Dag Hammarskjöld quote – Bless your uneasiness
“Bless your uneasiness as a sign that there is still life in you.” – Dag Hammarskjöld
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Parents can instill narcissism
Proud parents aren’t doing their kids any favors by constantly telling them they are “special” or “exceptional.” Such praise may be intended to bolster kids’ self esteem, but new research suggests that frequently telling children they are superior to other kids may instill a toxic personality trait: narcissism. The researchers studied 565 children ranging from 7 to 12 years old […]
Read morePoem – What We Notice (By Gil Hoy)
What We Notice – By Gil Hoy I first lived like a tadpole swimming up-current in a raging river Not noticing that I’d been crowned heavyweight champion of the world, the impossible odds overcome, or the miraculous union with my waiting cell that might otherwise have been washed away and lost. The lesson is that you have already overcome […]
Read moreJohn Kenneth Galbraith Quote – I Am Not Quite Sure
“I am not quite sure what the advantage is in having a few more dollars to spend if the air is too dirty to breathe, the water is too polluted to drink, the commuters are losing out in the struggle to get in and out of the city, the streets are filthy, the schools are so bad that the young […]
Read moreWhat Peace Means
“Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no trouble, noise, or hard work. It means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart.”
Read moreMonitoring your tweets
What happened to the Conservatives’ promise to roll back the surveillance state? said James Ball. The British are already the most-spied-upon people on the planet, with hundreds of thousands of video cameras recording our comings and goings. Junior-level bureaucrats have the authority to “ping” our mobile phones to find out where we are at any given moment. Now they also […]
Read moreDante Alighieri Quote – Worldly Fame
“Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes names as it changes directions.” – Dante Alighieri
Read moreThomas Carlyle Quote – Tragedy of Life
“The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but what men miss.” – Thomas Carlyle
Read moreTravel Time
68.4 – The number of minutes Americans spend traveling each day, per capita, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The number is down from 74.4 minutes in 2003.
Read moreLeonardo da Vinci Quote – People of Accomplishment
“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.”― Leonardo da Vinci
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