Author Archives: bethpow06
FMM 3 7 14 Quiet heroes
“The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.” ~Felix Adler I was struck this week by the lives of people who go about their days doing remarkable things in an unremarkable way. They are not […]
FMM 2 28 14 No fear from within
“My way is long, but the road is foggy, foggy.” ~Burning Spear. South Florida weather can be funny this time of year. Some mornings you go outside to find a light drizzle of rain, and a cool touch to the air. Kind of like a typical English summer’s day! On Wednesday morning, I was […]
FMM 2 14 14 Speed and Accuracy
“If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well” ~ Catherine Jones I learned to touch-type on a manual typewriter in a class taught by my mother. She didn’t joke, that lady, you came into her class to gain a skill, and if your intentions were to fool around and waste an hour, […]
FMM 2 7 14 Are we there yet?
“For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself…” ~ Viktor Frankl It is a long drive to get to the north coast from the center of Jamaica. A journey of perhaps 30 miles (or […]
FMM 1 31 14 Core Training
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi. The first time I set foot in a gym, I was struck by one thing: all of this effort and sweat with no product. I thought of how it would appear to the hardworking farmers and laborers of developing […]
FMM 1 24 14 Nothing but Blue Sky
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” ~ Victor Hugo. On one of my flights into Manchester, I don’t recall how many years ago, I had a surprising discovery. It was a clear, cloudless morning, the sun rising from a rose tinged horizon, the sky a beautiful shade of dark blue. As […]
FMM 1 17 14 Self-Efficacy
“Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.”~ Viktor E. Frankl Studies show that you can predict a person’s ability to change a habit by the degree to which they believe in their ability to change. Self-efficacy is the term given to that belief […]
FMM 1 10 14 Sensational!
“Open your eyes, and look within.”~ Robert Nesta Marley (aka ‘Bob’) What a distracted society we have become. We are no longer satisfied with doing things one activity at a time. For some reason we feel inadequate, lazy, or incomplete when we focus on one single thing. The generation coming up are experts at […]
1 3 14 Choices
“You say goodbye, and I say hello” John Lennon All good things must come to an end. And so a trip to the family, to England and Wales comes to an end. With it come the regrets, the questions. What if? What if I did not live in Miami? What if I had stayed in […]
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