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A Question That Has Long Lost its Meaning
"Social rules are not permanent, and sometimes you have to change them. Let’s stop asking, “How are you?" unless we are prepared to listen." ...
The Most Effective Way to Use Your To-Do List
"More than anything, what you need to do is redefine what productivity means. There is more to life than getting things done." ...
Blood Sweat and Tears
"If you expect less, what do you get? Less? The answer depends on a person’s desire to succeed. Some individuals are motivated to prove detractors wrong, but for others, the message contributes to doubt and lack of will." ...
Holding On To Resentment Holds You Hostage
"You can’t have a harmonious relationship and hold on to your resentment, too. You can’t hold on to your anger and bitterness and still have a healthy heart and a settled stomach.” ...
Patience
"Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. Do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them." ...
Say A Little Prayer
"The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn't have been complete without you.” ...
Dooley Is Over The Bridge
"Thank you for reading, and for those of you who’ve taken the time to offer your support, you, too, have a special place in my heart." ...
Disobedient Inanimate Objects
"How often do we blame other humans, organizations, political groups, or ethnicities for their “conspiracies” against us? Might you (me, one) be the one to blame? Are natural laws (physics, gravity, and human nature) at play?" ...
Pegasus and Eagle Fly in Harmony
"Flying upon a horse's back
Imagination or reality
Grass below haze of green
Hillside blurred, distant trees" ...
Seduction (Part 2): Mae West – They Call Her the “Subversive Agitator”
"All of us can use more of that in our lives. So go ahead and sprinkle yourselves with a little bit of BADASS courtesy of Mae West…How can you add a little Mae West to your life?" ...