Brevity and Life Wisdom – Can I Say It In 25 Words?

by Starbucker on July 16, 2008

Recently Liz Strauss challenged us on her Successful Blog to write a 25 word blog post. Could I express some life wisdom so pithily?

While I was out of town last week I noodled on this quite a bit. I’ve probably spent longer working on this than any other post to this blog (ironic, I know, since this is probably one of the shortest posts).

Now I now why Liz called it a challenge! It’s proven to be a great writing exercise, and I would recommend it to anyone trying to hone their craft.

So, without any further ado, here it is, the 25 word post:

The world’s most precious resource is not oil;

it is joy, a life-sustaining energy that is also extracted,

from the soul instead of the ground.

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Comedy Plus July 16, 2008 at 1:06 pm

Excellent and so true. Very, very well done. Have a great day. :)

Michelle July 18, 2008 at 3:12 am

Wow! That is Awesome. Meaningful and from the HEART.

Thank You!

Liz Strauss July 19, 2008 at 11:05 pm

I really do like this one.
We don’t have enough joy and it’s so renewable.

Yoga August 29, 2008 at 5:15 pm

Could it not also be love for without love how can we truly have joy.

Peace Love and Joy

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