It has always been true that reputations can be made and destroyed more quickly than one might think possible. During election years it becomes even more obvious: you cannot control your reputation. You can do the very best you can to do the right thing at the right place and time, but all it takes is one person or event to shatter a lifetime’s worth of work in one fell swoop. And the onset of 24-hour news cycles hasn’t helped the truth to come out any sooner than it used to: if anything, the 1500 TV talking heads help cement [...] Read more »
Monday Coffee Posting
Yup. Agreed. How about you? Happy Monday, everyone! ; ) Read more »
Kindsighting
I love this. As a teacher, I have repeatedly observed that the ability to learn and grow from your mistakes can make all the difference in the world in having the ability to adapt and change as an individual. Figuring out what to do differently next time—and deciding how best to implement those step-by-step changes—is a whole lot more productive than helplessly flailing about beating yourself up. Keep this in mind the next time you have one of those “what was I THINKING???” moments. Instead, consider reflecting on what you were learning. And how will what you learned change your [...] Read more »
On a Need-to-Know Basis
You remember when you were a kid, when in response to your 24/7 stream of questions, your parents would tell you every now and then that it was just better not to know some things? (You know, in response to the constant barrage of “whys” that rolled out of you like breathing, many regarding ethical quandaries and issues of morality far beyond your child’s capacity to process or understand?) Do you remember how you didn’t believe them? Not really? And how you couldn’t fathom there would ever be anything in the world it would be better not to know? And [...] Read more »
On Thinking Too Much
I’m sure we’ve all heard this accusation leveled at us somewhere in our past. Does the phrase “You think too much” ring a bell? Most of us have been accused of this at some point in our lives, and some people get informed of this judgement considerably more often than others do, but still, I suspect almost all of us have had such an experience. What I find most fascinating is that whenever I am being told I think too much, it is almost always by someone who disagrees with my viewpoint. In fact, I can’t ever remember being told [...] Read more »
Short hiatus
Due to both an across-town move and a death in my husband’s family, I’ve not had a chance to post for the last week and a half. I hope to be back next Monday. Thanks, all~ Read more »
Out of the mouths of babes…
Happy Monday, everyone! And P.S.? If wearing the cape and tights makes you feel better and helps you save the world—or at least keeps your cuppa joe from splatting into your bag—by all means wear them, too! Just saying… Read more »
Quotes for early January
Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending~~Maria Robinson People will accept your idea much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first~~David H. Comins If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves~~Thomas Edison Don’t postpone joy until you have learned all of your lessons. Joy is your lesson~~Alan Cohen Read more »