Two of my favorite times of day are dawn and dusk. They are special, typically quiet times where the light is just bright enough to see but just dark enough that you have to strain a bit to catch the detail you would normally see in the light. This time reminds me of how we …
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Matrix of Inflexibility
"Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude." ― Martin Luther King Jr. Everyone is wronged a some point in life. Unforgiven, these wrongdoings accumulate like scar tissue in the body of humanity. Unfortunately, that "scar tissue" is never as functional as the original tissue it has replaced. When wrongdoings are not …
Costly Interruptions
The art of flying an airplane is in many ways the art of attention management. In the cockpit, as in life, pilots inevitably experience unexpected distractions that draw their attention away from the central task at hand. A strange noise, an equipment failure, unexpected turbulence, a near miss with a bird, or even a sick …
Creative Momentum
"Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right!" – Henry Ford The fear of doing something is often consumes more energy than simply doing it. Those fears are compounded by inaction, heightened by vacillation, and magnified by short-sightedness. That said, fears are best overcome by action. The pattern of action …
Effective Listening
Just as peace is more than just the absence of war, effective listening is more than simply eschewing the bad habit of interrupting others or anxiously awaiting an opportunity to make your point. Effective listening involves being at rest while another speaks - until they have completed their thought - and allowing the spirit which …
Autumn
"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower." ― Albert Camus Autumn is such a wonderful season, such a beautiful time of the year. It's baskets are filled with the rich and deep hues that declare the mellow musings of nature's soul. Autumn is a time of reflection, like that special time …
Light and Love
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches Whether you talk about wars between nations or petty arguments between people, the truth of the matter is that only light …
Friendship
"Poems of Friendship, Early Friendship" by Aubrey Thomas de Vere (1814–1902) The half-seen memories of childish days, When pains and pleasures lightly came and went; The sympathies of boyhood rashly spent In fearful wanderings through forbidden ways; The vague, but manly wish to tread the maze Of life to noble ends,—whereon intent, Asking to know …
Eternal Peace
Living in this world is not always easy. Life is navigation. Courses are charted by decisions. Everyone makes them. No one can escape them. Nevertheless there is peace in the midst of life, for each and every one. But peace must be chosen. It must be declared boldly in the face of great challenges, against …
Noble Nature
"The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character." ― George Eliot, Middlemarch There is little in …
Gregory Hake 