Category: Attitude
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Wednesday blog can be found here…
Just a reminder that Wednesday blogs now live on substack. Here is the link to this week’s offering.
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Quote of the Week…
“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882
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Beautiful Is…
Beautiful is the northern landscape, trees aflame with the color of dying leaves. Those same trees will soon reach to the winter sun, their bare arms twisted and strong, ready to take on a sheath of ice and snow. Beautiful is the first pale green leaf bud poking through, soon to be joined in a…
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Quote of the Week…
“Supermarket tabloids and celebrity gossip shows are not just innocently shallow entertainment, but a fundamental part of a much larger movement that involves apathy, greed and hierarchy.” Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 1981 –
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The Truth About Gossip…
Hearing a bit of newsy insider info is like biting into a big, red, juicy apple. So delicious. So enticing. You don’t even wipe your chin before sharing it. So what if it’s not true? Isn’t that what makes gossip so much fun? The hilarity, the ridiculousness, the fantasy of it all? What? That’s crazy.…
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Look Up…
Look down, look all around. Observe Your World. Keep your senses on alert for the new, the colorful, the repeated themes and connections. I’ve been wanting to read “Island” by Aldous Huxley yet again, which begins with a mynah calling “Attention,” and “Here and now, boys, here and now.” Imagine having a bird on your…
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Quote of the Week…
“Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.” John Barrymore, 1882-1942
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Quote of the Week…
“There is no end to education. We are all in the Kindergarten of God.” Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915
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Adventure Awaits…
I love adventures. Friends have hiked the Camino de Santiago in Spain or climbed ancient steps to Machu Pichu. One day I may add them to my own big escapades that include exploring the underground villages of Cappadocia and the sacred churches of Lalibela. While some adventures stand out as exciting or unusual, they don’t…
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Quote of the Week…
“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars.” Les Brown, 1945-
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