A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed. – Henrik Ibsen If there’s anything you’ve learned from this blog, it’s probably the fact that you can’t trust your own mind. Or that I’m astonishingly good looking. Either way, though, things aren’t always the way they appear, and today’s post is…
Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings and not by the intellect. — Herbert Spencer At one in the morning last night, I saw a young man in a brown polo and khaki slacks running down the street singing Disney tunes. I know, right? Who wears a brown polo with khakis? Well, apparently I do. And so…
Love is the difficult realization that something other than yourself is real. — Iris Murdoch I want you to take a moment and relive a vibrant memory. Maybe it’s a particular Christmas. Maybe it’s that time you learned you got the job. Whatever the memory, though, I want you to focus on it—recall the sounds,…
The only thing worse than a liar is a liar who is also a hypocrite. — Tennessee Williams Right now, I am giving you the choice between taking the blue pill or the red pill. If you like the way your story works, the perceived authenticity in your life decisions, select the blue pill and…
Only that traveling is good which reveals to me the value of home and enables me to enjoy it better. – Henry David Thoreau There really is nothing like returning to your childhood home. Or in my case, returning to the place I lived last year as a semi-grown adult. And after spending the last…
If you believe everything you read, better not read. — Japanese Proverb Spring, how glorious thou art. Birds all a flutter. Trees of blooming pink. Warmth and breeze and gaiety and love. But behind every flitting bird is an animal ready to poop on your car. And all those blossoming trees? Just little white flowers…