When natural forces wreak havoc, does it help to know you are part of a shared calamity? Or does the magnitude of nature’s devastation isolate you in a feeling of despair?
Have hope, for if you are still alive to hope for a tomorrow, then today is still a blessed day.
* shared the clip later.
The moment you care, somebody rather than nobody cares.
When we are young, emotional molehills seem like mountains and physical mountains seem like molehills. When we are old, it reverses.
North, south, east or west, a half mile hike is relatively the same. Up and down…
The gentle incline… steep was yet to come.
…well that is another matter.
I don’t usually wear the ball and chain when I am at home.
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Context: the son asks, “Dad, where is your wedding ring?”
Of course the son only asked because honey dos and kid lists were being handed out at the time.
The most important person you want to please is the person looking back at you in the mirror.
It is certainly better to be disliked and respected, than to be liked but held in contempt.
Just remember to be respected does not mean to be feared; and if everyone seems to dislike you, you might want to take a good hard look at your own nature.
However, if you are virtuous and kind to yourself and the world around you, yet still are not liked my the masses, you must be doing something right. Keep up the good work, and maybe the masses will learn something from you.
Is it censorship or a violation to constitutional rights when a privately owned company providing a service chooses to set decency policies? In a recent Facebook debate, I read a multitude of criticism over Facebook deleting a photo some deemed objectionable and others deemed humorous. The following are some questions that came to my mind.
I have become a huge fan of using technology and social media to communicate with distant acquaintances and friends. I have found social media to be an enjoyable way to connect, but I always utilize the advice of my mother, my journalism instructors and my own common sense.
You know you have reached exhaustion when unpacking the souvenirs seems beyond your ability. It is strange how the excitement of a vacation can push you past the aches and pains of a tired body. You can walk further than you normally do, sleep briefly and restlessly night after night, and unhealthily for days on end, all with continued stamina. Then you arrive home, drop your bags, cringe at the piles of mail, dread the laundry and want to sleep all day.
Success can be measured in many ways. Today’s homeschooling success came in the form of the following quote by my son.
“In the end it is the individual who will decide whether he will succeed by writing his own story rather than continuing to believe in a myth.”
After hitting a writer’s block, actually two (my son’s and my daughter’s) I came up with the following analogies. Unconventional and a bit barnyard, but they seem to be effective. Both kids are now writing pretty cool essays.
Pithy Ponderings 