Thought for the Day

What’s real love?

Being responsible for how we treat each other.

Thought for the Day

Control is the opposite of love.

Quote of the Day

"When you have done a good act and another has fared well by it, why seek a third reward besides these, as fools do, be it the reputation for having done a good act or getting something in return?

- Marcus Aurelius

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"The 6 P's: proper prior preparation prevents poor performance."

My dad used to always tell me this. He even wrote it on a 3x5 card once and left it on my dashboard while I was at school. Weirdo. He also used to call me some mornings when he got to work to tell me the roads were slick. It drove me crazy, but I know I will do the same to my teenage drivers. Now that I have kids, I can imagine his fear of his young inexperienced driver on cold winter mornings driving 20 minutes to high school on a windy lake road. I appreciate his lessons now and in most (not all) areas of my life, I live by the 6 p's and am hyper aware of when the roads are slick.

Love ya Daddo!

Any good lessons from your dad that you appreciate now that you're an adult?

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“People think, what’s one shard, one stone, when there are so many?” Sanders told us. “Of course, if everyone took a piece, there would be nothing left.”

- from the NYT's article "Looted for Love"

I am trying to teach my daughter this lesson. Every time we go to the Japanese Garden we have this conversation because she wants to take some flowers or leaves.

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"If you're going to play in the mud, expect to get dirty."

- my friend Matt Williamson

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Love it...

"There is an inevitable cow-chewing-its-cud imagery that comes into play when people watch us working (relentlessly) on a piece of gum. It takes several I.Q. points off their estimation of us, occasionally drives them crazy, and makes us less appealing as romantic partners."

- NYT Social Q's

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Your higher-self is what brings you forward, and your ego is what pulls you back.

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You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself.

- Alan Alda

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A mentality of scarcity - of lack - is the natural consequence of viewing the world through eyes of fear. In contrast, when the world is viewed through eyes of love, the future becomes unlimited.

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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If you always do what you've always done, then you'll always get what you've always gotten, and you'll always feel how you've always felt.

- unknown
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To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.

- Eric Hoffer

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A man goes out on the beach and sees that it is covered with starfish that have washed up in the tide. A little boy is walking along, picking them up and throwing them back into the water.

"What are you doing, son?" the man asks. "You see how many starfish there are? You'll never make a difference."

The boy paused thoughtfully, and picked up another starfish and threw it into the ocean. "It sure made a difference to that one," he said.

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"One study after another has shown that educating girls is one of the most effective ways to fight poverty."

- Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, from the book Half the Sky
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"Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth."

- Muhammad Ali
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"A family who plays together, stays together."

- said a woman to my friend Jennie

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"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
 
- Leonardo Da Vinci
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"DO YOU THINK ALCOHOLISM RATES ARE HIGHER AMONG PEOPLE WITH KIDS THAN PEOPLE WITHOUT?"  - my husband

(you can guess my answer)

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"A face can be visually perfect, but if there is no light shining from the inside, it just won’t be as beautiful. In other words, women who have a bright aura will outshine the most aesthetically perfect face hands down."

- Dr. Cheryl Karcher, from The New York Times Face Time interview
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"There are only two lasting bequests we can give our children - one is roots, and the other, wings."

- Hodding S. Carter
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