Author Archives: bethpow06
FMM 10 05 12 The big picture
“When I in awesome wonder….” Fall in South Florida does not give us colorful changing leaves. We don’t feel the crisp change of air that signifies the end of summer and the taste of a cold winter to come. The transition is much more subtle. But we still have much to gaze in awe […]
Friday Morning Message 9/28/12 Perspectives and Priorities
Friday Morning Message 9/28/12 Perspectives and Priorities.
Friday Morning Message 9/28/12 Perspectives and Priorities
At times it is hard to make sense of this world we live in. Our priorities seem to be upside down. It is ok to support the unions when they are fighting for a small group of men earning 6 figures a year so they can get a pension. The uproar over the bad calls […]
FMM 9/21/12 Success
“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” Bill Cosby How do we ensure that the next generation will succeed? What are the tools they need, and how do we define success? Last weekend I listened to a program on NPR that spoke about the factors […]
FMM 9/14/12: Karma
“Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.” Ecclesiastes 1:11 Many years ago I was a part of an entertaining skit put on for our classmates in Beulah Primary School. I do not recall whose idea it was, it may have been an end of term program. But […]
FMM 9/7/12 “The greatest of these is Love”
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. […]
FMM: Quality over Quantity
“Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.” ― Henry Ford What is it that drives people to do their best? The world today seems to be spinning faster and faster. We pack more activities into every day. Yet there are some people who never take short cuts, who hear the voices in […]
FMM 8/24/12 Goal Setting
Friday Morning Message Goal Setting “He who deliberates firstly when taking a step, will stand forever with one leg in the air” Chinese Proverb. Recently I interviewed a prospective nursing student who said something that impressed me. She is a fairly recent immigrant from Haiti, and she described how she set herself goals: first to […]
FMM 8 17 12 Means and Ends
“He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine the end” Albert Einstein. Good Friday Morning! With no more Olympics to try to watch we are now being tortured by what passes for politics in the 21st century. No matter which side you support, […]
Chapter 34: Mother and child
Chapter 34: Mother and child.
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