Monthly Archives: August 2014

Polite to a Fault

Things that took forever and a day to learn: Politeness is a lost social art. People don’t always understand it and confuse it for weakness. Be polite anyway –that is strength. But, sometimes excessive politeness is really just seeking permission to succeed, or worse, permission to exist —that is weakness. Quote by Margaret Graham You […]

The Difference You Make

What difference to this world will you make? Whether it be small or great, Who can really say? Miniature is not meaningless. Atoms stitch together Our very existence. Water, slow and meandering Has cut many a deep, And breathtaking canyon. What difference to this world will you make? Whether it be small or great, Who […]

Obvious Truths

“Kids reveal an obvious truth: natural wonder is built in to us, we are instinctively attracted to nature. Nature tugs on us like gravity. We travel long distances to stand atop mountains or stroll along seashores for reasons we can’t quite put into words. Nature keeps alive a childlike wonder and enables us to see […]