Dear Wormtongue, Speak your ills of me... Salt the earth with my name... Feel free...for it was tarnished long before I gave it to you. Like my respect, it was more than you deserved and more than you took...-- World Breaker Enjoy your winter. Signed "Brick" Learning by Example!
Tag: strength
Taking Care of Business
Dear Asterion, You languish in a labyrinth built of deception... Betrayals...lies... Your tomb. Icarus has taken flight... Now. My eyes watch Theseus... All of them. Signed "Argus Panoptes" Sometimes... you have to let go. Lady Jane knows that lesson. Can the Valkyrie learn...?-- Heimdall (earth-616)
Time
I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with me!-- Rorschach (The Watchmen) I remember a time; not so long ago...minutes dragged on like years... I was mired in muck...slogging... But always forward. Now... Like the faded light of a long dead star; forgotten by time itself... Cold, dead, empty... I forget …
Thunderstruck
Dear Great Old One, Still. Even while Plagued with Famine... Even while the Chariots of War race towards your gates... Your ring of power shows it's tarnish... Hungry? Signed "Tree Beard" Learning by Example Fly, you fools!-- Gandalf to the Fellowship
I woke up this morning
Dear Phoenix, Rise from the ashes and soar! And may your flames scorch the earth and cleanse your demons! Let your enemies feast upon their own charred flesh... And remember... If ever your path should falter... Just ask... I know a thing or two about moving mountains... Signed "WorldBreaker" Learning By Example I didn't come …
Tin Man
Dear Black-bolt, I didn't come here to hear you whisper... I remember when running the 100 meter felt like an up-hill marathon... Slow off the line...struggling for every breath...grateful for every step forward... thankful for being alive...enjoying the freedom of my solitude! Learning. Growing stronger with every step that I took!!! Every challenge that I …
Communication Breakdown
It's always the same... Having a nervous Breakdown? You shore your defenses by playing the martyr? I bear my scars and press the attack! Learning by Example Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more-- William Shakespeare
Hot ‘N’ Nasty
Dear Wretched Thing, I reject your offer of parley! Learning by Example I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion. -- Alexander the Great
Blister On The Moon
A person stopped me on the street the other day and asked why I wear nail polish... I looked at her and asked: "What wouldn't you do for your daughters and sons?" The person paused and said nothing. I spoke again: "My 7-year-old wants an allowance and my wife and I don't believe in entitlement …
Swatting the Hornets nest…
Dear Wretched Thing. Does it irk you to know that you have no authority over my words, actions, thoughts or feelings? Does it irk you to know that your new goat is not yet ready for the slaughter? He is nothing more than an angry child! Fool! Anger is my ally! I pull the strings! …