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Mistakes thru Zen

The power of this exercise has been great! (for the first half click here)I have learned much from reading quotes from so many different people. It’s all been good for me.
Without further adieu ……
Mistakes: “Making a mistake is no reason for living a mistake,”my mom.
Nobility: “It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist […]

Mistakes thru Zen

The power of this exercise has been great! (for the first half click here)I have learned much from reading quotes from so many different people. It’s all been good for me.
Without further adieu ……
Mistakes: “Making a mistake is no reason for living a mistake,”my mom.
Nobility: “It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist […]

Art thru Laughter

It’s cold outside.I’m not feeling 100%.So, as I begin to ponder ……….
Art: “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up,” Pablo PicassoBalance: “I’ve learned that you can’t have everything and do everything at the same time,” Oprah WinfreyCharacter: “When the character of a man is not […]

Art thru Laughter

It’s cold outside.I’m not feeling 100%.So, as I begin to ponder ……….
Art: “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up,” Pablo PicassoBalance: “I’ve learned that you can’t have everything and do everything at the same time,” Oprah WinfreyCharacter: “When the character of a man is not […]

Order in Chaos

“Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line … Nature exhibits not simply a higher degree but an altogether different level of complexity”. Benoit Mandelbrot
The Mandelbrot Set is infinitely complex though generated from a simple equation involving complex […]

Order in Chaos

“Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line … Nature exhibits not simply a higher degree but an altogether different level of complexity”. Benoit Mandelbrot
The Mandelbrot Set is infinitely complex though generated from a simple equation involving complex […]

Rosemarisms (part deux)

On Mother’s Day, I posted a few quotes my mom, Rosemary, is famous for saying (click here).Here are a few more to ponder. Enjoy!
1. “Make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.”Take what you have, as bad as it may be, and make it beautiful.
2. “Choose your battles, win your wars.”You don’t have to […]

Rosemarisms (part deux)

On Mother’s Day, I posted a few quotes my mom, Rosemary, is famous for saying (click here).Here are a few more to ponder. Enjoy!
1. “Make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.”Take what you have, as bad as it may be, and make it beautiful.
2. “Choose your battles, win your wars.”You don’t have to […]

"It’s OK not to be Perfect"

Well, that is what I was told today by a couple wonderful friends.I don’t think of myself as a perfectionist.Perhaps I am.
“The perfect is the enemy of the good.”
Voltaire(some really old French dude)
The point is more to know when to realize that any additional effort toward improvement would result in a negligible improvement, especially […]

"It’s OK not to be Perfect"

Well, that is what I was told today by a couple wonderful friends.I don’t think of myself as a perfectionist.Perhaps I am.
“The perfect is the enemy of the good.”
Voltaire(some really old French dude)
The point is more to know when to realize that any additional effort toward improvement would result in a negligible improvement, especially […]