The Donkey lesson
One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to …
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Inspiration
Inspiration – if we could bottle it, we’d give it away free for all!
“…to strive to seek to find….and not to yield!
Ulysses It little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Match’d with an aged wife, I mete and …
soften
Over the Edge Through the disciplined precision of our efforts, we’ll come again and again to our edge””the difficult places beyond which we’ve previously been …
Honor – the real self-esteem
Friday, March 20, 2009 The Ruling Passion of the Noblest Minds by Alexander Green
Faust before dealing with the devil (can you blame him?)
Everything fails me – every thing – These instruments, do they not all Mock me? Lathe, cylinder, and ring, And cog and wheel – in …
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Where does God live? Sometimes at the post office!
This is the most touching story Suzanne has ever read and she was nice enough to pass it along!!! Where does GOD live? At …
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Ask the Farmer
An Old Farmer’s Advice: * Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight, and bull-strong. * Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance. * Life is …
Still practicing at 97 years old!
Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009 WORDS TO LIVE BY Author/physician Shigeaki Hinohara By JUDIT KAWAGUCHI At the age of 97 years and 4 months, Shigeaki Hinohara …
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance – be here now.
To the untrained eye ego-climbing and selfless climbing may appear identical. Both kinds of climbers place one foot in front of the other. Both breathe …
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What are the other “loyalities”?
from Thornton Wilder The Bridge of San Luis Rey ….”He divided the inhabitants of the world into two groups, into those who had …