Tag: Encouragement
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Quote of the Week…
“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.” Henry David Thoreau, 1817 – 1862
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Ten Things I Love About New York…
I recently took all kinds of chances (in the midst of a shutdown and wonky flight schedules) to put a drop in a virtual bucket list. One of my ongoing fantasies is to live and act like a local in Manhattan for a month or so. You gotta love the energy of a city that…
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Quote of the Week…
“That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm quiet interchange of sentiments.” Samuel Johnson, 1709 – 1784
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Quote of the Week…
“Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.” Mary Tyler Moore, 1936 – 2017
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Duh!
You would think after walking around this planet for decades, I’d have it all figured out. Nope. Too often I slap my forehead and say Duh! Why did I (or didn’t I) do that? The worst are the repeat lessons, as if the first time around the mistake was not painful enough. Some Duhs are…
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Quote of the Week…
“Sometimes life drops blessings in your lap without your lifting a finger. Serendipity, they call it.” Charlton Heston, 1923 – 2008
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N E W…
I have written and thrown out two drafts of this blog. I just wasn’t feeling it. Then I went to my NEW favorite museum, the Kimbell, to watch short documentaries about archeological discoveries in the Arkhaios Film Festival. What a joyous afternoon. While I miss my favorite haunts of Houston, the art of discovery in…
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Ch-Ch-Ch-Change Is…
Change is inevitable. Why do we resist it so much? Is Inertia such a force with which to be reckoned? Let’s face it, at the very basic level of bodily functions, we must eat to feed our cells. No eating equals eventual decay. There is no staying the same. Ever. Change is good. There is…
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The Friend Zone…
It’s a common movie trope; the young lover has a small window in a desired romantic relationship during which they can morph the teasing and joking and friendly flirting into a bonafide amorous (sexual) long-term romp. Avoid the friend zone at all costs. There’s no turning best of buds into anything more. Many sitcoms are…