It has been a long time since I have written. I have not been feeling too good for the past week, and I did get a little behind on my work due to many factors. I have been sending out my resume on a daily basis and I have noticed it is getting harder and harder to obtain an online job, but I am happy to say that I got a new job this morning! The pay is not all that great but at least it is work in the field of my choice and I have potential to increase my earnings by writing more. The more I write the faster I will move up in the standings. It is a reputable web content company and I have read great things about the company. Writers report that they are fair and pay their writers on time and as of now it seems to be plenty of work for writers.

Another thing I am excited about is the conviction of O.J. Simpson over the weekend. I hate this man and I am so glad he will be going away hopefully for a very long time. It is very ironic that he was convicted 13 years to the date of his acquittal for double murder; nothing could be sweeter and just. I hope this conviction sticks and I hope the judge sends him away for the rest of his life. He is dangerous and violate person, and I feel if he is not put away the next time he will harm someone and perhaps even kill again.

I am also excited about Obama’s recent standing in the polls. He is leading in many major polls and in the national daily tracking poll. And he is leadign in Ohio which is a first for a Democrat. Ohio always votes Republican. Maybe this time it will be different. I truly hope these polls are correct because I think Obama is the only candidate that can get us out of this financial mess and start to rebuild this country. We need hope, solutions and someone who believes in all people not just one people and in my opinion McCain believes in the rich and only the rich.

I have a new poem I have been working on and I will share it with you here:

CROSS OF MY CALLING

hand-cuffed by

invisible chains

I taste freedom

just beyond

the bonds of my

self-imposed

slavery

I stand naked

and revealed

echoed

screams shatter

hollowness of this

vacant

room

Into reckless

eyes of uncertain

fate, I stare

and cling onto

the heels

of redemption

while praying

I am rescued

by the cross

of my calling.

©Lisa Arnold

Have a GREAT and week day all