Monthly Archives: September 2014
FMM 9 26 14 The Alternative
“Old age isn’t so bad when you consider the alternative.” ~Maurice Chevalier. There is a term used to describe people who are not mainstream, we say they choose to live an alternative lifestyle. I have always loved that thought, never wanting to be ordinary, to be just like everyone else. Perhaps it comes from growing […]
FMM 9 19 14 Listen to your Body
“Effective health care depends on self-care. This fact is currently heralded as if it were a discovery.” ~ Ivan Illich. I am a master at the art of procrastination, have practiced it ever since I was a child. Despite the moralistic stance I take with my students when I find them guilty of the […]
FMM 9 12 14 Mirror, mirror, on the wall…
FMM 9 12 14 “Mirror, mirror, on the wall…” “How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.”~ William Shakespeare The full moon shone through my window this week. I can remember the moon in Jamaica, rising up over the cane piece and lighting up my bedroom. […]
FMM 9 5 14 Missed Opportunities
“I am not a teacher, but an awakener.” ~ Robert Frost Have you ever had a gut feeling, a firm intuition that you were doing the right thing at the right time? I can’t say that I have. I am not blessed with those inner certainties, that unspoken confirmation. Maybe it is that I just don’t recognize […]
Friday Morning Messages 