Wisdom's Way: Tales, Treasures, Truths is not a novel, how-to book, or even direct counsel on wisdom. It is a collection of over fifty of my original short stories, ranging from about a half of a page to thirteen pages in length. Although simply written and appropriate reading for children and young adults, these stories are intended for a wide age range with true comprehension based on depth of understanding. Through questioning and symbolism, most stories present multiple viewpoints, attitudes, and perspectives for relation and application to personal, moral, and social issues and many other aspects of life. Therefore, this is not a rush through, quick read kind of book; the greater value in most of these stories is not found by entertainment or emotional stimulation, rather, through thoughtful contemplation and meditation. Many different writing styles have been incorporated in these stories, so they often differ quite widely one from another. Writing styles include: old time folk tale, fable, parable, question and answer, cause and effect, poetic, descriptive event, modern situational, and observational. Unlike novels, the tales in this book are not presented with complex plots and long descriptive text. While such criteria fill an important purpose in novel writing, they are often not useful or applicable in short stories such as these.

A poem of Jesus walking on water along with a personal testimony.

....continued from RISE AND SHINE 365 days to a beautiful LIFE. ( Day 200-365)

This is a series where I discuss topics of the day. Nothing is out of bounds here. Racism, police shootings, homosexuality, politics, and so on. Never be afraid to discuss things out of your comfort zone. These problems don't fix themselves.

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365 days to a beautiful LIFE..... Make every morning the best ever yet with thoughts that raise you to greater heights.

Is Wattpad a good or bad thing? Are the people on here writers or do they just think they are? Whatever your answer to those questions there are a lot of mysteries surrounding Wattpad and the people that choose to write here. Every day thousands of you get on your computer and chase Wattpad all day long looking for something. What are you looking for and is Wattpad the place for you? I think we should all take a good look at these questions and try to answer them the best we can. It's time to be honest with ourselves. I am going to pose some questions here and make some observations that you might find not to your liking. It's okay. You'll live. Let's be honest with each other and see where this goes. Join me. Let's chase Wattpad together.

There are some excellent storytellers with some excellent books on this site and you have NEVER HEARD OF MOST OF THEM. I am not talking about the people that got a million votes for finding every popular cliche on the planet and sticking them in one book. I am talking about people that know how to write. The ones that understand human nature and writing and know how to put them together. They write what they know and know what they write. They don't want to be like anybody else and they don't like to follow all the rules. Good honest prose is not a popular thing on Wattpad, but it is with me. So here are some of my favorite writers on Wattpad. I follow them all, and all for different reasons. Some of them will make you cry, others piss you off, and others will make you wish you were smart enough to figure them out. You will be amazed at the rawness of some of the stories and at both the complexity and simplicity of some of the storytelling. Other times you won't know what to think. But at all times I am sure you will think to yourself "Damn, now this, this is a writer".