“Ideas won’t keep…” #5

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, become great.

-Mark Twain


Who in your life helps you belive in yourself? Write about this person and how he or she affects you. Or maybe you are the hero to someone younger. Explain the ways in which you encourage him or her.

“Ideas won’t keep…” #10

Sticks and stones will break our bones, but words will break our hearts.

-Robert Fulhum

We may never know when the right word will tranform a person’s life.

-Philip White


Words are powerful, both as weapons and as gifts.

Write about an experience, happy or unhappy, in which words made a deep impression on you. Use details to bring the situation to life.