Author Archives: bethpow06
FMM 11 1 13 The weight of our words
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”~ Mother Teresa. When you think about our ability to communicate, human beings are amazing. We have evolved from grunting, finger pointing cavemen, to creators of iconic imagery and lyrical language. The human brain processes thoughts faster and more creatively than […]
FMM 10 25 13 Simple Arithmetic
‘Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture.’ ~ Bertrand Russell. I was seven years old when I went to live in Jamaica. The first school I attended was a small private school, run by a retired couple. Teacher G taught the […]
FMM 10 11 13 What does it all mean?
“Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.” ~ Aristotle. When I was a teenager I had large thoughts and grand questions. Was it reasonable to think that our earth was the only habitable planet in the universe? Could there be another world, another population, possibly another me out there somewhere? Was […]
FMM 10 04 13 More than the sum of our parts.
‘Man is nothing else but that which he makes of himself.’ ~ Jean-Paul Sartre. Have you ever stopped to think about how amazing the human body is? We are composed of trillions of cells, each with their own job to do. Born as common stem cells, they grow up and differentiate into specialists, performing […]
FMM 9 27 13 The waiting is the hardest part.
“Our patience will achieve more than our force.” ~Edmund Burke. I freely admit to being a very impatient person. If given a choice, I will take the stairs instead of the elevator because of impatience, not for the health benefits. I realize I am not alone in this. Pregnancy is one of those lessons for […]
FMM 9 20 13 River come down
“When peace like a river…” There are times when the news is hard to believe. Fact can indeed be stranger than fiction. We watch in a state of numb disbelief as we see images of roiling rivers carrying away houses, cars, bridges and roads. And then there’s a story of another mass shooting. From the […]
FMM 09 06 13 Life is just for living.
“This is your life. Do what you love, and do it often.” ~ From the Holstee Manifesto. They say that the secret to wealth is to find something you enjoy doing, and then get paid for doing it. Perhaps the secret to happiness is doing that which you enjoy, with or without payment. I have […]
FMM 8 30 13 Living the Dream?
“We will continue to despise people until we have recognized, loved, and accepted what is despicable in ourselves” ~ Jean Varnier, paraphrasing Martin Luther King Jr. Images of 1963: a peaceful ocean of faces, steadfast and hopeful, marching, standing, working for a better future. A short man elevated by his own rhetoric, rhetoric so powerful […]
FMM 8 23 13 More Questions than Answers
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.” ~ Plutarch For some people, the purpose of going back to school is to obtain a piece of paper, some kind of documentation to improve your job opportunities. For others, it is a way to prove something to yourself. Perhaps as […]
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