Quote of the Day “Over time, those world-class poker players taught me to understand what a bet really is: a decision about an uncertain future. The implications of treating decisions as bets made it possible for me to find learning
Yee Haw
A Child’s Chair
Quote of the Day “What kind of feeling comes upon you when you’re in touch with nature, or when you’re absorbed in work that you love? Or when you’re really conversing with someone whose company you enjoy in openness and
Night Poses
Quote of the Day “Happiness is not something you acquire; love is not something you produce; love is not something that you have; love is something that has you. You do not have the wind, the stars, and the rain.
Wrapping Up, Storing, and Unwrapping
Quote of the Day “What was the secret of Neill’s success? He’d get the worst children, the ones everybody else had despaired of, and within six months they’d all be transformed. Listen to what he said—extraordinary words, holy words. ‘Every
Tasting and Titans
Quote of the Day “This is what Jesus Christ is all about. But we overemphasized the “Lord, Lord,” didn’t we? Where’s the fire? And if worship isn’t leading to the fire, if adoration isn’t leading to love, if the liturgy
A Toast at 40
Quote of the Day “…Imagine you’re lying flat and you’re dead. Now look at your problems from that viewpoint. Changes everything, doesn’t it? “What a lovely, lovely meditation. Do it every day if you have the time. It’s unbelievable, but
Reasons Our Neighbors Think We’re Weird
Quote of the Day “…walk into places where they have all the most marvelous music, and you get these records at a discount, they’re all stacked up, but I never hear anybody listening to them—no time, no time, no time.
Mid-Week Gotcha
Quote of the Day “I’m going to quote a great man here, a man named A. S. Neill. He is the author of Summerhill. Neill says that the sign of a sick child is that he is always hovering around
Whee Gee!
Quote of the Day “I am determined to have fun doing my work… if I’m enjoying myself then that feeling is passed on to the reader.” — Ed Emberley
Happy Monday, Little Drummer Boy
Quote of the Day “Loneliness is when you’re missing people, aloneness is when you’re enjoying yourself. Remember that quip of George Bernard Shaw. He was at one of those awful cocktail parties, where nothing gets said. Someone asked him if