As happy as I am with outcome of the Democratic primaries, it’s not without some sadness that I note that we’ve yet to elect a woman as our national leader, lagging behind many other countries in the world.
In that spirit, I really liked Hillary’s line (from her concession speech):
Although we weren’t able to shatter that hardest, highest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you it’s got about 18 million cracks in it.
Good advice, no joke.
Whenever you’re called on to make up your mind
And you’re hampered by not having any
The simplest way to solve the dilemma you’ll find
Is simply by flipping a penny
No, not so that chance shall decide the affair
As you’re passively standing there moping
But as soon as the penny is up in the air
You’ll suddenly know what you’re hoping
Thanks to Nelson for passing this along.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. — Thomas Jefferson
I found these over at Beauty in Art and wanted to share. The first quote is generally applicable to all of us, though reaching the stated ideal is a life-long challenge.
After 33 years of marriage, I can personally vouch for the 2nd quote.
Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor … Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting. — Mother Theresa
The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them. — Thomas Merton
While confirming the accuracy of one quote, I came across another that I just had to share.
Both are from that great American observer, Mark Twain. The first deals with, what else, the current situation in Washington:
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. – Mark Twain
The second quote is part of the same canon that includes Jerry Garcia’s Thrive!; it describes my approach to life quite well:
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. – Mark Twain
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