Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Advice from Denise

The best thing you can do is get good at being you.
Denise the Menace

Monday, August 29, 2011

Becoming

Becoming is superior to being.
Paul Klee

Friday, August 26, 2011

Constructive Criticism

Criticism must be sympathetic, or it will completely miss the mark; but it must also be dispassionate and relentless.


William Temple

Yourself

Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.

Oscar Wilde

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Starting Over

Be it hereby enacted: That every three years all people shall forget whatever they have learned about Jesus and begin the study all over again.
Robert Brown

Monday, August 22, 2011

Better Off

Always leave things better than you found them.

Friday, August 19, 2011

There's a Cost

Anyone can hate. It costs to love.
John Williamson

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Please pass the tissues

Every once in a while we just need a good cry. Right? No, says a researcher at the University of South Florida. Or at least, tears are not enough by themselves. Jonathan Rottenberg says his new study shows there’s not as much of a benefit to crying as people would believe. Instead, he suggests it’s sympathy that can make people feel better. Bolstering social connections and laying the groundwork for empathetic relationships may serve as the best way to prepare for that burst of bawling. Instead of just weeping, we need someone to offer a hug and an ear.

Details of the study are in the Journal of Research in Personality.

Stephen Goforth

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Apple Seeds

Anyone can count the number of seeds in an apple. It takes imagination to count the number of apples in a seed.

Monday, August 15, 2011

Wasting Time

Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess, and to gain applause which he cannot keep.
Samuel Johnson

Friday, August 12, 2011

All you Have..

All you have to do, is to decide what to do with the time that is given to you.

Gandalf in Lord of the Rings

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Deep Roots

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be the blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.

J. R. R. Tolkien
Lord of the Rings

Monday, August 8, 2011

Defining Yourself

All my life, I always wanted to be somebody. Now I see that I should have been more specific.
Jane Wagner

Friday, August 5, 2011

Your Aim

Aim at heaven and you get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.
CS Lewis

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Success Requires

The ability to succeed requires the realization of what one wants and the passionate desire to attain it.

Monday, August 1, 2011

In the Blink of a Phone Call

We're all one phone call from our knees.
Matt Kearney