Bite Size Life Lessons: Modern day proverbs, #1

By Richard Bartrand

A small collection of random, modern-day proverbs, short snippets of useful information, inspirational daily morsels, tidbits of truth, one-line treasures, form-fitted advice from experience, things that make you go think, a wee-bit-o-funnies, & some harsh realities to ponder along your journey here on planet earth.

 

  Through the years of advising those who were experiencing what I have already been through, there were some behavior patterns that came to the surface repeatedly so I started recording those lessons to come up with creative ways of relaying them in different ways so everyone could easily understand no matter what their personality type was.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bartrand Books
• Release date: May 13, 2022
• ISBN: 9798986222417

Book preview

Bite Size Life Lessons

Modern-day proverbs

Richard Baratrand

image-placeholder

Bartrand Books

Bite Size Life Lessons

Copyright © 2022 Richard Bartrand

All Rights Reserved, No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher.

Please note that I can’t take any responsibility for the results of your actions, and any harm or damage you suffer as a result of the use, or non-use of the information available in this book. Please use judgment and conduct due diligence before taking any action or implementing any plan or practice suggested or recommended in this book.

Paperback Print ISBN-13: 979-8-9862224-0-0

eBook Version ISBN-13: 979-8-9862224-1-7

Library of Congress Control Number: 2022908364

Printed in the United States of America

Cover design and illustrations by: Richard Bartrand

For information about the latest book titles and to be notified when they come out, log on to; www.rickbartrand.com/book-titles

Table Of Contents

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PRESCRIPTION

1. SECTION I

2. SECTION II

3. SECTION III

4. SECTION IV

5. SECTION V

6. SECTION VI

7. SECTION VII

8. SECTION VIII

9. SECTION IX

10. SECTION X

11. SECTION XI

SUMMARY

AUTHOR

DEDICATION

First and foremost, this book is dedicated to those closest to me that have offered support throughout the process of putting everything together and the patience necessary to accomplish this task. The physical and verbal support was most appreciated and will be remembered forever.

Secondly to all of my friends and fans on all social media platforms that have followed, liked, and commented with positive feedback. That has been instrumental in keeping me going along the way by pushing forward when I didn’t feel like doing anything.

Last but most certainly not least in the lineup are those who didn’t even know they’ve helped in any way whatsoever. The ones that gave me inspirational content simply by being themselves, which wasn’t necessarily something good, right, or positive but gave me inspiration nonetheless because inspiration comes from either wanting to learn what to do or steering away from what not to do.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

To a few people that have helped out in the realm of editing the internal layout in regards to spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Lord knows I need a tremendous amount of help in that area.

A special thank you to:

Both my parents, Bernie and Faye for pre-reading. My mother and friend Deb Brode for proofreading, making the corrections necessary to make this book readable to the public without revealing the fact that spelling was not my favorite subject in school, and giving feedback on what they thought about the content in general.

I am forever grateful for your support and kindness.

Thank You.

PRESCRIPTION

Bite Size Life Lessons

Take daily as needed.

SECTION I

Opportunity Presents Itself;

You stand before the closet of choice.

Fear and Boldness hang before you as garments to wrap around and wear this day.

Both are but choices made, constantly shaping your future.

The more you choose one over the other, the more it becomes a part of you as either an excuse to remain in a voluntary prison or a reason to push forward in this conquest we all call LIFE.

Today is the day to take that ragged, torn, and tattered

familiar covering of fear and burn it!

Now reach into and take hold of the remaining choice... Boldness... trembling if you have to… but that is only a familiar habitual broken record that has been planted there by your enemy to control you to work in her field of mental slavery.

The redemption papers have been signed long ago, and fear only has a grip on your life by the lingering feeling of shackles around your ankles.

Those feelings are past lies created by your surroundings and those surroundings are nothing more than walls painted with the mindset of an impossible horizon.

Step with courage into your new life of boldness…

One step at a time...

Until that becomes your normal.

image-placeholder

Your circumstances and the attitude you choose to

display from them, are two separate events.

image-placeholder

Change failure to opportunity and every opportunity

will be another seed in the garden of your success.

image-placeholder

Everything is Always about choice… You either have reasons why you can Or Excuses why you can’t.

Choose what matters most.

Good - Bad / Right - Wrong / Positive – Negative…

We all have choices to make every day, all day long.

Be mindful of what you tell yourself. Does it fit inside of who you want to become or does it keep you locked in an

endless cycle of bitterness and resentment?

Break free now and choose Life.

image-placeholder

Fear is not a reason; It’s an excuse.

image-placeholder

If deception was belligerent and in-your-face repulsively evil, it wouldn’t be very effective in its profession.

This is proven in modern society by its incessant drive to call good evil and evil good.

Take a good hard look at your inner workings and be totally and brutally honest with yourself to reveal your true intentions.

image-placeholder

You will physically exist in the world you mentally dwell upon.

image-placeholder

To The Things We Cling

How are you doing?

I’m fine. OR I’m crappy.

Those two responses are usually based on things such as:

I’m good (because things are good)

Or

I’m bad (because things are bad).

An Example would go something like this…

Life is good because I’m getting along with everyone in my circle, my car is running good, my bills are paid, or my pet hasn’t chewed my belongings into tiny pieces lately.

Or

Life sucks because my spouse is being a #@!%*$!, my car broke down, I got an unexpected bill, I just got dumped, or the weather is horrible.

Question:

Did you know that you can still be good or even