise on Surfside Beach, Texas

September 16, 2007 at 8:47pm
September 16, 2007 at 8:47pm
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Our pastor talked about judging people today in church - how we shouldn't. He said that judging people is in Satan's job description - as a daily occurence. And in God's job description - as we stand before Him on Judgement Day.

One comment our pastor made that I thought would be of interest to the WDC community was: "There's a big difference between critiquing and criticizing."

I think that is the message I have tried to share on many occasions when the topic of reviews and ratings has been discussed.

If you look at how the words have evloved, offering a critique has come to be a gentler word. More people consider it a neutral word, where the act of criticizing has a more negative meaning.

Critiquing, in today's world, means to offer a review. Criticizing means to censure, find fault, make judgments about merits and faults.

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots. - Frank A. Clark


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