Six Easy Steps to Writing a Blog Entry

Writing a blog can be as easy as baking cookies to one person, but much more difficult to the next. Professional writers will tell you that they find blog writing enjoyable. Those who are not great writers may be intimidated by the task however and may never want to learn how to write a blog entry. Writing a blog entry does not have to be painful however. It can be a lot of fun! If you are interested in blogging, but are unsure how to begin, use these six easy steps to writing a blog entry to get started.

Gather Ideas
The most difficult part about writing anything is deciding what you want to write about. Blogs are interesting because you can use them in several ways. You can use them as a personal online journal of sorts if you wish. You can also use them as a place to post your opinions and views. Lastly, you can use them as a place to put short articles of interest for others to read. If you are choosing to use your blog as a journal, you might not need much planning. You will probably simply want to begin writing and see where it takes you. If you want to use the blog for your opinions or for articles however, you will need to gather ideas. Create a list of topic ideas that interest you. Use them to determine what your topic will be. After choosing a topic, make a quick outline of main points you want to include. This step may seem tedious, but it will make the other steps go much more quickly, so be sure not to skip it.

Choose a Tone
After you have chosen your topic and created your short outline, you will need to choose your tone. The most successful blogs are written in a casual tone, which is a welcoming idea to most non-professional writers. Don’t worry about grammatical rules. Simply choose a tone that is like the one you would use when speaking with your spouse or a great friend. The tone should be friendly and stress-free.

Write Your Post
When you sit down to write your post, remember the tone you chose for your piece. Keeping the tone in mind put your topic idea and outline in front of you and begin writing. You should keep your blogs posts pretty short. They should contain your main point within the first sentence or two. Don’t ramble on and on or you will risk losing your reader somewhere in the middle. You can strive to keep your posts between 300 and 700 words altogether. This may sound like a lot, but once you start writing, you will see that it will not take a lot of time to get to this point. Don’t forget to write in a casual tone. Write exactly like you would speak. Avoid large words that some people may stumble over. Create interesting, yet simple posts for everyone to enjoy.

Use a Signature Ending
A signature ending is important for any blogger. You can choose to end each post with a specific quote or phrase. You can add your name to the bottom with a special symbol nearby. It really does not matter how you choose to end your post. Be sure to choose a signature ending however. A signature ending is a great way for regular readers to see that your post is ending. It can be a comforting sight for many readers as well and make your blog seem more personal.

Edit Your Work After all of the writing is said and done, you should always edit your work. Editing is not always a fun thing to do, but if you want your blog to be taken seriously, you should go back over your work. Look for misspelled words and other common mistakes. Although you are not worrying about grammar, you should not misspell words. When you are certain your text is mistake-free, you can move on to the last step.

Submit Your Update
The final step to creating a blog post is to submit it to your blog. This is typically done via the blogging software. There is a spot where you can paste your text and click on the “submit” button. The software should do the rest. After submitting, visit your blog as a reader and check out your new update.

Be a Dreamer

Dare to dream, for dreamers see tomorrow. Dare to make a wish, for wishing makes way for hope, and hope is what keeps us all alive. Dare to reach out for the things no one else can see. Be unafraid to see what others cannot. Believe in your heart and in your own goodness, for in doing so others will believe in them, too. Believe in magic, because life is full of it. But most of all, believe in yourself... because within you lies all of the magic, the hope, the love, and the dreams of tomorrow.	Always Believe In Yourself & Your Dream A Creed For Being Best You Can Be Be A Dreamer Be Strong And Dont Give Up Believe In Miracles Create Your Own World Dreams Come True One Step At Time Do Whatever You Need To Do Dont Give Up Difficult Times Dont Last Forever Dont Ever Doubt Yourself If Youre Struggling Over Difficult Its Up To You Just Be Yourself Know Yourself Live Your Life With Courage Let Your Heart Show You Way May There Never Be Dream Make Most Of Every Day And Celebrate Never Let Go Of Dreams In Your Heart Never Let Go Of Hope Only You Can Make Right Things Happen The success Has No Limits There Is Only One Key To Success Never The Strength Of Human Spirit This Is How It Works Trust In Yourself To Get What You Want Out Of Life Path To Dream The Secret To Life Is Living It The Power Of Change Twelve Ways To Keep Smiling When Task At Hand Is Mountain You Can Design Your Own Destiny You Are Capable Of Tremendous You Deserve Life Of Happiness Your Life Holds Unlimited Potential

