The Verbal Commute


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by Paul Andrew Doyle, Founder, Publisher & CEO


UPBEAT TIMES, INC. • MAY 2017 • 3 The Art of Planting Positive Information Santa Rosa, CA. ~


Words are like seeds ...they’re everywhere! Plant a word and you might see a harvest down the road...somewhere anyway, or not. But I know that I am infl uenced by words. I really enjoy philosophy, logic, psy- chology, history, science, mu- sic, writing, music and art as well as dozens and dozens of other subjects that involve the use of language and words. Art especially has a fondness to my heart. A line is a word to me. It speaks with a tone of limitless possibilities. I found an understanding


as a young boy competing in a pumpkin drawing contest. It was the meaning of communi- cation to me in an of and way. I drew what I thought was a


great pumpkin. I waited for the results and knew I just might fi nally win. (it was my 3rd year trying) But many weeks later the results were in. I went to look where the winners would be displayed. I won! Well... kind of....It was an honorable mention, but it came with no ribbon. Why I wondered? I went home that day and asked my mom what it meant. I think I was in third grade. It turns out that I had possibilities of being an artist and there was always next year. Wow, I thought, I came close. Time went by and I found myself in sixth grade and was at summer school and we all had to draw an apple as an assignment in the summer art class. Aſt er the teacher looked at my piece and others walk- ing around he says to me, “I really don’t think art is for you Paul” I was a bit taken back. I tried hard to make it look like an apple. He had made me re-draw it several times. But I kept drawing. I know I was go- ing to be an artist. I did posi- tive self talk that no-one would tell me I couldn’t do it. As I think back now, why would the teacher have even said that? Was he pushing me indirectly?


First Fun Facts tral


Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier was a French no- bleman and chemist cen-


oxygen (1778) and hydro- gen (1783) and opposed the phlogiston theory.


chemical revolution and had a large infl uence on both the history of chem- istry and the history of biology. He is widely con- sidered in popular litera- ture as the “father of mod- ern chemistry” Lavoisier is most noted for his dis- covery of the role oxygen plays in combustion. He recognized


to the 18th-century and named


As I look back, I doubt it, but he didn’t know who he was dealing with. Years later, aſt er moving out


of the house and living on my own, washing dishes to pay rent, I


made


Upbeat Times staff ’s contribu- tions and the time they take to share their thoughts and their stories. T ey are the people who make the world a better place a step at a time. A person mentioned to me


while I was out talking to busi- ness owners that my paper was fi lled with ‘ fl uff pieces’. T ey can call it what they want. But if educational words and informa- tion are fl uff to them, is bad news some- thing they thrive on? Who knows. I know my team of writers are very appreciated...oth- erwise I would not have been in business for so long...attracting new addi-


tions monthly. I say, be brave, be confi dent.


my fi rst


$75 dollars for art. I kept going too. I sold a few watercolors here and there, and even had a few art shows. It kept going! Here I am now at 53 publishing


a paper that feels like a work of art each time. Filled with words from people like myself that believe that the world we live in is a great place to be and the things we say can sometimes make a diff erence in a persons life. I am grateful for all of the


Know that what you do and are as a human being is as good as any other human being on this earth. Plant seeds of thought and ideas of possibility like we try to do at the Upbeat Times and watch them grow and prosper right before your eyes!


May this issue fi nd you well! First Humor


A science teacher tells his class, “Oxygen is a must for breathing and life. It was discovered in 1773.” A student responds, “Thank goodness I was born after 1773! Otherwise I would have died without it.”


FIRST HUMOR 1.5


A football coach walked into the locker room before a game, looked over to his star player and said, “I’m not supposed to let you play since you failed math, but we need you in there. So what I have to do is ask you a math question, and if you get it right, you can play.” The player agreed, and the coach looked into his eyes intently and asks, “Okay, now con- centrate... what is two plus two?” The player thought for a moment and then he answered, “4?” “Did you say 4?!?” the coach exclaimed, excited that he got it right. At


that, all the other players on the team began screaming, “Come on coach, give him


another chance!”


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