Another Thoughts of the Moment Triple Play

Another set of Thoughts of the Moment...



We are living in tomorrow’s past, so use the memories of that to guide your actions today.


A dollar might have an attractive bottom worth, but it is the pennies that get pinched.


The situation is not all it seems to be, and more.


Written by Michael Steven Platt 4-04-09

Thank Goodness!

Pounding away on the keyboard like it was a piano grande from Star Bonks (that’s when you hit your head and see sparkles), I would lather up a hot little number and serve it out to you, but unfortunately the substance of this offbeat imagery is just words I dream as I doze into the late afternoon. I find that my energy level is strong and flowing in creative directions right up until about the time I get home from work and then my drive turns off the highway, pulls into a rest stop, puts the vehicle in park and kicks back for a mighty nap, figuratively or literally. And it seems that every time I take it upon myself to recharge and rev up the engine with caffeine, as was the case today, something else comes along and steals my thunder until it reins no more. I have many stories and ideas, a few are finished (like The Big Cookie), several are rough drafted (like the second and third installments of the Withering Flats series) and many are just a title (like The Magic Chicken and The Garrulous Rock, which are titles I found in one of my old notebooks today). So I do have creative material. I am lacking in time and energy to transcribe, refine and create. Thanks goodness for Thoughts of the Moment. Here, have a few...

If there were nothing of interest to write about, I’m sure you’d read about it here first.

Remember: it’s corporate America who put the “hip” in Hypocrisy and the “super” in Superficial.

The realm of “what if’ exists so close to our perceptions that we often lose track that we inhabit the world of “what is.”

And with that I have managed to come up with an adequate (if not satisfactory to my creative drive, parked, napping and dreaming wonderful stories, living it up in the world of ‘what if’) posting for today. I wish you pleasant encounters, many smiles and perspicacious insights!

Written by Michael Steven Platt 4-29-09

Three more Thoughts of the Moment

From out of my magic hat of writing I pull these little bits of tid to share with you...

The older and more experienced I become, the more I rely on memory and intellect and the less I rely on inspiration and intuition.

We must think not only of today’s posterity but the posterity of the future as well.

Some people are like a small piece of tree branch put firmly into the heavy, very wet earth.

And with that I put my magic hat back on and take a nap...

Written by Michael Steven Platt 4-28-09

Three Thoughts of the Moment

Thoughts of the Moment:

A person with an open mind will question whether he truly has an open mind while a person with a closed mind believes unequivocally that he has an open mind and will refuse to listen to anyone suggesting otherwise.

If you are not perfect, then you have no grounds to criticize; if you are perfect, then you have no reason to criticize.


If I had the time and energy I’d probably do something else… but I don’t, so I’m going to sit right here and do this.

And that's that.

Written by Michael Steven Platt 4-21-09

Digging Deep and Three Thoughts

Dianne and I spent a taxing couple of hours looking through old notebooks of mine for stories that have never been put into the computer, and, by the time we had found a few, there is not enough time to transcribe, edit and present one in a suitable format. Dianne did a delightful job typing up a transcription of a dream I once had, but I will use this as a rough draft and offer the polished version at a later date. So for today’s entry I will make due by putting forth a few Thoughts of the Moment and call it a night.

Doing the best one can is the ultimate goal of any given moment.

Sometimes I feel like I’m fighting a losing uphill battle just to stay where I am.

Some people are gifted with a generous dearth of awareness.


Catch you in the greater later on!

Written by Michael Steven Platt 4-15-09