Tag Archives: compassion
FMM 5 19 17 Throwing Corn
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”~Ernest Hemingway. Reginald and Henrietta joined our family soon after we arrived in Jamaica. As city folk transplanted to rural Jamaica, we accepted the gifts as pets, not as the dinner (Reggie the rooster) and breakfast producer (Henrietta the Hen) they […]
FMM 3 17 17 I’m an Alien
“Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.”~Leo Buscaglia. Picture me at ten years old, the only little white girl in a rural Jamaican school, convinced I could fit in if only I could speak like a Jamaican. One of the realities of our lives is that we can only see […]
FMM 1 1 16 One World One People
Guest FMM by Jabari I Powell “I hate math, but more accurately – I do not love division.” ~ #JonesGeneHumor HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Today is the beginning of a New Year, a symbol for new beginnings. Often on this day we resolve to make our own personal changes and hope to keep true to them […]
FMM 11 20 15 The Greatest is Love
“Love’s in need of love today” ~Stevie Wonder. Life is an act of faith. It is also fragile. Each morning when we wake up, we go out into the world fully expecting to return safe and sound, even though (if we watch the news) we know there are so many things that could go wrong. […]
FMM 8 7 15 Being and Knowing
Set a better example (Better set an example)~Alton Ellis. Teaching and learning are two completely different concepts. Ask any teacher! You may teach your heart out, but if learning has not taken place, you were ineffective. When I think of the image of a college professor standing in a large auditorium, expounding at great length […]
FMM 6 19 15 Embrace yourself!
“If you don’t love yourself, you cannot love others. You will not be able to love others. If you have no compassion for yourself then you are not able of developing compassion for others.”~Dalai Lama. This world can be a scary place, with examples of hate and violence evident in living color whenever we turn […]
FMM 10 10 14 Clanging Cymbals
“Ring the alarm, another sound is dying…” ~ Tenor Saw There is a delicate balance that needs to be struck between informing the public and inciting panic. We are seeing this played out in the media as they ramp up the rhetoric about Ebola. To the outside world the US must appear to be extremely […]
FMM 8 8 14 The Joy of Parenthood
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” ~Frederick Douglass I often joke that it is easy to blame your parents for everything that you think is wrong with you, until you have children of your own. Then, all of a sudden, you realize that it is not that easy being a […]
FMM 3 28 14 Kindness is a boomerang
“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.”~ Dalai Lama I am a nurse first. When I think of the roles I play in life, I know in my heart that my passion is nursing. One of the many wonderful things about being a nurse is that it encompasses many job descriptions. For the […]
Friday Morning Messages 