Teaching Our Children to Walk and Talk
“We spend the first twelve months of our children’s lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up.” – Phyllis Diller
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The Kind of Beauty
“The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within—strength, courage, dignity.” – Ruby Dee
Continue reading →Weeds
“Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.” – A. A. Milne (Eeyore)
Continue reading →Master Your Mindset
“Life is a game of inches – the six inches between your ears. Those who master their mindset tend to win. That is as true today as it ever was.”
Continue reading →Thinking About the Right Thing
“See, you don’t have to think about doing the right thing. If you’re for the right thing, then you do it without thinking.”
Continue reading →Tug of War – He Wouldn’t Let Go
Once on a hot summer day in Florida, a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house. In a hurry to dive into the cool water, he ran out the back door, … Continue reading →
Courage Doesn’t Always Roar
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day saying ‘I’ll try again tomorrow.’” – Mary Anne Radmacher
Continue reading →The Politically Correct 12 Days of Christmas
On the 12th day of the Eurocentrically imposed midwinter festival, my potential-acquaintance gave to me, TWELVE males reclaiming their inner warrior through ritual drumming, ELEVEN pipers piping (plus the 18-member pit orchestra made up of members in good standing of … Continue reading →
Vulnerability is Not Necessarily a Weakness
“We often think that vulnerability is a kind of weakness, but there’s a kind of vulnerability that is actually strength and presence.” – Ram Dass
Continue reading →Cynicism and Hope
“In its passivity and resignation, cynicism is a hardening, a calcification of the soul. Hope is a stretching of its ligaments, a limber reach for something greater.” – Maria Popova
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