Hope
Hope is the most powerful thing there is. It is the adrenalin of the soul.
— Amy Tan, from an interview on Change on To The Best of Our Knowledge
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ByHeatherSnow pounding. Visibility nil.
Windshield is as far as I can see.
Treacherously slow,
Sometimes lost.
I’ve even slid off off the road a time or two.
But as the hours (and days) pass,
I slowly make progress.As it is in snow, so it is in life.
Individuality
ByHeatherThere is in American society a mad rush to distinguish oneself, and, as soon as something has been accepted as distinguishing, to package it in such a way that everyone can feel included.
— Alan Bloom, Closing of the American Mind
The Squeaky Wheel
ByHeatherThe squeaky wheel doesn’t always get the grease. Sometimes it gets replaced.
— Vic Gold
I’m just sayin’
Own What Makes You Different
ByHeatherWhen we can celebrate and truly own what it is that makes us different, we are able to find the source of our greatest creative power.
— Aimee MullinsAimee is a double below-the-knee amputee who lost her legs before her first birthday. She is talented and beautiful and doesn’t take “no” for an answer. Learn more about her story on You Tube.
Running the Country II
ByHeatherIf I wished to put a curse on a nation, I would invoke the gods to decree that it be governed by those who consider themselves to be the only true patriots in it.
Secret of Amazon’s Success
ByHeatherWe don’t have one big advantage so we have to weave a rope of many small advantages.
— Jeff Bezos