Your work is to discover your work and then, with all your heart, to give yourself to it. ~Buddha Looking down into deep waters is scary. It’s dark and you don’t know what’s down there. There could be sharks, or poisonous jellyfish, or any manner of monsters, waiting to eat you alive. But you jump [...]

It is far more impressive when others discover you good qualities without your help. ~ Judith Martin Every time you meet someone new for the first time, you have one chance to make a good impression. In the first few minutes, an image of who you are is already formed in your acquaintance’s mind. Naturally, you want [...]

Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow – that is patience. The human lifespan is short. That’s why we’re told to constantly cram as much as we can into each day. We do things that we like think are important, but aren’t really, [...]