None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free. ~Pearl S. Buck If you’ve walked everywhere all your life, you can’t appreciate the longing a person in a wheelchair must have to share in your freedom. If you’ve been able to […]
Read MoreIf you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced. ~Vincent Van Gogh It’s one of my favorite toys that only comes out of storage during December because it happens to be red and green. A red base with green tree trunks […]
Read More“A lake is a landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.” ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden Finally, the Christmas tree is decorated with small white lights and lots of ornaments that have followed us through many years of life. The […]
Read MoreWhen you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It’s to enjoy each step along the way. ~Wayne Dyer With 993 MILLION results on Google about “The Purpose of Life”, it is a sure thing that we are a world of thinking people who want to live for […]
Read More“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” — Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land Moving from the home you’ve known, whether for one year or 60, to a new place must be something akin to the experience of the character in Heinlein’s “Stranger,” a […]
Read More“Freedom begins the moment you realize someone else has been writing your story, and it’s time you took the pen from his hand and started writing it yourself.” ― Bill Moyers In the Nancy Drew mystery series, Nancy always happened upon a great opportunity for an investigation that required her to be cunning, aware and […]
Read More“We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson “I want to look just like your picture of me,” she said. Smoothing a few wrinkles, removing a temporary blemish, and adding some light where there […]
Read MoreDo something for somebody every day for which you do not get paid. — Albert Schweitzer It was incredibly humbling. I’ve made time for many things and many people, but I had overlooked a friend who really mattered to me. What could I say other than I was sorry that I hadn’t done better? You don’t even […]
Read More“Lies and secrets, Tessa, they are like a cancer in the soul. They eat away what is good and leave only destruction behind.” ― Cassandra Clare, “Clockwork Prince” From museums to television shows and from boardrooms to bedrooms, secrets are controlling the actions of people every day. Many things in life might be out of our control, […]
Read More“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” ― Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! The announcement for an event called the Polyglot Conference popped onto my screen, and I was really intrigued. “Polyglot” was a word I didn’t know, and I […]
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