People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. Nelson Henderson
Recently, I presented you with a poll asking for your favorite DALANEL weekly feature. Monday Motivation? Wednesday Word? What about Good News Friday?
Well, now I’ve decided to spice things up a bit by offering my thoughts about my own work. I’ve had weekly and daily featured posts. Some of them were hits. Some were misses. Others I wanted to do, but never really got it off the ground. Here’s the full list in no particular order. Also note that temporary features like my play and my video series are up for rank:
That’s 14 types of featured posts that I’ve gone through. Right now, there’s only four of them active.
I rank these by purpose, how fun they were to make, and other stuff. It’s my rank and my rules. I will say that views and likes will not count on the rank. I mean, views and likes will count on how I interpret the success but the literal views and likes will not determine where this stuff lands. These are based off of me and how I have responded to them. Let’s get started with the loser.
14. The Face-Off
This was a play that I wrote. I decided to share it on the blog as part of 2013’s big summer. The play was a flop in my opinion. I didn’t get any views. Also, I realized that it was actually a hassle trying to tag the stuff and label the stuff. It was a mess.
13. Weekly News
Good News Friday is technically a current incarnation of Weekly News. Weekly News, however, covered good news, weird/funny news, and satire. The problem with this feature was that I never really got it going and Daily Good Stuff eventually pushed it out of the lineup.
12. How Was Your Week?
This was one of the posts that I was very excited about during the original thought process. I mention this because that’s the only reason why this isn’t in 15th place (and there isn’t even a 15th place!). Once I got started, I realized that talking about what happened to me during my week was boring. I have no life. The idea was to stimulate conversation; but that also didn’t happen. It was just all messed up. I will say that this is a feature I am always considering bringing back.
I think you know where I’m going.
Life has knocked you down. Now you’re sitting there with a bloody nose and you’re missing a couple of teeth. You can barely see out of one eye and you’re pretty sure your arm naturally doesn’t bend that way.
What now?
Get up, and fight back.
You’ve been around too long to quit, right? RIGHT?
So wipe the blood off of your lip and try again. Fight back!
Only you can make sure you win. Only you can get up and make it happen. Get stubborn. Every challenge you face, go in there HARD, but SMART.
Right now, it seems like you’re all out of energy and will. That’s when it’s time to dig deeper. I know there are plenty of areas where I need to fight back. I’m nobody’s b*tch, straight up. I’m no longer going to be pushed around.
Yeah, don’t let life push you around any longer. Fight. The. Heck. Back.
-DALANEL
This is a story that you simply don’t see often. This story is really special.
It starts off typical:
After Kalem Millard’s fatal accident, his parents made the difficult decision to donate his pancreas, which ultimately saved the life of Jake MacKinnon.
Okay, this is when things get interesting:
Nearly 10 years later, Bill Millard, Kalem’s father, was in desperate need of a kidney transplant after suffering from diabetes. Jake MacKinnon’s mother, Janice MacKinnon, will donate her kidney to Bill Millard Friday at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco.
How about that? C’mon now…you really don’t see this type of story often.
-DALANEL
The best helping hand that you will ever receive is the one at the end of your own arm. Fred Dehner
