But I Smile Anyway…

I’m going to invite everyone to re-blog, tweet, and otherwise share this post today. We all wish our posts got that much love, but this one is important. If you are a man, love a man, or maybe both, this post is important.

I debated long and hard about sharing this at all. It involves personal information, and I like to keep a bit of privacy. I had to weigh the fact that my mother reads this blog, along with at least two co-workers, against the possibility of helping someone else. Someone else won.

Popular rumor holds that a man should have certain things checked medically once he turns 50. In typical male fashion, I waited until I was 53 and 8 months to schedule my colonoscopy. This is a degrading procedure that involves shoving a camera into places that aren’t visible by design. I thought it was degrading, but…

Would you like to join Team Kindness Blog?

Currently, we are a small team dedicated to sharing media based on kindness, love, tolerance, self-development and peace. If you are a writer/blogger and enjoy positive media you might want to join our ever-so-friendly-team.

Further Details –

We are seeking authors who can and will blog from deep within their heart and from their own experiences. Writers who can lay themselves bare, where appropriate, and be absolutely real. We’re looking for the kind of bloggers whose articles force readers to stop in their tracks and think a while. The kind of writers that speak truth and uplift the spirit or cause people to reflect upon their lives and actions. The type of authors whose words stay with the reader after they have looked away from their screen.

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Kindness, compassion, mindfulness, forgiveness, family, love, parenting, wisdom, grief, humanity…