No good deed goes unpunished. — Clare Boothe Luce We like to believe that good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people. In movies, the good guys almost always win. In children’s books, misbehavior is almost always caught. And even though anecdotal experience provides countless counterexamples, we still cling to…
Charisma is not just saying hello. It’s dropping what you’re doing to say hello. — Robert Brault People have told me I’m charismatic. And by people, I mean my mother. And in that moment, she was being sarcastic [the waitress just didn’t understand the complexity of my pun]. Even still, I have clung to that…
Charisma is the fragrance of the soul. — Toba Beta When I was younger, I used to love playing Dungeons and Dragons type games. Well, I still love those action adventure fantasies, I just don’t have the time. All right, I do have the time; I just get exhausted trying to create the voices of friends in my…
Money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy you the boat that will take you there. – Ron Carlson Recently, I was offered a part-time job that would allow me to make some extra money; however, in order to accept it, I had to attend a training class, spend hours reading preparatory articles, and then actually…
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. — Haruki Murakami At one point, you have probably had an older person warn you against being a “lemming;” that is, advise you from doing something just because everyone else was doing it (as the…
And when love speaks, the voice of all the gods makes heaven drowsy with the harmony. – William Shakespeare I have a question I’m sure you’ve considered before: Do you believe in love at first sight? When you’re young and the world is full of hummingbirds and dandelion clouds, yes, I’m sure you thought your…