Action
November 13, 2008
“We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to
start a thing. Action always generates inspiration.
Inspiration seldom generates action.”
- Frank Tibolt
Laugh
November 12, 2008
“Today I will do something that makes me laugh.”
-Unknown
Other plans?
November 11, 2008
“Once you get people laughing you have their attention and you can tell them anything.”
- Herb Gardner
“Life is what happens to you while you are making other plans.”
- John Lennon
Books
November 10, 2008
“Books are of two kinds: books of the hour and books for all time.”
- John Ruskin
“An educated person is someone who can entertain himself, entertain a stranger, and entertain a new idea.”
- Unknown
“Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.”
-Mark Twain
Family
November 9, 2008
FAMILY
“Call it a clan, call it a network, call
it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever
you call it, whoever you are, you need
one.”
- Jane Howard (from the book “The Simple
Abundance Journal of Gratitude” by Sarah
Ban Breathnach)
I call mine familia. JMD
If it itches, scratch it
November 8, 2008
“A classic is a book which people praise but don’t read.”
- Mark Twain
“You’re to old, you can’t see, and you’re a woman. Maybe the dogs would take you.”
- Hillary Rodham Clinton quoting a recruiter’s answer when she asked to join the Marines in 1975
“A person who reads nothing is better educated than the man who reads only newspapers.
- Thomas Jefferson
“My philosophy is simple. Fill what’s empty, empty what’s full and scratch where it itches.”
- Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Choose your attitude
November 7, 2008
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“The last of the human freedoms is to choose one’s attitudes.” -Victor Frankl
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Set you free
November 7, 2008
- The Bible, Book of John
Take the step
November 6, 2008
“There will come a time when you believe everything is finished.
That will be the beginning.”
- Louis L’Amour
“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
- Martin Luther King Jr.
“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”
- Lao-Tsu
No Smoking
November 6, 2008
“A custom loathsome to the eyes, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain and dangerous to the lungs.”
- King James on smoking 1620
“For thy sake, Tobacco, I would do anything but die.”
- Charles Lamb when he decided to quit smoking, 1830
I used to have my mother’s last pack of cigarettes in a nice glass case. I was so proud of her the day in 1984, when she announced she was giving up the bad habit. To this day she speaks of a craving she must shun. I remember trying to hide her cigarettes, lighter or ash tray.
I have a letter where she documents her thoughts while participating in National Smoke Out day. Smoking is a real addiction. She finally quit smoking after those famous PSA’s in the early 80’s. She quit cold turkey as they say.
My mom must have had her first smoke at the age of 12. When her father caught her, she was in big trouble, but mostly because she tried to sneak and hide something from him.
I recall as a child hanging out with some older cousins, we’d gather the cigarette butts and pretend we were smoking. Gross!
As an adult I tried to start smoking in San Angelo. Under stress, I had to produce and anchor the 6 and 10 p.m. news for 3 months. I was also the News Director and thought the smoking would help. It didn’t last, within a few days I was coughing non-stop. I can’t stand smoking. JMD
