People treat life as though it’s the dress rehearsal for some big show. It’s not. This is it.
My father always told me, you can only be your own best. In other words, if you feel you’ve done your best, you’ve done well enough.
Jane Seymour (born 1951) is a British actress.
Shadows’ mysteries
Night’s sobering distortions—
Dawn’s reality
False reality
Kaleidoscope’s fading hues—
Returning to gray
Steps without traction
Searching for reality—
Perhaps, turn day’s page
You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
Franklin P. Jones (1908-1980) was an American writer and humorist. He became well-known for his witty and insightful reflections about life.
If you don’t want to sink, you better figure out how to swim.
Sometimes you need a little crisis to get your adrenaline flowing and help you realize your potential.
Jeannette Walls (born 1960) is an American author.
Traveling to face the top-ranked Fergus High School’s basketball team, the young Golden Bears face a daunting task. In the middle of the third quarter, the home team Eagles begin to assert themselves on their way to an exponentially growing lead.
Seeing the score heading toward a lop-sided conclusion, Coach Pete calls a much-needed timeout. As he gathers his players around him, the twinkle in his eyes connects with each of his unseasoned players.
Deep inside of the sideline huddle, Coach Pete’s animated gestures and persuasive voice mesmerize every player. Everyone’s attention is focused on him, except for the team’s manager.
The team has been huddled up far too long, and one of the officials comes over, “Coach, let’s play.” Given the intensity of the timeout’s atmosphere, no one hears the official’s whistle.
The timeout continues as the coach diagrams one final play to run when the players return to the floor. Hopefully, a basket will calm the rising tide of the game’s scoreboard.
The manager suddenly interrupts, “Hey Coach.”
Coach Pete is just beginning to wrap up his final exhortation.
The manager pipes in again, “Hey Coach!”
Turning to face the manager, the coach impatiently asks, “What?”
“They just scored!”
Coach Pete and his bewildered players jump up to see the opposing team at the far end of the basketball court, just as the scoreboard registers another two points for the Eagles.
The official runs by the team’s huddle and tells them that they have possession of the basketball, but they better hurry up. Another delay will turn the ball over to the Eagles with another opportunity to score.
As the Golden Bears return to the floor, their growing confidence emulates from the twinkle shining from Coach Pete’s eyes.
It’s a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water.
A characteristic of the normal child is that he doesn’t act that way very often.
Franklin P. Jones (1908-1980) was an American writer and humorist. He became well-known for his witty and insightful reflections about life.
Morning now surrounding
Feeling never alone
Confidence shining through
Harboring writer’s backbone
Questions’ answers stirring
Knowing mind remains full
Sometimes sweetness arrives
Savoring every spoonful
Reality writing
Filling story’s plotline
Harmony’s cautious breath
Sailing to distance shoreline
Silent voices hiding
Reaching out to each one
Script drawing from choices
Hanging out with wordsmith’s fun
Interactions blooming
Finding forgotten time
Pages empty of gaps
Coaxing distant thoughts to climb
Morning can always be counted on to bring us back to a more realistic level.
Life is an unanswered question, but let’s still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.
Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) was an American playwright and screenwriter. His written contributions to dramatic productions are evident in classics such as “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” and “A Streetcar Named Desire.”
There is power in speaking dreams into existence.
When the world tells you to shrink . . . expand.
Elaine Welteroth (born 1986) is an American journalist and author.
Man is never perfect nor contented.
The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.
Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. Several of his novels became classics, and two of his finest works are listed in the quotes above. His writings were highly skilled in their technical aspects, even though his vision was years ahead of his lifetime.
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