"It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that destroys machinery it's the friction." - Henry Ward Beecher Memory is a double-edged sword. It affords us the ability to learn from our mistakes, so that when we fail, we can then fail better. Conversely, it holds us back, causing …
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Highly Perceptive
“A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs - jolted by every pebble in the road.” ~ Henry Ward Beecher I’ve known many highly perceptive people in my lifetime and I have admired their ability to pick up on elements in circumstance - the subtle nuances - that I often …
The Right Door
"You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door." ~ Henry Ward Beecher Office dynamics are fascinating. Put a bunch of unrelated people together in a pressure cooker environment and you have a recipe for a complex blend of interpersonal relationships. …
The Joys which long to be Yours
You know what you express. Knowing is much more than "awareness of" in theory or concept, in fact, it implies union with a concept or idea. Joy can be known as it is the natural result of union with a blessing of any type; yet for joy to be known, it must be expressed.
Give thanks. Your life depends on it!
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. ~ William Shakespeare, "Merchant of Venice" Anyone who performs a good deed in the world the way it now is runs the risk of casting pearls before swine. You needn't look far to see that goodness and virtue …
The Top 7 Ways to Ruin a Perfectly Good Life by Gregg Hake
Leonardo DaVinci once wrote, "Life well spent is long." Socrates wrote some 2,000 years earlier, "Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued." To be sure, a life well lived is ideal, but optional. While I typically prefer to consider the positive attributes of any subject in order to provide stepping stones for …
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