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Getting Ready for Tomorrow

“If you had duct tape, you were prepared for anything.” ― Annie Barrows, Ivy and Bean Make the Rules Replacing the side-view mirror would have been the easiest fix, but it would have taken money that could be used for more important things.  Removing the damaged mirror would have left the driver unable to see […]

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Without Stars, We’re All Pretty Much the Same

“I’m quite happy to say that the Sneetches got really quite smart on that day, the day they decided that Sneetches are Sneetches and no kind of Sneetch is the best on the beaches.” ~The Sneetches, by Dr. Seuss Walking into the store, the lady in the fancy dress feels intimidating, the way she seems to […]

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Choices: Waiting at Every Turn

“The moment that we believe we have a choice, there is hope. We are no longer playing the role of victim — we are taking responsibility.” ~Julie Freedman Smith and Gail Bell, Parenting Power When children are young, we give them freedom in choosing things: what color shirt they will wear, how much food they […]

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One Pistachio at a Time

“When eating an elephant take one bite at a time.”~ Creighton Abrams   Some jobs are just overwhelming.  Trying to help clients find success in their businesses, I often have to remind myself, and them, that it doesn’t usually happen overnight.  Success takes a lot of work and dedication.  Some projects just feel huge, don’t […]

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Can War and Peace Exist Together?

“Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.” ~Ronald Reagan “Mankind must put an end to war — or war will put an end to mankind. ” – John F. Kennedy Peacemaker is possibly in a dictionary somewhere with a picture of my face beside it and […]

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Give It Just a Little More Time

“My father had warned me, “Don’t babble. Don’t bray. For you never can tell who might hear what you say.” My father had warned me, “Boy button your lip.” And I guess that I should have.  I made a bad slip.” ~Steak for Supper, Dr. Seuss Why didn’t we wait? What was the hurry? Pressing […]

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The Marriage of Work and Voice: A Beautiful Union

“He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.” ― Francis of Assisi Watching my mother paint colors onto a canvas, I see the face of my son […]

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Growth Comes Through Openings and Closings

“Your hand opens and closes, opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralysed. Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding, the two as beautifully balanced and coordinated as birds’ wings.” ― Rumi, The Essential Rumi The tulips were a treat because we had company […]

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Trust on the Trapeze

“All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.” ― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan There are two ways we encounter trust: we either believe others will do what they say or we don’t, and we are either the kind of people who do what we say or we aren’t.  Maybe we were […]

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Questions Without Answers

“He explained to me with great insistence that every question possessed a power that did not lie in the answer.” ~Eli Wiesel, Night Ask a child if they made their bed or cleaned their room, ask a politician if they agree or disagree, ask someone if your outfit makes you look fat or thin, or […]

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Thoughts to Encourage

Joy is the will which labors, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.~ William Butler Yeats

Whether you think you can or think you can’t you’re right. - Henry Ford

The best way out is always through. ~ Robert Frost

Real difficulties can be overcome, it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. ~ Theodore N. Vail

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall. ~ Oliver Goldsmith

You must be the change you want to see in the world. - Mahatma Gandhi

Nothing helps like a good nap…

Birds are Beautiful

A Dog is Faithful…