You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism.
Erma Bombeck
Source: quotegarden.com
It's all in the journey and it's an imperfect world. Do your best to make sense. Think critically. Decide if it's fact or belief. Respond don't react. And, whether it's the road less traveled or the main drag, chances are good someone along the way has made an observation that might help you. Why reinvent the wheel when you can learn from the stumbling, imperfect experiences of those who have traveled before - or are traveling with - us?
Monday, June 30, 2008
Good Advice
Is it plugged in?
Is it turned on?
What changed?
The three standard first-response support questions. Apply as needed.
Source Unknown.
Is it turned on?
What changed?
The three standard first-response support questions. Apply as needed.
Source Unknown.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Carl Jung on Perspective
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Carl Jung
Source: If Life is a Game, These are the Rules
by Cherie Carter-Scott
(c) 1998 Cherie Carter-Scott, p. 86
Broadway Books
Carl Jung
Source: If Life is a Game, These are the Rules
by Cherie Carter-Scott
(c) 1998 Cherie Carter-Scott, p. 86
Broadway Books
Booker T. Washington on Human Relations
I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
Booker T. Washington
Source: The Most Brilliant Thoughts of All Times (In Two Lines or Less)
Edited by John M. Shanahan
(c)1999 Harper Collins
Booker T. Washington
Source: The Most Brilliant Thoughts of All Times (In Two Lines or Less)
Edited by John M. Shanahan
(c)1999 Harper Collins
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Joseph Campbell on Coping Skills
Is the system going to flatten you out and deny you your humanity, or are you going to be able to make use of the system to the attainment of human purposes?
Joseph Campbell
Source: Zen and the Art of Making a Living
by Laurence G. Boldt,
(c) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999 Arkana/Published by The Penguin Group, p. 213
Joseph Campbell
Source: Zen and the Art of Making a Living
by Laurence G. Boldt,
(c) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999 Arkana/Published by The Penguin Group, p. 213
Stephen Schwartz on Resiliency
I'm through accepting limits
'Cuz someone says they're so
Some things I cannot change
But 'till I try, I'll never know
Elphaba singing Defying Gravity
Defying GravityWicked
Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Source: musicalschwartz.com
'Cuz someone says they're so
Some things I cannot change
But 'till I try, I'll never know
Elphaba singing Defying Gravity
Defying GravityWicked
Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Source: musicalschwartz.com
Robert Louis Stevenson on Perspective
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Source: forbes.com
Robert Louis Stevenson
Source: forbes.com
Saturday Night Live Wisdom
I gotta have more cowbell, baby.
Christopher Walken as producer, The Bruce Dickinson, to the band, Blue Oyster Cult, while recording (Don't Fear) The Reaper.
The VH1 Behind the Music: Blue Oyster Cult sketch
Saturday Night Live
Season 25, Episode 16
(c) 2000, NBC Studios
Source: http://snltranscripts.jt.org/
Christopher Walken as producer, The Bruce Dickinson, to the band, Blue Oyster Cult, while recording (Don't Fear) The Reaper.
The VH1 Behind the Music: Blue Oyster Cult sketch
Saturday Night Live
Season 25, Episode 16
(c) 2000, NBC Studios
Source: http://snltranscripts.jt.org/
Robert Eliot on Coping Skills
Rule Number 1 is, don't sweat the small stuff. Rule Number 2 is, it's all small stuff. And if you can't fight and you can't flee, flow.
Robert Eliot
Source: forbes.com
Robert Eliot
Source: forbes.com
Jon Stewart on Mindfulness
I am getting awfully tired of people we need leaving us.
Jon Stewart
The Daily Show
Moment of Zen
June 23, 2008
in remembrance of George Carlin
(c)2008 Comedy Central
Amen.
Jon Stewart
The Daily Show
Moment of Zen
June 23, 2008
in remembrance of George Carlin
(c)2008 Comedy Central
Amen.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Hanna Rion on Gardening
The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses.
Hanna Rion, writer
Source: quotegarden.com
Hanna Rion, writer
Source: quotegarden.com
Ben Wexler on Taking Advice
That's throwing stupid gas on crazy fire.
Judy Miller in response to her sister agreeing to take advice from her husband.
Ben Wexler, writer
Still Standing, Still Advising, 2004
CBS Productions
Source: imdb.com
Judy Miller in response to her sister agreeing to take advice from her husband.
Ben Wexler, writer
Still Standing, Still Advising, 2004
CBS Productions
Source: imdb.com
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Erica Jong on Courage
Everyone has a talent; what is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
Erica Jong
Source: The Most Brilliant Thoughts of All Times (In Two Lines or Less)
Edited by John M. Shanahan
(c)1999 Harper Collins
Erica Jong
Source: The Most Brilliant Thoughts of All Times (In Two Lines or Less)
Edited by John M. Shanahan
(c)1999 Harper Collins
George Carlin on Life
There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.
George Carlin
Source: "Hamster-enabled" georgecarlin.com
George Carlin
Source: "Hamster-enabled" georgecarlin.com
Monday, June 23, 2008
Kathy Griffin on Etiquette
I was raised right. I talk about people behind their backs. It's called manners.
Kathy Griffin
Source: From My Life on the D-List, Bravo Network
Kathy Griffin
Source: From My Life on the D-List, Bravo Network
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