Surrendering to the Journey

“Today I know that I cannot control the ocean tides. I can only go with the flow . . . When I struggle and try to organize the Atlantic to my specifications, I sink. If I flail and thrash and growl and grumble, I go under. But if I let go and float, I am borne aloft.”
Marie Stilkind

As mentioned before, each of us has the freedom to choose what we do with our lives, but there is also certain wisdom in learning how to surrender to the journey.
Through sheer force of will you can achieve much, but at what cost? Learning how to surrender rather than forcing things to go your way can not only make things much easier, it can also create outcomes that are far better than you alone would have created.
Have you ever wanted something so badly that you made it your sole mission in life to get it? Maybe you had to work extremely hard or keep hammering away at obstacles until finally, victory was yours! And then what? Probably you experienced a bit of letdown or fatigue, disappointment that what you thought you wanted wasn’t so great after all.

That’s because so much of what we think we want actually comes from our ego-selves. The ego is the spoiled, petulant child within each of us. The part of us that cares only about our own happiness, our own comfort, our own gain. When we set goals and objectives from this state of mind, inevitably we are disappointed by them later because they serve only our immediate whims and desires.

Letting Your Inner Wisdom Lead
There is a wiser and more patient part of us, however. This part of us could be called our spirit, higher self, inner wisdom, or many other names. When we set our ego aside and allow this part of ourselves to take charge, everything suddenly becomes much easier.
Not only are we able to choose more lasting and satisfying objectives, we are also led to the simplest and quickest ways to achieve them. Struggle evaporates. Fear dissolves. Impatience is transformed into confidence and trust. When you surrender to this higher part of yourself, the entire journey becomes smoother, more magical, and more deeply satisfying.

It won’t always be easy to set your personal preferences aside. Sometimes you’ll find yourself getting hooked on doing things a certain way, or seeing a specific outcome from your efforts.
Self-awareness can help keep you more balanced in this respect, because you’ll more easily notice when you’re clinging, pushing or forcing circumstances, or resisting an easier way – even if you wouldn’t have chosen it as “your way.”

Choosing the Easy Way
Remember that for every objective there is an easy way and a hard way of accomplishing it. When it comes to your life purpose, your inner wisdom will lead you to the easy way, every time.
That doesn’t mean effort won’t be required. In fact, you’ll probably work more diligently on your passions than you’ve ever worked on anything before! But it won’t SEEM like work. It will seem fun and easy – even blissful.
Surrendering to the journey has another benefit too; helping you to keep your expectations in check. Rather than pinning all of your expectations on some distant outcome, you’ll be better able to enjoy what you’re doing now. You’ll make the journey itself your objective. That doesn’t mean that amazing outcomes won’t result from your journey – quite the opposite!
The more attention and energy you put into NOW, the more powerful LATER will be. But you won’t have to focus so hard on it to make it happen. You’ll just naturally create it from one moment to the next.

Allowing Your Purpose to Evolve
Believe it or not, your life purpose will continue to evolve for the rest of your life, just as you will personally, spiritually, professionally – in all areas of your life, really. That’s why it’s not so important to have a nitty-gritty detailed idea of what your purpose is, but rather to look at the pieces that comprise it and begin taking action on them.
As you learn, grow and develop throughout your lifetime, so will your purpose. In fact, don’t be surprised if you’re doing something completely unrelated to the activities on your worksheets twenty years from now. Those initial insights may prove to be mere stepping stones that lead to something much bigger and better. Or they might end up being all you want to do, forever. It can go either way.
That’s another reason why it’s so important to let your inner wisdom lead. By doing so you’ll stay aware of inner changes that might be moving you in another direction than you initially intended to go.

