On the Horizon celebrated its first blogiversary this past weekend, so Hopeful Spirit reflects on the first year of her blogging adventure. On the Horizon started out under another name and its inception was motivated by a major change in the author's life -- a transition -- but it has evolved over time and today is the home of The Seventh

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Just before noon on July 13, 2005, a Plant City police car pulled up outside that shattered window. Two officers went into the house — and one stumbled back out.

Clutching his stomach, the rookie retched in the weeds.

Plant City Detective Mark Holste had been on the force for 18 years when he and his young partner were se

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What's the Most Important Thing to You?

Here is an exercise in stripping away what we think we believe to be what we think as important to reveal something else.

Just pose the question to yourself and write whatever comes into your mind.

Do not make any judgements to whether you think it is suitable or unsuitable just write it down.

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When I started writing this poem, I set out with a goal to create something which measured up against Allen Ginsberg's Howl. If you have never heard of it, it's a massively-long epic poem from the Beat Generation. Written in the midst of the Vietnam War, it describes the turmoil and loss of the time.

I told myself that I w

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In the nightly news, we recieve day-to-day updates on the horrors that are happening in the world. There's some good news in there too, but those are obviously outnumbered. You get forwarded emails about earthquake or storm warnings, further scaring the life out of you. Don't lose hope --- there are ways to cope with the d

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Great article about simple ways in which you can find your inner peace :)

From the article:

"Don’t you find life to always be filled with stress? Doesn’t it seem like there is always something that happens which encompasses our entire attention, and thus drain our positive energy? As our society grows more and more compl

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