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TNFro Is Reading The Librarian of Auschwitz and Letters to A Young Poet

This reading is not light summer fare, I am reading stories of courage and encouragement. 
 
"She had boarded the reading train. That night Dita felt the thrill of discovery, of knowing that it didn't matter how many hurdles all the Reichs in the world put in her way, she'd be able to jump over them by opening a book." The Librarian of Auschwitz, pg 85.

#TNFro Finally Finished American Kingpin now onto American Duchess

Where is your light?
By #TNFro The Unpoet
Light is converted to energy in photosynthesis
Light shows your path home to redemption to love
Light shows you the dirt that must be swept away or possible home from a plan
Light allows you to see the keys or the page to write your truth
Light doesn’t allow you to hide
Light reveals hurt
Light reveals truth
Light can show healing
Light can be healing
Where is your light exactly?
So, what will you do while it’s light?
It’s on you, so choose.
 
Aside...Not so shockingly, it's a bitch to be trolled by actual family members. 

TNFro Is Reading 4 books and then some, MP3 Version

Reposting the MP3 Version for Spotify

TNFro Is Reading the MP3 Version

My Podcast is now on both Itunes and Spotify. But Spotify only takes MP3 so I am reposting this episode so it will appear on that platform! Go Me!
Worry or Pray. You Can't Do Both. Fifty Cent

TNFro Is Reading...

Worry or Pray. You Can't Do Both. Fifty Cent

TNFro Is Reading Not My Family and About 4 other Books

Hi My Name is Felicia, And I Am a Weirdo
By TNFro, The Unpoet
So you think you're too weird to be successful?
So you think your ideas are too far out there?
But let me tell you, there's something else.
You can be successful right where you are.
Fear is restrictive, shake it off.
Inaction keeps you from winning.
Happiness is a state of being.
Excitement about a job well done is actually ok.
Because you will go crazy if you dismiss the good coming your way.
If you don't like where you, are you moving in the right direction? 
Are you moving at all?
If you don't like yourself, how are others supposed to like you?
How are  you living if you don't know that you're not growing?
How can you be happy if you don't know what happiness is?
Talking yourself out of your success is just insanity.

TNFro Is Reading Not My Family

Be Present
Be Kind
Just Don't Be Stupid...TNFro The Unpoet

TNFro Is Reading To Live

Your Light
By TNFro, The Unpoet
What lights your path
What guides your way
What makes your soul sing
What elevates your mind
What puts a sparkle in your eye
What puts a pep in your step
Sometimes the path forward is uneven
It's ok to be sad or mad
Just don't go to sleep like that
 

TNFro Is Reading, Unlearn and American Kingpin

Daily Affirmations
Reading interesting things and writing interesting things make me happy.
Stop comparing myself to others I can only be responsible for my choices. 
Wanting less makes me happier than getting more.
If it makes me feel shitty, why do it?
Fear can be a good thing, but it should not paralyze me.
Envision a better life and go for it. Good hard, it's ok.
By TNFro, The Unpoet

TNFro Is Reading American Kingpin and Unlearn

My Sunday’s Are a Beginning
By TNFro, The Unpoet
 
I start by looking forward to another day.
I watch the sunrise over Lookout Mountain.
The whir of the coffee grinder for the local roasters, Mean Mug (Shout out)
The Sunday NY Times in no particular order,
Front page literally yelling at a piece, someone taking credit for decisions and policies of the
Obama administration.
On to the Style, Travel, Arts, and Book Review.
The background music of life Duke Ellington, Aretha Blues cover from 1969, sprinkled with a little
   Frank Sinatra.
Off to brunch with friends.
Listen to family stories.
A hug from a non-hugger.
Just being present is an act of kindness.
I reaffirm Gayle’s comment on CBS, you can never go wrong with kindness.
Back home to dream, to write, to create.
Today I remember the fallen on the battlefield, the highways, the building on fire, and the beat cop,  
 those that protect us every day, thanks for your service.
Today, I will endeavor to stop taking stuff for granted.
I will have a full day to declutter my mind from a few ideas, that is golden.
Not everyone can go where I have to go.
Not everyone has to support every idea thread.
Encourage, discourage, silence; it’s all the same I will keep going.
Ride or die is not a requirement to roll with me.
I’m ok, it’s really all good.
I am honored to write all day for a cool employer.
I get to research what I don’t know and be taught by leaders in their specialties.
But there is so much more to do, say, see, and create.
I want to be an un-stranger.
When people see me
I want them to say, ”I know you, right?”
And I want to respond, “Maybe, let’s see from where.”
And that starts a trippy discussion of the possibilities.
Why not be the one?
So here is to the beginning.
Hi, I’m Felicia, don’t I know you?