Tag Archives: pride
FMM 10 2 2020 The Unmentionables
“There is beauty and humility in imperfection.” ~ Guillermo del Toro. One of the goals of parenthood is that your children ‘have manners’. Do they behave when in the company of others, remembering to ‘please’, ‘thank you’, and ‘excuse me’ appropriately? There is nothing will let you down in the sight of your friends and […]
FMM 8 9 19 Yardism
“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” ~ Marcus Garvey. I was a young teenager when Rastafarianism began to come out of the corners and into the light of day. It was mostly (if I remember correctly) due to Bob Marley, who not only […]
FMM 7 27 18 Never Quit!
“He that is down need fear no fall; he that is low, no pride.”~ John Bunyan. I can think of a number of times in my life when I have stood on my high horse, determined to make a stand about something, only to have it backfire in some way. Or times when I have […]
FMM 8 5 16 Fingerprints and Footprints
“I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers”~Khalil Gibran. The older we get, the harder it is to be fed a line. We have grown from being idealists to being cynics. When someone pays us a compliment we may […]
FMM 7 12 13 It’s all about me.
“You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak.” ~George Clooney. If you spend any time on facebook, you may sometimes find yourself wondering why people decide to have a public and contentious debate on any given subject. Often by the time they give up, they have dragged any number of people in, and […]
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