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Words Of Wisdom
“Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it is awfully hard to get it back in.” — H.R. Haldeman, U.S. presidential advisor “Ever notice that the people who say ‘That’s the way the ball bounces’ are usually the ones who dropped it?” — Jeff Rovin “While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it […]
Dust If You Must, But…
[3] DUST IF YOU MUST “Dust if you must, but wouldn’t it be better, To paint a picture or write a letter, Bake a cake or plant a seed, Ponder the difference between want and need? Dust if you must, but there’s not much time, With rivers to swim and mountains to climb, Music to […]
Healthy Tongue And A Healthy Diet
JEFFERSON ON CRITICISM He who fears criticism is hopeless. Only those who do things are criticized. The idler is lost sight of in the march of events, but the doer is watched and criticized. To hesitate for fear of criticism loses the battle while the doers march on to victory and triumphs. Indecision is a […]
Nobody’s Friend
My name is Gossip. I have no respect for justice. I maim without killing. I break hearts and ruin lives. I am cunning and malicious and gather strength with age. The more I am quoted the more I am believed. My victims are helpless. They cannot protect themselves against me because I have no name […]
Pondering The Power Of Persistence
Religion in Daily Life By the Rev. Edward Chinn, D.Min. http://www.allsaintstorresdale.org “Thanks to a persistent policeman who broke in through a window, bedridden TV news veteran David Brinkley was rescued from his burning home, authorities in Jackson, Wyoming, said” (The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 16, 2003). County Deputy Chad Sachse persisted, even though a security guard […]
Not Everything Is As It Seems
(Philippians 1&4 and Matthew 22) By Kim Thoday Someone recently reminded me that in life we discover that not everything is as it seems. We get some shocks in life. Some of the most disturbing experiences occur when we find out that people are not what they appear to be on the surface. There are […]
Critically Speaking
(Galatians 3: 28) By Kim Thoday While travelling separately through the countryside late one afternoon a Hindu, a Rabbi, and a Critic were caught in a terrific thunderstorm. They sought shelter at a nearby farmhouse. “That storm will be raging for hours.” The farmer told them. “You ought to spend the night. The problem is […]
Tomatoes
Old news: A good source of vitamin C, especially fresh tomatoes. Latest news: Yes, tomatoes offer vitamin C, and a lot else besides. It turns out that they are rich in important carotenoids, including lycopene-a relative of the more celebrated beta carotene. Lycopene appears to help prevent prostate cancer. Oddly enough, cooked and processed tomatoes […]
Authentic Happiness [1]
In these articles I’m serializing some thoughts from, and responses to, Martin Seligman’s recent book ‘Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment’ (Random House 2002). (See http://jmm.org.au/articles/2136.htm for a review of another of his books – ‘What You Can Change and What You Can’t’). I find Seligman challenging. […]
Eccentricity
“Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in society has always been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigour and moral courage which it contained. That so few [people] now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of our times.” (John Steward Mill)
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