Success

May 20, 2012

“The best successes come after disappointments.”

Henry Ward Beecher

Knowledge

May 17, 2012

Information is not knowledge. The only source of knowledge is experience.

Albert Einstein

Love you, Mom

May 13, 2012

My mother is so smart and strong,

a woman always by my side

Supporting me no matter what.

 

When I was but 4 she rushed me to the library and taught me how to swim,

At 13 it was service all the way,

volunteering those summer months away taught me how to give today.

 

She read my journal in 7th grade,

I was suicidal and the victim of childhood sexual abuse.

What did this blessed woman do?

She quickly picked me up at school and let me know it would all be okay.

 

This mommy built by God hates a lie,

and taught me to never cheat and steal

Perhaps this is why I seek the truth to pay the bills.

 

And when I came out a gay man,

more words of wisdom that have kept me alive to this wonderful day.

I love you mom!

-JMD

 

Openmind

May 11, 2012

Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open.  You’re able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment.
-Ralph Marston

More live please

May 10, 2012

I can always tell when I’m live in a neighborhood that would like to see us more often.

-JMD

Father

May 9, 2012

No child deserves to be robbed of his father, especially before they’re able to become best friends.

-JMD

Journo

May 5, 2012

“This is a difficult time for journalism. Even as the appetite for news and information grows, newsrooms are closing. Despite the big stories of our era, serious journalists find themselves all too often without a beat.”

President Barrack Obama 2009 at Walter Cronkite funeral

Work, work, work

May 3, 2012

You never will be the person you can be if pressure, tension and discipline are taken out of your life.

-James G. Bilkey

YouTube

May 1, 2012

We’re still in the process of picking ourselves up off the floor after witnessing firsthand the fact that a 16-year-old YouTuber can deliver us 3 times the traffic in a couple of days that some excellent traditional media coverage has over 5 months.

- Michael Fox, Co-Founder of Shoes of Prey

Words

April 27, 2012

When you talk and people listen; choose your words carefully and never say anything on your own.

-JMD

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