Author Archives: bethpow06
FMM 1 5 18 Let Go and Accept
“Happiness can exist only in acceptance.”~ George Orwell. I have never been hung up on New Year’s resolutions. For whatever reason that was not something that was pushed in our household when I was a child. But the New Year has always been a time for reflection. In Jamaica, most churches hold a ‘Watchnight’ service […]
FMM 12 29 17 Breaking Out
“Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.”~ Edward de Bono. I just awoke from a terrible dream. I won’t bore you with the details, but it involved having multiple simultaneous responsibilities and no way to accomplish all of them in any meaningful way. Oh yes, […]
FMM 12 22 17 A Child is Born
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” ~ Frederick Douglass. We all have secrets. There may be those who declare that their life is an open book, but for the most part some things are best left to the imagination. My siblings and I were amazed, when we were probably over […]
FMM 12 15 17 Creating Traditions
“All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.”~ Dalai Lama. ‘Tis Christmastime…that time of the year when we see, hear and smell those familiar sensations that take us back to a simpler, more innocent time. A […]
FMM 12 8 17 Synergy
“And death shall have no dominion”~Dylan Thomas. One of the beauties of being transplanted from one culture to another at an early age (as I was) is that you learn very early to walk the line between two worlds. And it doesn’t seem strange. Children who learn to speak one language in the home, and […]
FMM 12 1 17 Choices
“Not what we have, but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.” ~Epicurus. In the 1980’s, Jamaica went through some challenging times. The Prime Minister (Michael Manley, a self-declared Socialist) had aligned himself too closely to Cuba’s Fidel for the US to be comfortable, and actions were taken to squeeze the country. The IMF and the […]
FMM 11 24 17 Don’t get it Twisted
“When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.”~Dalai Lama. Things were different when I was growing up. I see how easily I have moved into the ‘older generation’ category, reminiscing about how things used to be. But I remember the first time I wore long pants in the dead of winter […]
FMM 11 17 17 Push me Pull you
“The countenance of one man brighten up another; iron sharpen iron.”~ Joseph Hill. One of the problems with parenting is that you are mostly making it up as you go along. Children don’t come with a handbook. The way you were raised may influence you, but the world, the times and the social mores can […]
FMM 11 10 17 Blind Spots
“There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.” ~ Aldous Huxley. My brother was the only boy in our family, he was born after three girls. I was told that my purpose in life (I came after him) was to prevent him from being […]
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