Monthly Archives: May 2014
FMM 5 30 14 Rise up This Morning
“But still like dust, I’ll rise” ~ Maya Angelou. What a legacy! What imagery; such vivid use of metaphor. Lines that sing, phrases that sway, Maya Angelou’s words have inspired countless women, girls, men, human beings all over the world for over fifty years. And they will continue to live on in books, on […]
FMM 5 23 14 Fearless Optimism
“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” ~Marcus Aurelius. How many times have you been paralyzed by your own self-doubts? You put off trying something new, looking for a new job, beginning a challenging task because you don’t believe in your own ability to do […]
FMM 5 16 14 Accepting the Inevitable
“You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.” ~ Pablo Neruda Have you ever noticed that we are a society obsessed by outward appearances? Some fight the aging process with creams, cosmetics and even the knife, willing to endure pain and suffering in order to ‘appear’ younger than their actual age. […]
FMM 5 9 14 A Woman’s Touch
“If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back , and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them.” ~Sojourner Truth This week […]
FMM 5 2 14 The Damage Undone
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” ~ Nelson Mandela. I once made my mother curse. OK, by most standards, it was the mildest curse word you can imagine, but since ‘gosh’ or ‘golly’ were the strongest I had ever heard, I was shocked. I […]
Friday Morning Messages 