Quote: All That Glitters

“So many times we tend to look for and go after the flashy things in life, while all along overlooking the things regarded as plain, insufficient, and ordinary…Everything that glitters is not gold, and everything golden does not always glitter.”
–Hosea Miller II (Clergyman)

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Thankfulness

This week is Thanksgiving in America. The holiday is supposed to recall the first cross-cultural dinner the Native Americans shared with the Pilgrims. While I think the story is an important part of the mythos, I do not celebrate the holiday as a remembrance of that supposed dinner. Instead, I like to think of it [...]

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Quote: Wasting Time

Most time is wasted, not in hours, but in minutes. A bucket with a small hole in the bottom gets just as empty as a bucket that is deliberately kicked over.

–Paul J. Meyer

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Lessons Learned from Halloween

I know it’s a bit late, but since I write these articles in advance, I need to share with you the lessons I learned from Halloween this year:
If you dress around a piece of holiday clothing, you will have little that goes with it. Think about this. Halloween is black and orange, if you decide [...]

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Quote: Making Room

Sometimes old things need to go away. That way, we have room for the new things that come into our lives.

–Randy K. Milholland

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Letting Go

Photo by Autumn_Leaf
I am sitting here at my window watching the trees in the backyard. The leaves have just started to turn here in Virginia, and while most of the trees are still green, there is a tree in the front that has turned a beautiful shade of rust.
The wind just kicked up, and [...]

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Quote: Pig Wrestling

Never wrestle with a pig—you get all muddy and the pig has a good time!

–Unknown

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