The great thing about motivational quotes is they represent wisdom and offer insight for us in our own lives, conveniently boiled down from a pile of words. The drawback, of course, is that you’re only reading a small part of whatever the quoted person was trying to say, usually twisted into some new meaning in…
“I discovered the ground-nut (Apios tuberosa) on its string, the potato of the aborigines, a sort of fabulous fruit, which I had begun to doubt if I had ever dug and eaten in childhood, as I had told, and had not dreamed it. I had often since seen its crumpled red velvety blossom supported by…
I’m in the middle of establishing a new habit loop that is embarrassingly easy at the moment. I set my alarm for 5:45 AM in case my internal alarm clock doesn’t work. When I get up I immediately get dressed in workout clothes, go downstairs and turn on the coffee maker. I pour myself 16…
It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but, doubt not, it was of the last importance only to be present at it. – Henry David Thoreau, Walden “I have been anxious to improve the nick of time, and notch it on my stick too; to stand on the meeting of…