Mother's Little Red Book of Wisdom

Righting Wrongs

2006-04-18T07:23:00.004-07:00

Most people can do relative little about the wrongs they encounter in the world--however a writer has the opportunity to communicate these wrongs to a vast audience and galvanize people into action.
~~Mary Jane Chambers~~

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Light

2006-04-18T07:23:00.002-07:00

A shadow isn't something. Its lack of something. Light. You can say that about ignorance. And loneliness. And hunger. Worst that can happen to a human is the lack of something.
~~unknown~~

Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release; The physician of him whom medicine cannot cure; The comforter of him whom time cannot console.
~~Colton~~

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The Friendly Beasts

2006-04-18T07:22:00.000-07:00

Jesus, our Brother, strong and good,
Was humbly born in a stable rude.
And the friendly beasts around him stood,
Jesus, our Brother, strong and good.

"I," said the donkey, shaggy and brown,
"I carried his mother up hill and down,
I carried her safely to Bethlehem town,
"I," said the donkey, shaggy and brown.

"I," said the cow, all white and red,
"I gave him my manger for his bed,
I gave him my hay to pillow his head,
"I," said the cow, all white and red.

"I," said the sheep with curly horn,
"I gave him my wool to keep him warm,
I gave him my coat on Christmas morn,
"I," said the sheep with curly horn.

A Christmas Carol by Robert Davis
from Encyclopedia of Bible Life--
by The Millers, published by Harper & Row
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Newspaper clippings....

2006-04-16T04:14:00.000-07:00

This was a block of quotes mom had cut out probably from an old Reader's Digest (?):

Rod Steiger: Success means controlling your own time. If you can gain control over 60 percent of the time in your life, you are really successful. Time is the most important currency, but once you spend it, man, it's gone.
(interviewed by Mike Sager in Esquire)

Michael J. Gelb: Baby ducks learn to survive by imitating their mothers. Learning through imitation is fundamental to many species, including humans. As we become adults, we have a unique advantage: we can choose whom to imitate. We can also choose new models to replace the ones we outgrow.
---How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci (Delacorte)

{I'd like to add, too many choose badly the model they wish to imitate in this day and age......drug or booze addicted, self-loving, self-centered "celebrities". UG}

Sandy Weill, chairman and co-CEO of Citigroup, Inc.: I believe in letting people know that if they make a mistake it's not the end of the world. What would be the end of the world is making a mistake and hiding it. If people aren't willing to make mistakes they're never going to make any right decisions. On the other hand, if they make mistakes all the time, they should go to work for the competitor.
--quoted by Thomas J. Neff and James M. Citrin in "Lessons From the Top" (Doubleday)

Stephen Ambrose: Friendships are different from all other relationships. Unlike acquaintanceship, friendship is based on love. Unlike lovers and married couples, it is free of jealousy. Unlike children and parents, it knows neither criticism nor resentment. Friendship has no status in law. Business partnerships are based on a contract. So is marriage. Parents are bound by the law. But friendships are freely entered into, freely given, freely exercised.
--Comrades (Simon & Schuster)

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