Living Moment to Moment
More than anything else, I want you to understand that living your life purpose isn’t about trying to become someone you are not, doing things you don’t enjoy or taking on all of the worthy causes in the world.
It’s about coming back to yourself – your authentic self – and awakening to the potential that already exists within you.
Many of us, for most of our lives have gotten used to “playing small.” We’ve been told over and over again that it’s wrong to honor our uniqueness – let alone celebrate it.
We’ve spent a lot of time trying to blend in, be like everyone else and hide that glimmer of brilliance that wants to burst forth from us.

But doing so not only stunts our own growth, it deprives the world of something magnificent.
Through the exercises in this book you may have conceived a clearer idea of the specific activities that comprise your life purpose, or you may still be trying to figure it out – but understand that your purpose goes far beyond the things you do day to day.
When you believe that your life has meaning and make it your purpose to infuse that meaning into everything you do, you make every moment and every activity meaningful. Consequently, you are able to live with purpose no matter what you do, no matter where you go, and no matter how you and your purpose evolve over time.

You’ll simply turn your entire life into a vehicle for positive change, growth, healing, awareness or anything else you decide to adopt as your mission.
Can you imagine a more powerful purpose than that? I sure can’t.
May you enjoy ever-increasing passion, power and purpose in everything you do!

Ancient Wonders of the World

Wonders of the World Ancient Wonders of the World Colossus of Rhodes The Hanging Gardens The Mausoleum of Maussollos The Lighthouse of Alexandria Statue of Zeus at Olympia Great Pyramid of Giza The Temple of Artemis 7 Wonders of the Medieval World Modern Wonders of the World Natural Wonders of the World Underwater Wonders of the World New 7 Wonders of the World

Colossus of Rhodes "The Colossus of Rhodes was a giant statue of the god Helios, erected on the Greek island of Rhodes by Chares of Lindos between 292 BC and 280 BC. It was roughly the same size as the Statue of Liberty in New York, although it stood on a lower platform. It was one of the Seven Wonders of the World." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_of_Rhodes The Hanging Gardens "The Hanging Gardens of Babylon (also known as the Hanging Gardens of Semiramis) and the walls of Babylon (present-day Iraq) were considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World. They were both supposedly built by Nebuchadnezzar II around 600 BC." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_Gardens_of_Babylon The Mausoleum of Maussollos "The Mausoleum of Maussollos, or Mausoleum of Halicarnassus was a tomb built between 353-350 BC at halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey), for Mausolus..a provincial king in the Persian Empire, and Artemisia, his wife, and sister. It was designed by four Greek architects - Bryaxis, Leochares, Scopas and Timotheus." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mausoleum_of_Maussollos The Lighthouse of Alexandria "The Pharos of Alexandria was a lighthouse built in the 3rd century BC on the island of Pharos in Alexandria, Egypt to serve as that port's landmark, and later, a lighthouse." "With a height variously estimated at between 115 and 135 metres (383 - 440 ft) it was among the tallest man-made structures on Earth for many centuries, and was identified as one of the Seven Wonders of the World by Antipater of Sidon." "It ceased operating and was largely destroyed as a result of two earthquakes in the 14th century AD; some of its remains were found on the floor of Alexandria's Eastern Harbour by divers in 1994. More of the remains have subsequently been revealed by satellite imaging." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighthouse_of_Alexandria Statue of Zeus at Olympia "The Statue of Zeus at Olympia is one of the classical Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was carved by the famed Classical sculptor Phidias (5th century BC) circa 435 BC in Olympia, Greece." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Zeus_at_Olympia Great Pyramid of Giza "The Great Pyramid of Giza..is the oldest and last remaining of the Seven Wonders of the World. Most Egyptologists agree the pyramid was constructed over a 20 year period concluding around 2560 BC. It is generally believed the Great Pyramid was built as the tomb of Fourth dynasty Egyptian pharaoh Khufu (Cheops), after whom it is sometimes called Khufu's Pyramid or the Pyramid of Khufu. Khufu's vizier, Hemon, is credited as the architect of the Great Pyramid." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza The Temple of Artemis "The Temple of Artemis..also known as the Temple of Diana, was a Greek temple dedicated to Artemis completed around 550 BC at Ephesus (in present-day Turkey) under the Achaemenid dynasty of the Persian Empire. Nothing remains of the original temple, which was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Artemis

