There is a chill air surrounding those who are down in the world, and people are glad to get away from them, as from a cold room. -George Eliot (1819 โ 1880) The quote I've selected for this week's WQW encapsulates something that we all know to be true; and if we're honest with ourselves,… Continue reading To brave the cold
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Either a daring adventure, or nothing…
Adventure is worthwhile in itself. -Amelia Earhart (1897 โ disappeared 1937) Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.-Helen Keller (1880 โ… Continue reading Either a daring adventure, or nothing…
It is never our tenderness…
When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.-George Eliot (1819 โ 1880) A personal thought Written as an American Sentence This must include tenderness (versus severity) towards ourselves. P.S. Yom Kippur (the holiest day of the year for Jews) runs from sunset on Wednesday to… Continue reading It is never our tenderness…
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