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If politics may be broadly defined as “the way we are with each other” then anything that affects the way we connect with each other is political. —Phyllis Jane Rose— There’s a word for someone who is democratic with strangers and despotic with intimates, and the word is hypocrite. One of the important lessons of […]
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To find the good life you must become yourself. —Dr. Bill Jackson— The more we run away from ourselves, the greater the disenchantment with all the opportunities each day offers. When we live far from our own center, we ensure distance from all the persons in our life. Happiness in all things eludes us when […]
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…it is only by labor that thought can be made healthy, and only by thought that labor can be made happy, and the two cannot be separated with impunity. —John Ruskin— We all require a balance of thought and labor, intellectual and muscular effort in our lives, The workout that most of us do doesn’t […]
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…words are more powerful than perhaps anyone suspects, and once deeply engraved in a child’s mind, they are not easily eradicated. —May Sarton— Some of our greatest adult sufferings are owed to the many innocent abuses inflicted upon us as children. Harsh words, demeaning punishments, too many silent treatments, taught us who we were. Many […]
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When you are offended at any man’s fault, tum to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger. —Epictetus— We take note of others’ shortcomings and frequently record them in our minds, and then rely on these memories to feel superior. Seldom do we perceive our own failings as clearly. It […]
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It is possible to be different and still be right. There can be two—or more—answers to the same question, and all can be right. —Anne Wilson Schaef— We’re accustomed to thinking there are two sides to a subject: right/wrong, Democrat/Republican, walk/don’t walk. This binary mode of thinking may lead us to disregard many possible solutions […]
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There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vise versa, many real diamonds which go unvalued. —W.M. Thackeray… It’s high praise to say that someone is “genuine—the real thing.” We use the image of jewelry when we talk about character: “Pure Gold—14 Karat –rings true–a diamond of the first water–a […]
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Everyone has a talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads. —Erica Jong— Our lives are purposeful and the dreams that mold our actions or tease us down new avenues are not coincidental. our dreams are messages from the inner self, who urges us to […]
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There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening, we shall hear the right word. —Ralph Waldo Emerson— Perhaps it was only yesterday or the day before that we doubted our value to society, or to our family or friends. We often lose our direction. That’s normal and consistent with the human condition. […]
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So get a few laughs and do the best you can. Don’t have an ideal to work for. That’s like riding towards the mirage of a lake. —Will Rogers— Human societies seem to go from crisis to crisis, fraught with injustice, oppression, and deception. But comedy is a gift of the human spirit. Sometimes it […]