Monthly Archives: August 2012
FMM: Quality over Quantity
“Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.” ― Henry Ford What is it that drives people to do their best? The world today seems to be spinning faster and faster. We pack more activities into every day. Yet there are some people who never take short cuts, who hear the voices in […]
FMM 8/24/12 Goal Setting
Friday Morning Message Goal Setting “He who deliberates firstly when taking a step, will stand forever with one leg in the air” Chinese Proverb. Recently I interviewed a prospective nursing student who said something that impressed me. She is a fairly recent immigrant from Haiti, and she described how she set herself goals: first to […]
FMM 8 17 12 Means and Ends
“He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine the end” Albert Einstein. Good Friday Morning! With no more Olympics to try to watch we are now being tortured by what passes for politics in the 21st century. No matter which side you support, […]
Chapter 34: Mother and child
Chapter 34: Mother and child.
FMM 08/10/12: Music hits you
“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.” Bob Marley There is something about the power of music that is almost supernatural. The sound of a long forgotten tune can bring back clear memories of years gone by. A song that was a big part of your formative years can evoke […]
FMM: I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills
I was privileged to have the opportunity last weekend to visit that green isle of the Indies, Jamaica strong and free. I am always amazed at the beauty of the land and its people. They say it is not until you leave a place or lose someone that you really appreciate them, but for those […]