being better
On a scale of 0 – 10…It’s just not all about you
“One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.” ― Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness It’s going to be “the best ever!” — the best birthday, best Christmas, best dinner, best party, and you are likely to have the best nervous breakdown trying while you’re […]
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Appreciation — a small gesture that means to much
“Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” ― Voltaire We’ve all done it: sat in the church or funeral home listening to someone recount the accolades of the person who has just died. They were a wonderful mother or father or sister or brother. Maybe […]
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Inspiring Greatness
“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world…would do this, it would change the earth.” ― William Faulkner Do you remember your high school graduation? Who spoke to your class? What words did they leave you with that […]
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An Abandoned Life
I like to think the abandoned house is happy, burden-free, collapsing into itself like a body that has had enough of living and is ready to let go, to relinquish its heart to any weather, thankful to be at home in nature. The Beauty of Abandonment~Jane Ellen Glasser There are some really neglectful parents out […]
Read MoreWhose Life are you Living?
“The world is full of people who have stopped listening to themselves or have listened only to their neighbors to learn what they ought to do, how they ought to behave, and what the values are they should be living for.” ~Joseph Campbell Exhausted from the activities of holidays, many of us come to January […]
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Lessons in Music
“time wasted is not always a waste of time.” ― Terri Blackstock, Seaside Sitting with the younger gentleman, she wore a beautiful smile. Pulling her binoculars from her bag, she explained that the field glasses would help her to clearly see the man on stage. The younger man smiled as she explained that he was […]
Read MoreChange Your Playground to Change Your Life
“My friends are all proud of me, but they’re all addicts and I can’t be around them or I’ll start using.” ~Matt Langley The sentence played over and over in my mind. Matt Langley is a young man in high school. He had gotten hooked on Xanax. For six months, he used a pill to […]
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Listen and Learn
“Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.” ― Mark Twain In words that might have sounded something like grunts had he been speaking, the young man’s text was barely decipherable as the English language goes. Seeing a young lady in person after having communicated […]
Read MoreUse Your Brain
“A new challenge keeps the brain kicking and the heart ticking.” ― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly What was it you were going to say? Why did you call me? Does it happen to you, too? It was just on the tip of your tongue, so where did it go? If you’re worried that […]
Read MoreWhat You See and What You Get
“Those who go beneath the surface, do so at their peril.” ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray People were drinking coffee, having conversations, and looking busy. Some were dressed as if they were going to church, while others looked as if they had just rolled out of bed. That’s how a coffee […]
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Thoughts to Encourage
Nothing helps like a good nap…
Birds are Beautiful
A Dog is Faithful…
