2013, here we come!

Thursday December 27, 2012 #484   “You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.”   ~Charles Buxton   It is amazing to see this year come to an end!  So fast do the days go by…  2012 has been a year of great joys and was not...

Aspects of a life well lived

Tuesday November 6, 2012 #469   “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.”   ~Helen Keller   It may...

The value of collective wisdom

Thursday November 1, 2012 #468   “In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.”   ~Charles Darwin   Interesting to read Darwin talk about one of today’s...

New ideas and opportunities

Tuesday October 9, 2012 #461   “To succeed jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.”   ~Benjamin Franklin   Our human brain is wired to sort through all the massive information bombarding us and quickly arrive at conclusions on everything. ...

The quest for learning and knowledge

Thursday September 20, 2012 #456   “The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.”   ~Benjamin Franklin   No matter how much we learn, or how much we believe we know the “truth”, the fact is that we are incredibly ignorant on most...

Respectful Dialogue, Real Solutions

Tuesday August 14, 2012 #445   “He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.”   ~Thomas Jefferson   This sage wisdom resonates in today’s polarized world of politics.  The far right and the far left live...