7 Wonders of the Medieval World

Wonders of the World Ancient Wonders of the World 7 Wonders of the Medieval World The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa The Colosseum The Great Wall of China The Hagia Sophia The Leaning Tower of Pisa The Porcelain Tower Stonehenge Modern Wonders of the World Natural Wonders of the World Underwater Wonders of the World New 7 Wonders of the World

The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa "The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa (in Alexandria, Egypt) are one of the Seven Wonders of the Medieval Mind. The necropolis consists of a series of Alexandrian tombs of the Pharaonic funeral cult with Hellenistic and early Imperial Roman influences. A circular staircase leads down into tombs that were tunneled into the bedrock during the age of the Antonine emperors (2nd century AD). The facility was in use from the 2nd century to the 4th century." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catacombs_of_Kom_el_Shoqafa The Colosseum "The Colosseum or Coliseum, originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre (Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium), is the largest amphitheatre built in the Roman Empire. Originally capable of seating 45,000 spectators,... " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colosseum The Great Wall of China "The Great Wall is the world's longest man-made structure, stretching over a formidable 6,352 km (3,948 miles), from Shanhai Pass on the Bohai Sea in the east, at the limit between "China proper" and Manchuria, to Lop Nur in the southeastern portion of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall_of_China The Hagia Sophia "Hagia Sophia (Church of Holy Wisdom), now known as the Ayasofya Museum, is a former Eastern Orthodox church converted to a mosque in 1453, converted into a museum in 1935, in the Turkish city of Istanbul. It is universally acknowledged as one of the greatest buildings of the world and sometimes considered the Eighth Wonder of the World. Its conquest by the Ottomans at the fall of Constantinople is considered one of the great tragedies of Christendom by the Greek Orthodox faithful." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia The Leaning Tower of Pisa "The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italian: Torre pendente di Pisa or simply La Torre di Pisa) is the campanile, or bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa. It is situated behind the Cathedral and it is the third structure in Pisa's Campo dei Miracoli (field of Miracles)." "The tower is famous for its noticeable lean. It was intended to stand vertically so as to serve as a bell tower, but began leaning soon after construction started in 1173 due to a poorly laid foundation." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaning_Tower_of_Pisa The Porcelain Tower "The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing...is located in Nanjing, an ancient capital of China, out on the south bank of the Yangtze River." "The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing is one of the Seven Wonders of the World in the middle ages. Warfare and subsequent destruction overtook it in the 19th century, and it is now under reconstruction." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcelain_Tower_of_Nanjing Stonehenge "Stonehenge is a Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument located near Amesbury in the English county of Wiltshire... It is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones and is one of the most famous prehistoric sites in the world." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighthouse_of_Alexandria

Modern Wonders of the World

Wonders of the World Ancient Wonders of the World 7 Wonders of the Medieval World Modern Wonders of the World The Channel Tunnel CN Tower The Empire State Building The Golden Gate Bridge Itaipu Dam Delta Works Panama Canal Natural Wonders of the World Underwater Wonders of the World New 7 Wonders of the World

