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    Outside My Window
    Outside My Window
    Outside My Window
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    Outside My Window

    By David Chitwood

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    Most of us lead unassuming lives and will never be put in circumstances that test our heroic self-image. Even so, the result of our choices can weigh heavily upon us as we agonize over the “what ifs” and should haves, would haves, and could haves. Unfortunately we tend to focus on the major, life changing decisions, as if our daily actions have no bearing on who we are or who we will become. We underestimate the negative impact associated with missing an opportunity to show grace and compassion. This collection of poems examines choices and gives a glimpse into the world outside my window.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid Chitwood
    Release dateDec 25, 2012
    ISBN9781301635443
    Outside My Window
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    David Chitwood

    David Chitwood grew up a Navy brat, and then spent thirty years in the Air Force. His military career sent him places like Vietnam and Laos on POW/MIA accounting missions, to Iraq and Afghanistan, to Korea and Japan, to New Zealand, Antarctica, and even the South Pole. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Masters in Criminal Justice. In the process of traveling the globe he’s noticed a common theme. He’s doesn’t really know what that theme is, but he’s pretty sure it’s common. He currently lives in Manassas Park VA.

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      Outside My Window - David Chitwood

      Outside My Window

      By

      David Chitwood

      Copyright 2012 David Chitwood

      Smashwords Edition

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      Table of Contents

      Alone On A River's Bend

      When I Was Invisible

      Awake On The 22nd

      When A Gentle Breeze Gives Way

      Bondi Beach

      Waiting For The Storm

      When A Good Man Goes To War

      After You

      Outside My Window

      Southern Sentinel

      Facing Corners

      The Rain

      Tisiphone

      The Diner

      Our Nebulous Present

      The Road

      Icebound Heart

      When to Say Cuando

      New Beginnings

      King Of The Drive In

      A Couch Death

      Making The Final Blunder

      Opportunity Dies

      Negative Assets

      Swampland

      Venus

      Forgiving The Unforgiving

      Goodbye 2012

      The Fair

      Zelda

      Roadside Inn

      Rain On Clover

      Invisible Panic

      Setting Sail Beyond The Couch

      The Good Die Young

      The Traveler

      Atlas Drank Guinness

      Darkness Is Ever Waiting

      12th Street

      I Hear Myself Talking

      Flesh And Intellect

      The Imp On My Shoulder

      Montell

      Fire And Life

      Patio Thoughts

      A Hero Says Good Night

      Written on July 4, 2012

      Lost In Terminal B

      Facing The Past

      Losing Self

      The World Moves On

      Epilogue

      About The Author

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      Prologue

      Around the world, people live and love, give and take, hurt each other and heal each other. Wherever we are, whoever we are - we are not defined by our words, or who we wish to be. We are defined by the choices we make. Most of us lead unassuming lives and will never be put in circumstances that test our heroic self-image; and that’s probably a good thing. Even so, the result of our choices can weigh heavily upon us as we agonize over the what ifs and should haves, would haves, and could haves.

      Unfortunately we tend to focus on the major, life changing decisions, as if our daily actions have no bearing on whom we are or who we will become. We underestimate the negative impact associated with missing an opportunity to show grace and compassion.

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