Tag: family
member name: Bill Allin
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August 11, 2006 05:03 PM EDT --
Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the pleasure and, under certain circumstances, can be life-threatening.
- Maya Angelou, poet (1928- )
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August 16, 2006 08:14 PM EDT --
Compared to the unimaginable immenseness of all that we know exists, you are an insignificant speck. Indeed, the whole planet on which you carry on your life is like one grain of sand on an ocean beach. . . .
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November 12, 2006 06:09 PM EST --
A diamond with a flaw is better than a common stone that is perfect.
- Chinese proverb
I hasten to mention that this article is not about minerals. The quote refers to people.
Having said that, the part . . .
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August 28, 2006 05:56 PM EDT --
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher
esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.
- Friedrich Nietzsche, philosopher (1844-1900)
The fundamental principle . . .
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July 30, 2006 12:42 PM EDT --
A stiff apology is a second insult. The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt.
- G.K. Chesterton, author (1874-1936) . . .
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September 16, 2006 07:21 PM EDT --
"If you don't run your own life, somebody else will."
- John Atkinson, Baron Atkinson of Glenwilliam (1844–1931)
This lesson should be taught to everyone. While many people today give . . .
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July 21, 2006 03:34 PM EDT --
Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an
injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are
aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily; and . . .
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July 21, 2006 07:42 PM EDT --
This message has no good news over which you may rejoice. It does, however, have some information you didn't know that might affect your life or the life of a child you know.
You know about the dangers . . .
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September 09, 2006 07:40 PM EDT --
"As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be most . . .
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October 29, 2006 05:39 PM EST --
In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations.
- Iroquois Nation Maxim
Who in the world does that? Well, the Iroquois, for one.
Assuming one generation . . .
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November 10, 2006 09:39 PM EST --
Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That's why it's a comfort to go hand in hand.
- Emily Kimbrough, author and broadcaster (1899-1989)
This goes against almost every lesson that is taught . . .
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February 21, 2007 06:16 PM EST --
"Too many folks go through life running from something that isn't after them."
- Anonymous
All phobias, almost all fears (except bullying and abuse) and almost all worrying fit within this . . .
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July 16, 2006 07:18 PM EDT --
"Destiny is not a matter of chance. It is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved."
- William Jennings Bryan, American lawyer and politician (1860–1925) . . .
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July 27, 2006 06:44 PM EDT --
"Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back.
Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it;
it's only good for wallowing in."
- Katherine Mansfield . . .
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July 22, 2006 06:46 PM EDT --
If you want to have friends, be friendly;
if you want to be trusted, be honest;
if you want to be loved, be loving;
if you want to be safe, be brave.
- Gil Hardwick
The world is as bad as you think it . . .
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September 19, 2006 08:02 PM EDT --
A moment that makes life thrilling:
watching a gathering of crows.
Then thoughts of war dead come chilling.
As every soldier rightly knows,
there's no god who favors killing.
- Anthony S. Maulucci, . . .
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December 06, 2007 06:46 PM EST --
I always prefer to believe the best of everybody--it saves so much time.
- Rudyard Kipling
One of the most emotionally taxing things we experience in our lives is trying to decide if we should trust . . .
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August 03, 2008 10:07 AM EDT --
Picnic--the joyful experience of eating good food in the open air while enjoying the company of friends and family in a relaxed atmosphere--is on the wane in the western world. More of us gather . . .
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July 01, 2006 06:55 PM EDT --
One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.
- English Proverb
This proverb was obviously cast by someone who had a father who was a mentor, a guide to life skills and a friend. Someone who had a . . .
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July 14, 2009 10:03 AM EDT --
ADHD: You or Someone You Love Could Have It and Not Know It
My sister had Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) all her life and took it to her grave. I might have had it, but a strange . . .
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