Maybe I am not alone in that.

Posted on July 14, 2026 by Mark J. Hahn

Daily writing prompt

What’s a piece of technology you’re convinced will exist in 20 years?

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It already exists.

Sorry Mr. Prompt.

Just not used any longer. Not that much, nor by many.

Things tend to get far too complicated for their own – and our – good.

There is a lot to be said for simplicity.

Mistakes get made and they can never go away. They always come back. They are forever saved in some format of the moment.

Pencil and paper will be around forever.

Alot can be expressed in this tried and true method. In word. Plans. Art. Anything you can imagine.

This is truly life altering technology.

Something that never goes away.

Something you will always cherish.

I need that.

Maybe I am not alone in that.

Baby steps.

Posted on July 13, 2026 by Mark J. Hahn

Daily writing prompt

Which book have you read more than any other?

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Not yet cover to cover. I will in time. But now? In bits, pieces and chunks in an increasingly more regular fashion.

And when I am ready to share, there is another that has also found its way into my life.

In time.

But for now?

Baby steps.

An ode to life-long learning.

Posted on July 12, 2026 by Mark J. Hahn

“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.”
― Socrates

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
― Albert Einstein

“Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.”
― Albert Einstein

“Learning never exhausts the mind.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

“Learning is not child’s play; we cannot learn without pain.”
― Aristotle

“A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.”
― Sophocles

Class will then be dismissed.

Posted on July 12, 2026 by Mark J. Hahn

Daily writing prompt

Are you a lifelong learner?

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Boy, am I.

I can learn from just about anyone, anytime, anywhere and anyhow. I need to be open to every opportunity that presents itself.

I just need it.

Of late, I have learned a great deal about myself at a deeply personal level. As far down as I have been, there yet remains distance to be explored. I credit those that comprise my inner circle with putting the pieces together, discovering truth and reinforcing me for future challenges.

The path they have helped me forge has for provided some much needed direction. I have divined an actual living reality for me. Begun to recognize my actual persona. And is in the process of revealing my purpose.

How can life be if you are not learning?

If for some reason I ever think that my education is complete, I might as well just put out the fire and call in the dogs.