Enjoy Your Weekend!
Waking up this morning I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours before me. I vow to live fully each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion. Thích Nhất Hạnh
Today’s Quote
You can only understand people if you feel them yourself. John Steinbeck
New Day Rising
We still have our songs Let us sing them all day long The hour of need is here indeed This is how we’ll carry on How We’ll Carry On, William Elliott Whitmore Every day presents new challenges and we all have talismans that get us through. I’ve spent a long time working on patience, dignity, […]
Dance
“Dance, when you’re broken open. Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you’re perfectly free.” Rumi
Today’s Quote
Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong. Ella Fitzgerald
Today’s Quote
Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answers. William Burroughs
Temporary Like Achilles
Yield not to misfortunes, but advance all the more boldly against them. Virgil Like all else, misfortunes are temporary but not fleeting. They are often not necessary or destined. Many are preventable. Those that could have been prevented are often caused by negligence. Rather than submit passively to them like a victim, fight them boldly. […]
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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and places. Frederick Douglass
“(Judge) Smith said he wouldn’t consent to delaying the trial for any reason “up to and including a zombie apocalypse”.
Federal District Court judges wield an awful lot of unappreciated power. I was joking with a colleague about the “tells” they use – a ‘menacing cough’ came up more than once. Early in my career, I hadn’t been able to read a room that well. One judge actually told me to “stop talking” because “you’re […]