Rusty

So true of so many things...reading about something isn't doing that something.

Rusty

"You're Braver Than You Believe,

Stronger Than You Seem,

And Smarter Than You Think."

....Winnie the Pooh

"How Do You Spell 'Love", asked Piglet'

You Don't Spell It...You Feel It", said Pooh"

Uptown Gal, you reminded me of what my GF said she learned from my Mom: Children spell love T*I*M*E

So true of so many things...reading about something isn't doing that something.

Why are you attacking me??

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It is our essential nature to be compassionate. From the moment we're born our mother takes care of us. Without this care we would not survive. This experience is our first opportunity to learn that compassion is the root of all happiness. However, this natural appreciation of compassion seems to fade once we go to school. We need to be reminded that good health and a peaceful state of mind are founded on love and compassion.

-- Dalai Lama

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Interesting, Rusty...of course one reveals the other, no?

“We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that except the Lord build the House they labor in vain who build it. I firmly believe this, — and I also believe that without his concurring Aid, we shall succeed in this political Building no better than the Builders of Babel.”

——Benjamin Franklin

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Speak when you're angry, and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret

--Laurence Peter

When someone tells you to calm down, channel Walter Sobchak

The Big Lebowski offers endless life lessons. Rugs really tie the room together, for instance; it's totally acceptable to pay for milk by check; most problems can be solved by bowling; and it's never a good idea to fight a stranger in the Alps. And the Coen brothers' finest cinematic offering doesn't skimp on providing a great comeback to "calm down." Tell your offender, "I'm perfectly calm, Dude," and if that doesn't suffice, add, "Calmer than you are, Dude." If it doesn't get them off your back, at least they'll probably laugh.

Six ways to respond when someone tells you to calm down

Well HU-998551058, that's not very nice...

I know, not nice.

But it was a wholly appropriate quote.

I guess it depends on how you define 'successful'.

Rusty

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living in someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma -- which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And, most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

~Steve Jobs

I spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and definite, black and white, good and bad. My inability to lean into the discomfort of vulnerability limited the fullness of those important experiences that are wrought with uncertainty: Love, belonging, trust, joy, and creativity to name a few.

-Brene Brown

It is easy to love people in memory; the hard thing is to love when they are there in front of you.

~ John Updike

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

~ Robert Brault

You can never please a person who does not believe in you.

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do the best of which you are capable.

~ John Wooden (1910 - 2010)

The bad news is that reality is the cause of all stress.

The good news is that most of us aren't in touch with it.

~ Esther Oriole

The highest courage is to dare to be yourself in the face of adversity. Choosing responsibility over irresponsibility, ethics over convenience, and truth over popularity...these are the choices that measure your life. Travel the path of integrity without looking back, for there is never a wrong time to do the right thing.

(attributed to two unrelated people)

A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would be indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.

~ Albert Einstein

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