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  • How utterly quotable one might be if words were fewer and not so free.

  • Say It

    Here is a little formula for saying what you want to say: S.A.Y.- I.T. S – Search your own heart and mind for what you really want to convey. A – Assess your audience so that you can access their attention. Y – Yell softly. Choose high impact words. Notice how the room gets quiet…

  • Say It

    Here is a little formula for saying what you want to say: S.A.Y.- I.T.   S – Search your own heart and mind for what you really want to convey. A – Assess your audience so that you can access their attention. Y – Yell softly. Choose high impact words. Notice how the room gets…

  • Saying More With Fewer Words

    "When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise." – Proverbs 10:19 (New International Version (©1984)) I am working on using fewer words to say more. At the very least, there is a hopeful suspicion that more might be read, understood, retained, and activated in choices. Add the…

  • Habits of the First Half of Life

    "It seems, in fact, that, the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half." – Fyodor Dostoevsky As much as I love Dostoevsky, I am not buying that … at least not for my personal collection of life artifacts. I can see…

  • Life Academy

    Life Academy We dream; we grow;We move; we flow;We laugh; we glow.While here below,We live in anticipationOf pomp and circumstanceAnd graduation.We are matriculated in the school of lifeArticulated by toil and tears and strife.We are students of all that passesWork and play, day by day, our classes.We are classmates with our fellow creatures.These also are…

  • For Your Birthday – Whenever It Is

    Happy Birthday   The perplexing poles of gratitude and regret, Pictures in the mind we cannot forget, Unwritten sonnets, unsung songs, Unfulfilled wishes, un-righted wrongs. Tempered and enveloped by words aptly spoken, Mended hearts which once were broken, Loves requited, love extended, Hearts united, truth defended. All of life is blended in a stew Of…

  • Big Day

    Big Day God has a very big day in store for you tomorrow. You will conquer fear, despair, and sorrow. You will rise to heights you've never known. You will sigh and laugh, and sing and groan. You will live and celebrate your inspired humanity. You will rise above the dull, monotony of senseless insanity…

  • Be

    Later tonight as you prepare to rest, just be. Being is what you were meant for, made for, and are maturing into. You are, after all a being, human and developing. Be yourself. Be REAL – Responsible, Evolving, Authentic, and Loving. Be what you are becoming as in what you will COME to BE (BE…

  • Fly with Both Wings

    I posted a version of this in 2007. As I have been listening to partisan debates, distortions, and distractions lately, it seemed appropriate to review. I find it difficult to entrust leadership to people who call each other names, paraphrase other people's beliefs into less-than-accurate sound bytes, and attack each others characters and motives. I…