"The lack of emotional security of our American young people is due, I believe, to their isolation from the larger family unit. No two people - no mere father and mother - as I have often said, are enough to provide emotional security for a child. He needs to feel himself one in a world …
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Continuous Effort and Inspiration
"Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential." ~ Sir Winston Churchill When I consider the many great accomplishments wrought by mankind over the generations I am both awed by what we have achieved and convinced that we have the potential to achieve far greater things should we …
A busy life
"You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing. What! Is it nothing to be happy? Nothing to skip, play, and run around all day long? Never in his life will he be so busy again." ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile, 1762 Having had a chance to spend the entire day with my …
The Rhythmic March
A Poem by Gregg Hake Moon tracks along the ground, Lighting ponds and rivers. Stretching, bending, tracing shapes Made by shorelines far below. She pulls at the oceans, Creating tides watched and measured By mariners and landlubbers Since the beginning of time. Earth glides through space, Invisible reins steady her course While her passengers shuffle …
Working Together
"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success." ~ Henry Ford It is interesting to watch teams form up in the workplace. The phases a group of individuals move through as they bond to form a unified team are somewhat predictable, yet the pace of that development varies wildly from …
Aha! Moment
Never underestimate the power of realization. During my riding (horse) lesson on Sunday my trainer and I worked on gymnastic exercises designed to increase flexibility, strength and lightness. Both my horse and I had taken time off due to injuries, so we were both starting back up at levels lower than we had left off. …
The Dividends of Graciousness
My uncle forwarded me a link to a delightful and inspiring CNN article that tells the tale of the graciousness of one of the U.S. Army's top officers, General Peter Chiarelli. Graciousness comes when you release self-concern, any sense of entitlement and sever any linkages that may exist in your heart and mind between position and …
Classical Education: A Primer
Last week I touched briefly on the matter of classical education in The Purpose of Mankind and the more I read about that ancient and only recently abandoned approach to developing the mind, the more I am convinced that we are short-changing our children and short-circuiting the future. To appreciate the classical approach, you must …
Laugh, Love, Live!
"What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul." ~ Yiddish Proverb I have the good fortune to put my sons to bed most nights and I have to admit that it takes everything in me not to get them amped up when they make me laugh. Four and five year olds are …
Fleet of Foot or Flea Footed?
Learning how to channel your energy into constructive purposes is one of the greatest skills you can master in life. As with so many valuable life lessons, we needn't look further than the common flea to recognize the potential inherent in storing and releasing energy in the right place at the right time. Fleas jump …
Gregory Hake 