Category Inspirational
FMM 12 13 13 Long Time Coming
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”~ Leo Tolstoy. I am an impatient person, of this I am fully aware. I have to consciously make myself wait, breathe, and allow things to happen. We are often dissatisfied with our life, our jobs, the people we share space with, […]
FMM 11 29 13 Lower than the Angels
“We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.” ~ Ray Bradbury This image, dubbed “Celestial Fireworks,” was taken by the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 from the Hubble Space Telescope. (Courtesy of NASA). Waking up on a cool South Florida morning is a blessing. In fact, waking up any morning is a blessing. Yesterday the US […]
FMM 11 22 13 Making the Connection
“And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee….” ~ John Donne Today is the 50th anniversary of the death of John F. Kennedy. To be honest, I don’t remember his death, even though I was old enough at the time. For me and my family, that was around […]
FMM 11 15 13 Look, Listen and Learn
“Every person that you meet knows something you don’t; learn from them.” ~ H. Jackson Brown Jr. Last weekend I went on a road trip. The journey was relatively short yet in less than two hours I was transported to another world. Along with a group of nursing students, I was participating in a health fair […]
FMM 11 8 13 Point of View
“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.” ~ John Lubbock. Have you ever wondered what makes some people able to be happy all the time, despite having to deal with significant challenges? I have often been in awe of those who are able to see the bright side, no matter what life throws […]
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 […]
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