The Channel Tunnel "The Channel Tunnel..is a 31 mile (50.5 km)-long rail tunnel beneath the English Channel at the Straits of Dover, connecting Folkestone, Kent in England to Coquelles near Calais in northern France. A long-standing and very expensive megaproject that saw several false starts, it was finally completed in 1994." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel CN Tower "The CN Tower, at 553.33 metres (1,815 feet, 5 inches) tall, is the world's tallest freestanding structure on land. It is located in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and is considered the signature icon of the city; more than two million international visitors are attracted annually to the tower." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CN_Tower The Empire State Building "The Empire State Building is a 102-story contemporary Art Deco style building in New York City, declared by the American Society of Civil Engineers to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World." "Designed by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon, it was finished in 1931. The tower takes its name from the nickname of New York State. Since the September 11th attacks, it is again the tallest building in New York City." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_State_Building The Golden Gate Bridge "The Golden Gate Bridge was the largest suspension bridge in the world when it was completed in 1937 and has become an internationally recognized symbol of San Francisco. It is currently the second longest suspension bridge in the United States after the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_Bridge Itaipu Dam "Itaipu.. is a dam of the Parana River that includes a hydroelectric power plant, located on the border between Brazil and Paraguay. The name "Itaipu" was taken from an isle that existed near the construction site. Itaipu, from the Guarani language, means "singing stones"." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itaipu Delta Works "In the North Sea flood of 1953, breaks in the dikes and seawalls in the Netherlands killed 1,835 people and forced the evacuation of 70,000 more. 10,000 animals drowned, and 4,500 buildings were destroyed. To prevent such a tragedy from happening again, an ambitious flood defense system was conceived and deployed, called the Delta Works (Dutch: Deltawerken)." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Works Panama Canal "The Panama Canal..is a major ship canal that traverses the Isthmus of Panama in Central America, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The construction of the canal was one of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken. It has had an enormous impact on shipping, as ships no longer have to travel the long and treacherous route via the Drake Passage and Cape Horn at the southernmost tip of South America." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal

Natural Wonders of the World

Wonders of the World Ancient Wonders of the World 7 Wonders of the Medieval World Modern Wonders of the World Natural Wonders of the World The Grand Canyon Great Barrier Reef Harbor of Rio de Janeiro Mount Everest The Northern Lights Paricutin volcano Victoria Falls Underwater Wonders of the World New 7 Wonders of the World

The Grand Canyon "The Grand Canyon is a very colorful, steep-sided gorge, carved by the Colorado River, in northern Arizona, USA. It is largely contained within the Grand Canyon National Park - one of the first national parks in the United States. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of the Grand Canyon area, visiting on numerous occasions to hunt mountain lions and enjoy the scenery." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canyon Great Barrier Reef "The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, composed of roughly 3,000 individual reefs and 900 islands, that stretch for 2,600 kilometres (1,616 mi).[1] The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia. A large part of the reef is protected by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Barrier_Reef Harbor of Rio de Janeiro "The Harbour of Rio de Janeiro was declared one of the Seven Wonders of the Natural World by CNN." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro Mount Everest "Mount Everest is the point of highest elevation on Earth, measured by the height of its summit above sea level. Its summit ridge marks the border between Nepal and China." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest The Northern Lights "The aurora is a glow observed in the night sky, usually in the polar zone. For this reason some scientists call it a "polar aurora" (or "aurora polaris"). In northern latitudes it is known as "aurora borealis", which is named after the Roman goddess of the dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for north wind, Boreas, since in Europe especially it often appears as a reddish glow on the northern horizon as if the sun were rising from an unusual direction. The aurora borealis is also called the "northern lights". " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_Aurora Paricutin volcano "Paricutin..is a volcano in the Mexican state of Michoacan, close to a lava-covered village of the same name." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paricut%C3%ADn Victoria Falls "The Victoria Falls..are one of the world's most spectacular waterfalls. The falls are situated on the Zambezi River, on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe..and are roughly 1.7 km (1 mile) wide and 128 m (420 ft) high. They are considered a remarkable spectacle because of the peculiar narrow slot-like chasm into which the water falls, so one can view the falls face-on." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Falls