You won’t remember when you retire what you did in the first quarter….. or the third. Continue reading
Author: onetusk
If you keep on going the way you are, you will miss the road to the future
“The Wicklow Mountains lie outside Dublin, Ireland. It is an area of wild beauty, a place to which as an Irishman born near there, I return as often as I can. It is still a bare and lonely spot, with unmarked roads, and I still get lost. Once I stopped and asked the way. Continue reading
Federalism
There are five elements to federalism and we have talked about two: subsidiarity (responsibility at the lowest point) and the separation of functions at the center. But there are three more, of which perhaps the most important is interdependence. Continue reading
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.” – Upton Sinclair
Creativity
The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out. Every mind is a building filled with archaic furniture. Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it.
– Dee Hock
‘When I hear, I forget. When I see, I remember. When I do, I learn.’
Our Problem Is Civil Obedience
“Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Continue reading
Promise Yourself
To be so strong that nothing
can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness, and prosperity
to every person you meet. Continue reading
Elephant tethers
When still a baby, the elephant is tethered by a very thick rope to a stake firmly hammered into the ground. Continue reading
A Franciscan Benediction
May God bless us with discomfort
At easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships
So that we may live from deep within our hearts. Continue reading
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