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Dianne Poston Owens
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Gathering: Homespun Essays from Beech Tree Lane
Arts & Photography
Author Insight
The truth and nothing but the truth
I have little sayings that I hear myself re-saying. Over and over. I live by them ... Life's not fair, and then you die...Some are well-quoted lines from movies (As you wish...) We all have that belief system that talks, with voices in our ears, and words that come out of our mouths. In fact, I am sure we have been guided by these voices during our recent pandemic-stay-at-home-beware-the-virus slow-life weeks. I did fine, thank you for asking, until day 39. By the way, how are you and your voices? On day 39 I discovered my voices were saying the same thing too often and I needed new words if we were to continue "hunkering down" together. My beliefs needed a rest. I called some friends, texted others, and drove to visit another. I needed their voices. Their views. Their words. This short essay is one of several in Gathering: Homespun Essays from Beech Tree Lane. I hope you enjoy it and will check out the book, which has nearly 50 wonderful photographs for when you can't concentrate on words. Blessings!
Book Excerpt
Gathering: Homespun Essays from Beech Tree Lane
My girls will attest. I speak truth-isms. The gospel, according to Dianne.
For instance, “You can learn it when you’re 13, when you’re 21, when you’re 45 or 72, but there are just some things that are true and meant to be learned. Learn it early. It’ll benefit you more.”
“Ask a lazy person to do the difficult task. They always see the simple in the difficult.”
“You can do better. You can always do better.”
“Make sure those you love the most get to see you at your very best.”
“When you see the worst in people, forgive them, right away. They will get their correction soon enough.”
“My next mistake will be a new, improved and better mistake.”
“We don’t know where we’re going, but we’re on our way!”
“Life isn’t fair, and then you die.”
And here is something I picked up from a bumper sticker in the courthouse parking lot in Hinesville, Georgia, in the mid-1980s. I live by it. It spoke to me then, it speaks to me now: “The probability of being caught doing something ridiculous is directly proportional to the stupidity of the act.”
To that I add it is far better to let people think you a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. Just saying …
What spoken truth-isms guide your life?
What unspoken ones guide you?
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