Thoughts to Consider

Notable quotes...  

"All beginnings are hard...Especially a beginning that you make by yourself." - Chaim Potok

"Ease destroys bravery, trouble...creates strength." - Maimonides, "Guide for the Perplexed"   

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face...You must do the thing you think you cannot do." - Eleanor Roosevelt

"The last of the human freedoms (is) to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." - Victor Frankl

"Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!" - author unknown

"Do not confine your children to your own learning for they were born in another time." - Hebrew Proverb

"An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance.  The thread may stretch or tangle, but will never break." - based on a Chinese belief

"Speak only after your words have been checked through these three gates:  Are these words TRUE?  Are these words KIND?  Are these words NECESSARY?" - author unknown

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Favorite stories..

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

"Six Degrees of Separation" by John Guare

Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

Night by Eli Wiesel

Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

The Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Peck

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Hero's Journey by Joseph Campbell

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner by Alan Sillitoe

The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay

The Starfish Story (my interpretation)

A man strolled onto the beach and saw a boy in the distance repeatedly throwing things the man could not identify, into the ocean.  He strode quickly towards the boy while shouting, "Boy!  What are you doing?"

The boy looked up and smiled at the man approaching him.  "I'm tossing this starfish back into the sea."

The man looked about and realized there were probably hundreds and hundreds of starfish washed onto the shore.  "That's ridiculous!" the man insisted.  "There are far too many stranded starfish for you to save.  What difference can a boy like you make in a situation like this?"

The boy hesitated for a moment and looked at the starfish in his hand.  "I guess it makes a difference to this one," he smiled as he continued gently tossing starfish, one by one, back into the sea.

"In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations." - From The Great Law of The Iroquois Confederacy 

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