“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, […]
We are a society that is seduced by packaging. At Christmas time we can buy beautifully prepackaged sets of products. Unfortunately when we open them up, we find tiny bottles and a whole lot of garbage. The same is true of our leaders. So often we hear fiery rhetoric, phrases designed to inflame our emotions,…
Friday Morning Message: “Rhetoric is not important. Actions are.” – Nelson Mandela.
“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 […]
“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 […]
“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 […]
“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 […]
“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 […]
‘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 […]
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