Prepare to be Wrong
“If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.” – Sir Ken Robinson
Continue reading →Tag Archives: Choices and Decisions
Cultivate Your Garden
“Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one’s garden.” – Voltaire
Continue reading →The Ice Cream Sundae Tip
In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10-year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. “How much is an ice … Continue reading →
Calling the Police
George Phillips of Meridian, Mississippi was going up to bed when his wife told him that he’d left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom window. George opened the back door to go … Continue reading →
Build Upon Your Unique Abilities
“Don’t paint stripes on your back if you’re not a zebra. Focus on building upon your unique abilities.” – Lee J. Colan
Continue reading →A Matter of Choice
“In the end, it all comes down to a matter of choice. Each of us can choose to be reactive and at the mercy of a world that appears threatening, or we can choose to be open to life and … Continue reading →
How Simple
“How simple it is to see that all the worry in the world cannot control the future. How simple it is to see that we can only be happy now. And that there will never be a time when it … Continue reading →
Urgent Things
“Our greatest danger in life is in permitting the urgent things to crowd out the important.” – Charles E. Hummel
Continue reading →The Time and Place for Happiness
“The Time to be Happy is NOW. The Place to be Happy is HERE.” – Robert Green Ingersoll
Continue reading →The Wait Poem
By Russell Kelfer Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried; Quietly, patiently, lovingly, God replied. I pled and I wept for a clue to my fate . . . And the Master so gently said, “Wait.” “Wait? You say wait?” my indignant … Continue reading →