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Category Archives: Inklings
Pull Up Your Socks – A Lesson on Perseverance and Facing Fear
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” “Never, never, never give up!” Winston Churchill “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.” Maya Angelou Sometimes, it feels like life is a series of head long runs … Continue reading
Standing Still, Moving Forward – A Lesson from Einstein
“Stand still. The trees ahead and the bush beside you are not lost.” Albert Einstein I found this quote when I was doing my last blog entry. I love it. I also find it an interesting quote for its author. You … Continue reading
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Tagged "You cannot solve a problem with the same thinking that created it, Albert Einstein, Athena, Athena springing from the mind of Zeus, Einstein, finding an anchor when you are lost, Getting our bearings, Hans Albert, Imagination, knowledge, lost and found, moving forward, On being lost and finding a way forward, on feeling lost, Solving problems, the wisdom of trees, Wisdom, Zeus
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Points of View – On Managing More Than One
“When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it’s like giving them emotional oxygen.” Stephen Covey “There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point … Continue reading
More Magic – I Do Believe in Fairies and Gnomes
Welcome back, you believers, to the realm of magic, the land of fairies and gnomes. Of course, my eight year old grandchildren could tell you with authority that these magical beings go to warmer climes during the cold of winter, but are … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Easter, Fairy, Fairy garden, Gnome, Mary Martin, Peter Pan, pixie dust, Science Fiction and Fantasy, the Lost boys, Tinkerbell, Tinkerbelle, Wendy
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Remembrance – On Leaving Behind a Memory
“When you remember me, it means that you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are. It means that you can summon me back to … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Cod, Frederick Buechner, God, I will remember you, Making memories, Massachusetts, Memories, Memory, Walt Whitman, Whistling in the Dark
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For Auld Lang Syne
Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot and auld lang syne? For auld lang syne, my jo, for auld lang syne, … Continue reading
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Tagged Auld Lang Syne, Christmas Holiday, Farkle, Holiday, new year, New Years Eve, old friends, remembering old friends, Robert Burns, Scotland, Scots
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True Grit – On Being Successful
“Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty and persistence.” Colin Powell “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will … Continue reading
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Tagged Aesop's The Tortoise and The Hare, Angela Duckworth, Calvin Coolidge, Co-relation between success and persistence, Colin Powell, determination, Factors leading to success, Grit, grittiness, Intelligence quotient, persistence, Study on success, Success, The Tortoise and the Hare, true grit, University of Pennsylvania
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Against the Wind – Finding Strength in Adversity
“Kites rise highest against the wind – not with it.” Winston Churchill “The world breaks everyone, and afterwards, some are strong at the broken places.” Ernest Hemingway Last week I urged we accept that change will come. However, while it … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, Biosphere, Biosphere 2, Do Something, Domestic violence, Don Quixote, Ernest Hemingway, fight adversity, Fight the wind, Friedrich Nietzsche, Kelly Clarkson, Strong at the Broken Places, that which does not kill us makes us stronger, The Eagles, Tree, what does not kill us makes us stronger, Wind, Winston Churchill
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Learning to Play…and Why We Need To
The German poet Schiller wrote: ‘Deeper meaning resides in the fairy tales told to me in my childhood than in the truth that is taught by life.’ He was right in more ways than one. Watching our rescued Shepherd, Nessa, learn to … Continue reading
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