“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 […]
“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 […]
“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 […]
“Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones.” ~Stephen King I had an ‘a-ha’ moment while ironing the other day. It is not like I spend a great deal of time ironing – it is a chore that […]
“To love a place is not enough. We must find ways to heal it.”~Robin Wall Kimmerer. Nothing is ever completely bad. There is always something to be learned. I find myself at times mindlessly scrolling through Facebook, enjoying random photos and thoughts, stopping to smile at a cartoon or an uplifting thought. Whenever I find […]
“We are on a very rich emotional and physical journey on this planet”~Melody Beattie. Mother Nature has one hell of a temper. There is something very primal about a thunderstorm. Those dark grey menacing clouds, the shocking flashes of lightning, the thunderous rumblings. When the trees limbs start to do the nae-nae (watch me […]
“Imagination only comes when you privilege the subconscious, when you make delay and procrastination work for you.” ~Hilary Mantel. At work we often complain about the new generation, a set of young people who have no patience, no ability to wait for results. As soon as they submit an assignment or complete an exam they […]
“We should give meaning to life, not wait for life to give us meaning ”~Stacy. Once, driving through the beautiful Blue Mountains in Jamaica, we came upon a bus load of cyclists perched at the top of the steep climb on the north side of the range. They were assembled with the intention of riding […]
“The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell” ~Zora Neale Hurston. Jamaica is a land of contradictions. It is however a special place, with unexpected beauty, and a people of unsurpassed talent. You may only get a glimpse of this if you stay securely inside an all-inclusive […]
“People say I’ve had a difficult time in life, I think I’ve had an exciting time in life”~Iyanla Vanzant. When my kids were young I attended a conference on educating our children. One way to stimulate your child’s creativity is to suggest a scenario: Suppose you had a space shuttle in your back yard […]
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