“Each person must develop a wholesome personal response to enduring the hardships of daily life and witnessing the discord, disharmony, dissension, and… — Kilroy J. Oldster Daily life Copy Share Image
“Stories trace their roots to impassioned human interactions with the world. I always sense a storyline as an emotional yearning embedded in… — Kilroy J. Oldster Creative writing Copy Share Image
“Personal growth commences with an ego death. Self-pride blunts personal growth because the ego resists change. The ego wants to maintain the… — Kilroy J. Oldster Death Copy Share Image
“The song in our heart ultimately sustains us. Each of us possesses the ability to choose how we perceive life, determine what… — Kilroy J. Oldster Existence Copy Share Image
“All forms of creative thinking involve a struggle to conquer or master something, and usually that specific something eludes us completely. A… — Kilroy J. Oldster Creative thinking Copy Share Image
“Feelings and emotions as well as thoughts and opinions are evanescent; they change over time because they reflect our transient being. Feelings… — Kilroy J. Oldster Conscious mind Copy Share Image
“Existential anguish derives from the human freedom to think and act, experience love for life, and fear death. We must decide whether… — Kilroy J. Oldster Death Copy Share Image
“The black hole of the galaxy swallows the boiling energy of human fury. Soon my waning fume will be obscured forevermore, all… — Kilroy J. Oldster Accepting life Copy Share Image
“Life includes unforeseen incidents that prove critical to promote personal growth. Life rarely gives us what we want. We are lucky if… — Kilroy J. Oldster Experiences Copy Share Image
“From childbirth to our deathbeds, we seek to impose our will upon the external environment. At each milepost in life, we seek… — Kilroy J. Oldster Awareness Copy Share Image
“All writers want to a place their mark upon human consciousness by creating a physical record of their distinctive thoughts and an… — Kilroy J. Oldster Essayist Copy Share Image
“A writing tablet evidences the writer’s mind shadows, the dark twin that sketches the meandering of our conscious mind and taps into… — Kilroy J. Oldster Conscious mind Copy Share Image
“A person who holds strong convictions might appear inflexible, impolite, or exceptionally obtuse, when they are merely direct.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Blunt-truths Copy Share Image
“A person devoted to attaining self-realization would be foolish to ignore the well-intended advice of people whom care about them. Although it… — Kilroy J. Oldster Identity Copy Share Image
“We write, edit, and rewrite the story of our own life employing descriptive words, metaphors, and symbols. Our lives are full of… — Kilroy J. Oldster Aspects of life Copy Share Image
“Our thoughts and feelings make us whereas love and beauty sustain us.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Beauty Copy Share Image
“Each soul must awaken from the aloneness of a private dream world to greet the morning sun, view the sweet earth, apprehend… — Kilroy J. Oldster Appreciative Copy Share Image
“Humankind devotes much of its collective energy to managing personal and institutional anxiety and dealing with unsuccessful efforts of its civilians to… — Kilroy J. Oldster Animals Copy Share Image
“Autobiographical writing acts as a timeless testament to each person’s epic record of adventure, heartache, road to perdition, and achievement of a… — Kilroy J. Oldster Adventure Copy Share Image
“Self-education is a lifetime affair. In life, as in science, there are unsuccessful experiments. Difficult personal and professional experiences are not for… — Kilroy J. Oldster Education Copy Share Image
“Personal happiness is an end game; it is not an immediate necessity. A person whom attains lasting happiness will necessarily endure many… — Kilroy J. Oldster End game Copy Share Image
“Self-transformation commences with a period of self-questioning. Questions lead to more questions, bewilderment leads to new discoveries, and growing personal awareness leads… — Kilroy J. Oldster Change Copy Share Image
“In order to grow sometimes we must cease striving to meet other people’s expectations and begin establishing new goals that develop our… — Kilroy J. Oldster Enlightenment Copy Share Image
“A person’s work allows their character to form and provides a creative outlet for their inner world of imaginative thoughts and creative… — Kilroy J. Oldster Art Copy Share Image
“Writing a personal essay or memoir addresses how a person thinks and behaves in the context of society’s prevailing moral and ethical… — Kilroy J. Oldster Autobiography Copy Share Image
