Category: Peace

  • No 22 6-1-18 “How to Become Quite a Person”

    “Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.” Robert Oppenheimer, American theoretical physicist and professor of physics Ever think that you have messed up your life? Ever think that you have made a mistake so grave that you will never be able to recover? Has a wrong decision or a…

  • No 20 5-18-18 “Offering a Word of Praise”

    “Yes, Thank You! I’d love to do that for you. May I assist you? You look great today. I love that color on you. You look happy and healthy. Thank for coming today. It is a pleasure to have you with us. Welcome! That’s the best I’ve ever seen you dance. You’re on fire today.…

  • No 19 5-11-18 “A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.”

    “A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.” – Jack Dempsey (1895 – 1983) American professional boxer There have been a few times when I could not get up in life. I was beaten down, crushed, defeated, and lost in the dark night of the soul. And yet, I got up. Jack Dempsey said it…

  • No 17 4-27-18 “A Failure is a Mark of Experience”

    I had not failed, but I had not fully opened my eyes to our true success and our great possibilities of growth. Perhaps my past ‘marks of experience’ had given me strength, wisdom, hope, vision, and a new excitement to achieve and hit new great goals.

  • No 16 4-20-18 “Nothing becomes real until it is experienced”

      “Nothing ever becomes real until it is experienced.” – John Keats (1795 – 1821) English Romantic poet   The path to having an understanding heart has been paved for me with years of experience. Now that I have experienced loss, illness, success, failure, good days and bad days, my many stupid mistakes, and my precious…

  • No 15 4-13-18 “We Must Do the Thing We Think We Cannot Do”

    No 15 4-13-18 “We Must Do the Thing We Think We Cannot Do”   These are two of my favorite quotes in life, both from Eleanor Roosevelt   “You must do the things you think you cannot do.”  and “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” -both by Eleanor…

  • No 14 4-6-18 “We Must Sail Sometimes with the Wind”   “I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, — but we must sail,…

  • No 12 3-23-18 “A Bumblebee Shouldn’t be Able to Fly”

    No 12 3-23-18 “A Bumblebee Shouldn’t be Able to Fly” “Aerodynamically a bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn’t know that so it goes on flying anyway.”- Mary Kay Ash (1915 – 2001)American Businesswoman, founder Mary Kay Cosmetics   I do not know that there are certain things I should not be…

  • No 11 3-16-18 “If We Had No Winter”

    No 11 3-16-18 “If We Had No Winter” “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.” – Charlotte Bronte (1816 – 1855) English novelist and poet Almost 16 years ago, my life partner died in my arms,…

  • No 10 3-9-18 All the Big Things in this World!

    No 10 3-9-18 All the Big Things in this World! All the Big Things in this World! “All big things in this world are done by people who are naive and have an idea that is obviously impossible.” – Dr. Frank Richards (1875 – 1961) English Writer Every day I am working on my masterpiece,…