Tag: persistence

Have you accepted limits on your capacities?

December 13, 2010 | 2 comments

Have you ever been told that you’ve reached a maximum level of accomplishment in some activity of your life and you shouldn’t expect things to get any better? Perhaps your career has hit a standstill, you’ve put up with a

Water or rock?

July 16, 2009 | 7 comments

What’s tougher, water or rock? Generally, we think of rock as the tougher of the two. After all, bonk your head on a rock and it usually hurts. Splash some water over it and the worst side effect might be

Struggles yield benefit

April 8, 2009 | 8 comments

In response to my “Children overmedicated” blog posted last Monday, I received this comment from a teacher, which I thought was very insightful. I’ve been thinking about the “Overmedication of children” blog since I have one building where at one

My piano teacher

August 8, 2008 | 10 comments

Last Saturday, I received news that my piano teacher of younger years, Cherry Courteau, had passed on. I was asked to play at her memorial service, which I agreed to do. The service was held yesterday. The news of her