It may seem strange that the most illuminated men and women who have walked the earth have also caused the most consternation in the consciousness of humanity, but when you look at the situation in the right light, it makes perfect sense. Allow me to explain. The world we have is the product of decisions …
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A Better Chance of Survival
"I am pessimistic about the human race because it is too ingenious for its own good. Our approach to nature is to beat it into submission. We would stand a better chance of survival if we accommodated ourselves to this planet and viewed it appreciatively instead of skeptically and dictatorially." - E.B. White My sons …
Love is
What is love? To answer this question, it might be easiest to begin with what love is not. Love is not possessive, neither can it be possessed. Love has no strings to which anything can be attached; true love cannot be adulterated or manipulated for selfish gain. Contrary to popular opinion, there is no fear …
Peace of Mind
Peace of Mind by Kathleen Raine If the pool were still The reflected world Of tottering houses, The falling cities, The quaking mountains Would cohere on the surface And stars invisible To the troubled mind Be seen in water Drawn from the soul's Bottomless well. Your pool is stilled not by outer circumstance, but from …
Reconciliation
Reconciliation by Walt Whitman Word over all, beautiful as the sky, Beautiful that war and all its deeds of carnage must in time be utterly lost, That the hands of the sisters Death and Night incessantly softly wash again and ever again, this soiled world; For my enemy is dead, a man divine as myself …
Fidelity to a Worthy Purpose
"Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose." - Helen Keller There are a great many purposes to which you can dedicate your life. Some purposes will prove to broaden the scope of human achievement while others will bring …
The Last Card
“On the other hand, all those doubts which I had felt before I entered the cottage as to whether these creatures were friend of foe, and whether Ransom were a pioneer or a dupe, had for the moment vanished. My fear was now of another kind. I felt sure that he creature was what we …
Anyway
“People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway. If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do …
A Portal to the Infinite
I've been giving a good deal of thought about corporate development of late and it occurred to me that one of the most important opportunities if not obligations of any company is in relation to the growth and development of its people. My belief is that at the end of the day those who work …
Digital Distraction
I was sitting in a meeting the other day at work and realized how often I glanced at my email or looked to my phone for text messages that were certain to come in over the course of the hour. It's a bad habit, I know, and one that is not very productive in light …
Gregory Hake 