1, 2, 3… Aspirate!

Gentle readers, were you aware that ‘aspiration’ has two meanings?

Of course, ‘aspiration’ usually refers to hope or a strong desire to achieve something, but it also refers to the mundane yet necessary process of breathing in and out. We cannot have one thing without the other. You see, hope is absent when we’re no longer breathing. And breathing without hope is like being dead already.

As long as we’re still standing here breathing then let’s aspirate, yes? Let’s dare to reach for the impossible–even if just for a short time–for tomorrow’s a blank page that hasn’t been promised to us. So, shall we fill the blank page that sits here with us today? Right now? In this very hour? Yes. Let’s do that instead of waiting for tomorrow’s pages.

We’ve had a wonderful year at Unbolt. Tony joined the fold and filled up the space with words to complement Tati’s own. We featured some of our treasured readers’ own works. And we received quite a number of awards and writing challenges too!

To celebrate the amazing year that was, we at Unbolt have put together two pages dedicated to the awards and writing challenges we’ve received so far. Why have we done this? Because we want to share those awards and writing challenges with you, dear readers. It’s our way of saying thank you for your support. You mean a lot to us. We want you to know that we appreciate every single one of you! So, please, feel free to click through to the Choose Your Award! and Choose Your Challenge! pages, and have fun!

Oh, and may we also wish you a Happy New Year? Yes, a new start full of breathing and aspiration. Just what the doctor ordered!

Yours ever,
Tati & Tony

by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2016

47 thoughts on “1, 2, 3… Aspirate!”

  8. As I look back on 2015, I can distinctly remember being at a very low point in my writing… You, yes both of you ~ Tati and Tony ~ gave me a reason to aspirate! LOL I know that may sound funny, but it’s true. You inspired me ~ which, by the way, literally means “in – spirited” ~ and for that I am profoundly thankful! (Now I’m getting emotional; my eyes are tearing up.) Words just do not suffice… from the depths of my heart, I say, “Thank you,” and “Happy New Year” with many, many blessings! All the best to both of you and your wonderful, creative, inspirational work!

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    • Wow. We did that for you, Jonathan? Truly? Thank you for telling us so! You’ve moved me with your kind words, and I’m willing to bet Tati’s quite moved too. We hope you’ll keep on writing because we’ll certainly keep on reading. Rock on, my friend. Rock on!

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  9. I don’t do awards but I looked at your Choose Your Award page and found some new blogs that I might like to follow. Thanks for sharing that page. Among other things blogging should be fun and you are the proof of my thought. 🙂

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  10. Hi! I’m a first day reader, brand spanking new to your blog. You were at the top of my recommendations list, and I am thrilled that I followed my click down this rabbit hole. This is just the first of many of your post I hope to read. Thanks for being here, even if I am just getting here, because I am happy to have so much to catch up on. Thanks for sharing!

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