If you’ve ever suffered from extreme insomnia and seen the effects that a lack of sleep causes the body, there’s no need for me to explain the importance of sleep to you. I think a lot of people take sleep for granted. It’s a natural process for people; everyone does it, but what happens if you can’t sleep or worse, you are kept from sleeping.
I currently live in a part of the world where you are taught to get six to eight hours of sleep a night, but what about people who live in places where sleep only comes after all the work has been done. Not everyone in the world gets that much sleep, even if they should. I’m blessed because I get to sleep for hours at a time without worrying about when or how I’ll be awakened.
Thank you for taking the time to read this post. If you like it let me know and share it with others. See you next time, Toi Thomas. #thetoiboxofwords
My buddy, the motivator of my journey into movie reviews, The Armchair Squid has nominated me for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award and I am almost speechless. It took me a few days to wrap my head around this and now I’m sharing it with the world. Thank you so much Squid for nominating me and providing me with a level of encouragement I didn’t realize I needed. You have made my week! 😀
Here are three things that have inspired me recently:
1) Lemons. To me lemons have always symbolized opportunity, ever since I understood the phrase “make lemonade”. I’ve been dealt plenty of lemons recently, but have chosen to make lemonade at every turn. I just hope I don’t end up upsetting my tummy.
2) This driving dog inspires me for three reasons.
1. This is just so cute 8D.
2. Dogs are so willing to do things above and beyond, maybe even unnatural, to please the people they care about. I want to be more like dogs in that they can be so selfless.
3. If a dog can learn to drive a car, surely I can figure out a way to write a story that reaches into people’s hearts and makes them feel good. That’s all I really want, but it may be a bit much.
3) My sister who is also one of my nominees. Tori J. Jones inspires me in more ways than I have time or space to write here, and on top of all that, she’s the physical inspiration for the main female character in my book Eternal Curse: Giovanni’s Angel. Tori is a full-time mom, a full-time art student, a full-time cyber entrepreneur, daily –weekly blogger, and she volunteers her time at Church, the PTA, and women’s shelters. Maybe I should just write a story about her; it’s bound to me a phenomenal read.
My nominations:
I am well aware that these awards aren’t for everyone and also realize that some of the people I’d like to nominate may have already been nominated. In any case, I’m taking lemons and using them as an opportunity to honor and or promote a few bloggers who inspire me daily and weekly. Even if they wish not to participate, I’m proud to give them a shout out and say, “Thanks for inspiring me.”
M.C.V. Egan – an amazing promoter and advocate for peace; an all-around fun person Stacy Rourke – wonderful sense of humor, wonderful promoter and author Wiz Green – wonderful sense of humor and great promoter, makes everyone feel like a friend Brian Feinblum – knows his stuff about the industry, excellent blogger Tricia Drammeh – an amazing supporter of indies, all around wise and peaceful person Derrick Ferguson – Mr. cool to me, excellent movie reviewer, blogger, and writer John H. Byk – great entertainer providing interesting and fun audio interviews The Geek Twins – my goto for geekess, fun stuff, but also thought-provoking Beth – excellent book reviewer and blogger, the reason I check out many books Bethany – a true blessing and reminder of the good things in life Andrew Hess – another cool guy, great critiquer and promoter Tori Jones – A renaissance woman (my sister)
The Rules for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award:
1. Thank the person who nominated you, and link to their blog.
2. Display the award logo.
3. Nominate 15 other bloggers (more or less) and provide a link where they may be found.
4. Go to their blog, leave a comment to let them know they have been nominated.
5. Mention three things that inspired you the most during the past few weeks.
Thank you for taking the time to read this post. If you like it let me know and share it with others. See you next time, Toi Thomas. #thetoiboxofwords
I adore gardens and to me farms are just big gardens, but of course, they usually also come with livestock. You can’t feed the people of the world without farms no matter how advanced our technology gets.
There are all kinds of farms, but unfortunately, farmers aren’t giving the credit and respect they’re due anymore. Farming is a lot of hard work and unless you have a specialty product, most governments aren’t willing to pay much for your efforts. Still, to be able to live off the fruits of your labor, to some, beats working in an office.
I’m blessed to live in a world that’s still in good enough condition that farms are able to sustain themselves, even though it’s not as easy as it used to be.
Thank you for taking the time to read this post. If you like it let me know and share it with others. See you next time, Toi Thomas. #thetoiboxofwords
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