This book was five years in writing and includes over ten years of notes written when I was drowning in the incredibly painful and complicated morass of drug and alcohol addiction. Some of the most powerful emotions that I, as a human being, have ever felt were recorded on whatever paper that was around at the time. I swore to God that if I survived and didn't totally lose my mind like so many around me did that I would tell anyone who would listen what it's like to lose yourself completely to the "demon of nothingness," as I call it, because it has the ability to transform all that you possess into nothing, nada, zilch, so fast that your mind can't process it. There were times so depressing and painful when the thought of living through another day was a bad option. I wrote when I went into rehab and about what it took to find myself again. I wrote about the joy of recovery and the fight to have it and to keep it. I also write about hypocrisy, as I see it. While living on the "other side" of society, I was constantly exposed to "bullshit" of every kind. You name it, I've heard it, seen it, and probably done it. I've seen and played all the games. So now I'm allergic and when I encounter the "bullshit" and "game" out here, I write about it, try to expose it. Though I'm not the best Christian in this world, I do believe in God and the church. In my deepest despair, I not only wanted to die, I wanted my very soul to die too. I wrote about these things too. I've tried to include the outlook of "live and let live" in my poetry. Some things are whimsical, some about love, some are political, some dead serious. All of it, "my music." Howard R. Logan, Jr.

This book was five years in writing and includes over ten years of notes written when I was drowning in the incredibly painful and complicated morass of drug and alcohol addiction. Some of the most powerful emotions that I, as a human being, have ever felt were recorded on whatever paper that was around at the time. I swore to God that if I survived and didn’t totally lose my mind like so many around me did that I would tell anyone who would listen what it’s like to lose yourself completely to the “demon of nothingness,” as I call it, because it has the ability to transform all that you possess into nothing, nada, zilch, so fast that your mind can’t process it. There were times so depressing and painful when the thought of living through another day was a bad option. I wrote when I went into rehab and about what it took to find myself again. I wrote about the joy of recovery and the fight to have it and to keep it. I also write about hypocrisy, as I see it. While living on the “other side” of society, I was constantly exposed to “bullshit” of every kind. You name it, I’ve heard it, seen it, and probably done it. I’ve seen and played all the games. So now I’m allergic and when I encounter the “bullshit” and “game” out here, I write about it, try to expose it. Though I’m not the best Christian in this world, I do believe in God and the church. In my deepest despair, I not only wanted to die, I wanted my very soul to die too. I wrote about these things too. I’ve tried to include the outlook of “live and let live” in my poetry. Some things are whimsical, some about love, some are political, some dead serious. All of it, “my music.” Howard R. Logan, Jr.

In life you learn to grow and live accordingly. love has no boundries!

Junior high aged students will argue (and sometimes quarrel), but they won't argue well without good training. Young teens are also targeted by advertisers with a vengeance. From billboards to commercials to a walk down the mall, fallacious arguments are everywhere you look. The Art of Argument was designed to teach the argumentative adolescent how to reason with clarity, relevance and purpose at a time when he has a penchant for the why and how. It is designed to equip and sharpen young minds as they live, play, and grow in this highly commercial culture. This course teaches students to recognize and identify twenty-eight informal fallacies, and the eye-catching text includes over sixty slick and clever, ?phony advertisements? for items from blue jeans to pick-up trucks, which apply the fallacies to a myriad of real life situations.

Tell Me the Truth About Life is an indispensable anthology which invites us to relish poetry's power to capture the truths that really matter.

Answer Key Poetry will make you laugh, cry, reflect, and act. If you are seeking meaningful answers to life and are not afraid to be challenged, then please read on. Each poem has a main thought, a Bible verse, and a journal section to write your thoughts and prayers. The main goal is to take you to place of growth through action based on truth.

Nakia R. Laushaul poetically gathers myths and misconceptions about life that threaten to hold the heart captive into her first bound collection titled: The Truth As I See It: In Poetry & Prose. She expresses her views of The Truth about Me and You, Love, God, and Life in powerful poems that make the truth look painfully simple and prose that tenderly draws you into the view of the world as she sees it. The Truth As I See It: In Poetry & Prose beautifully fuses together the key elements to living life more freely and intensely. Out of pain and anger comes healing. Out of despair and disappointment comes hope. Out of the darkness of lies comes the truth.

The argument builder will train you to build compelling and persuasive arguments, through a blend of logic and rhetoric. You will first study the logical structure of good, clear arguments. Then, you will study how to use the various elements of argumentation, such as examples, analogy, comparison, testimony, and statistics, combining them to construct your own sound and effective arguments. You will also learn about the fallacies often committed when using these elements and how to avoid them in your own arguments.

What kind of knowledge, if any, does poetry provide? Poets make poems, but they also make meaning and craft a kind of learned and creative ignorance as they provide infinitely revisable answers to the question of what poetry is. That question of poetry's definition invites broader ones about the relationship of poetry to other lived experience. Poetry thus implies something like a way of life that is resistant to definitive statements and conclusions, and the creation of communities of readers and writers that live in ever-renewed questioning. To resist concluding is to embrace a kind of productive ignorance, a knowledge that is first and foremost aware of poetic knowledge's own limits. Poetry's Knowing Ignorance shows, through an examination of French poetry, how it is this dialogue in response to a constant questioning, to an answer-turned-question, that continues to blur the boundary between poetry and writing about poetry, between poetry and criticism, and between poetry and other kinds of experience.

Forgive God for letting you live in a world of fear, pain, and sorrow. Forgive yourself for asking to be born to experience a world of fear, pain, and sorrow. Forgive all humanity from one end of the world to the other for all the wrong things you think they have done to you and your love ones. Forgive the lion that clawed you; forgive the bear that attacked you. Forgive the ants that flood your counter top; forgive the cockroaches that infest your floors; forgive the spiders that fang you as you sleep. Forgive the tree that timbered on your rooftop; forgive the poison oak that infected your skin. Forgive viruses, bacteria, and cells that make you feel the painful effects of illness; forgive the pollen, dander, and foods that give the illusion of allergies. Forgive all life and let the domino effect fall where it may. Send good and positive energy that will flow through the current of the air, ultimately reaching the universe where it will boomerang mind to mind, life to life. Remember to thank God and the universe for the domino and boomerang effect through forgiveness. Remember, forgiveness breaks the chains of bondage of all life. Forgiveness releases you and them from the burdens of prison. I forgive you, and your chains and mine are broken. We are now free to be. Let the domino effect sweep through and let the boomerang effect soar through the core of your mind and heart where the spirit will be awakened because it remembers truth. I recognize and understand fully how controversial some of this poetry is. Controversial comes from many various beliefs, what we choose to believe, sadness, and where we are spiritually. We are certainly free to choose what we will believe, but one day, we will all be in the same place of truth even though we may not foresee it as of yet. The brutal things we do to one another are very heartbreaking, full of sorrow. But forgiveness lets you keep your peace, strength, and power. Enjoy the pleasures of life to balance out the pains we endure. In spite of accepting the truth of what I have asked for, I choose to remain humble and value compassion of all the suffering we encounter in our lives and all over the world. This world certainly needs salvation, and forgiveness will save all of us for forgiveness is the key, and you are the key. Always remember, God willed us back home to Him before we were even born. Heaven is where we come from. Heaven is our home where freedom is limitless and love reigns forever. I send my wishes and desires of forgiveness and love and righteousness from my mind to yours, blessing you with peace, happiness, wellness, salvation, and ultimately, true freedom. In the love of Christ! Amen.