Worry less love more
August 4, 2006 | 1 comment
An adage I find helpful to remember at times… “Worry is like a rocking chair. It gives us plenty to do, but gets us nowhere.”
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Don’t let up until you win
August 2, 2006 | 5 comments
I’ve learned a lot about not letting up your effort until you win from playing tennis. Last winter, in a local tennis tournament, I was ahead 5-1. One more game and I’d be the winner. Suddenly, my game fell apart.
You can’t buy happiness
July 12, 2006 | No comments yet
Catch this from the Washington Post: A wealth of data in recent decades has shown that once personal wealth exceeds about $12,000 a year, more money produces virtually no increase in life satisfaction. From 1958 to 1987, for example, income
Testing the depth
July 10, 2006 | No comments yet
“Never test the depth of water with both feet.” The above proverb caught my attention on a reader board I saw in Spokane, Washington, this weekend. If wondering how deep a pond is, you don’t jump in with both feet
Be free
July 4, 2006 | 4 comments
July 4th is Independence Day in the United States, a time when US citizens celebrate their right to self-government and self-directed sovereignty. There’s an even greater freedom than political and religious rights, though, that people the world over can celebrate.