Be the Change

Yesterday I was clever,
so I wanted to change the world.

Today I am wise,
so I am changing ....
myself.

 - Rumi

Never Give Up

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When you get into a tight place 

and everything goes against you, 

till it seems as though you could not 

hang on a minute longer,

never give up then, 

for that is just the place and time 

that the tide will turn.

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

Simple Philosophy

I have a simple philosophy.
Fill what's empty.
Empty what's full.
Scratch where it itches.

 - Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Parenting

There is one thing you and I as parents cannot do,
nor do we want to do if we really think about it,
and that's control our children's will - that spirit that
lets them be themselves
apart from you and me.
They are not ours to possess, control, manipulate,
or even to make mind.

 - Barbara Coloroso