Monthly Archives: July 2017

Skilled Labor

“When you have the attitude and effort, the skill is not far behind.”    Unknown This little gem popped my desk out of the blue. It’s jotted down on a handwritten note of mine. I’m not sure where these words … Continue reading

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Skilled Labor

“When you have the attitude and effort, the skill is not far behind.”    Unknown This little gem popped my desk out of the blue. It’s jotted down on a handwritten note of mine. I’m not sure where these words … Continue reading

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Something Wonderful

As children bid the guest good-night, And then reluctant turn, My flowers raise their pretty lips, Then put their nightgowns on. As children caper when they wake, Merry that it is morn, My flowers from a hundred cribs Will peep, … Continue reading

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Coffee, Chaos

“Before the beginning of great brilliance, there must be chaos. Before a brilliant person begins something great, he must look foolish to the crowd.”    The I Ching The I Ching has given us many gems of wisdom: The symbol for … Continue reading

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Revision Pitfalls

“A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.”    Mark Twain Revision is not a walk in the park for most of us — it’s a necessary stage on the road … Continue reading

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Discipline = Desire

Here are some words  to inspire us offered by a wise and friendly stranger named Sunita Singh. They are from an issue of Bits & Pieces: * “As Lao-tze said, ‘A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single … Continue reading

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“Good Job!”

March 1827, Beethoven lay in bed close to his last breath. He looked up and asked, “Tell me the truth, were my symphonies any good?” “Almost every day, I feel self-doubt and a sense that I can do so much … Continue reading

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Who Risks

“To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure. But risk must be taken, because the greatest risk in life is to hazard nothing. The  person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing, and is nothing. He … Continue reading

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Something Wonderful

My post, Good Stewards, inspired me to share a poem by Jane Kenyon:   Briefly It Enters, Briefly It Speaks I am the blossom pressed in a book, found again after two hundred years. . . . I am the … Continue reading

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World Builders

“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will … Continue reading

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