Category transcendence
FMM 6 24 16 In the Dark
“Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom” ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge. “Use your common sense, child!” I remember being told this when I was young. I imagine it was said in exasperation by one or other of my parents, probably in response to some obvious question I had asked. Perhaps a […]
FMM 6 10 16 Dream On
“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”~ Carl G. Jung My father ‘dream’ me this week. This is the Jamaican way for saying you have been visited in your dream by someone, usually one who has passed on. Of course these dreams are seen as particularly significant, for there must […]
FMM 5 13 16 Be more, Do more, Want less
“We can’t be useful to ourselves unless we’re useful to others.”~Dalai Lama. When I stepped into my bathroom the other morning, I had a memory of early mornings in the hills of Jamaica. A cool breeze would steal in through the open window, warning you of how cold the unheated water might be. Outside the […]
FMM 4 15 16 One Spark
“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.”~Aristotle Onassis. I once met a young woman who was too perky. No matter the time of day, or the circumstances she was upbeat and chipper for no reason. So annoying! It wasn’t until I got to know her better that I […]
FMM 4 8 16 Breathtaking
“The poet doesn’t invent. He listens.” ~ Jean Cocteau. April is National Poetry Month. I heard a challenge on the radio, to create a poem based on the numbers in your zip code. Each line should contain the same number of words as the numbers in your zip code. Ever since I heard this challenge […]
FMM 4 1 16 Forged in Fire
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.”~Ernest Hemingway. My mother once asked in wonderment: “How did I raise such strong women?” The irony of that question lay in the fact that she did not see herself as a strong woman. When I replied that we had her example to […]
FMM 3 25 16 Signs and More Signs
“Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.”~Friedrich Nietzsche. The human race is hung up on symbols. We judge each other by the cars we drive, the clothes we wear, the color of our skin. We make instant decisions about total […]
FMM 3 18 16 Running without being Weary
“You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience” ~Stanislaw Jerzy Lec. It is amazing how many lessons you can learn, if you are open to them. I admire organized people. People who plan, who prioritize, who make lists and assign certain slots of time per day to their commitments. We encourage […]
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