Only One You In All Time

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action.  And because there is only one you in all time, this expression is unique.  And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium . . . the world will not have it.  It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how valuable, nor how it compares with other expressions.  It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.
—  Martha Graham
As quoted by Agnes DeMille in her autobiography “Dance to the Piper“
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On This Day In:
2017	Have You Hugged A Tree Lately?
2016	Unconquerable Imagination
2015	Just Plain Wrong
2014	Finding Beliefs
2013	Pretty Confident
2012	Effective Ranges
2011	Three Wisdoms
2010	I’m Just Askin’…
	Space & Time

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Two Start Up Front

Life is like a roller coaster, so why not sit up in the front with your hands in the air?
—  Rachel Crisp
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
—  Carl Bard
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On This Day In:
2017	I Love America Because…
	An Act Of God
	And So It Came To Pass (Act Of God part 2)
2016	As Far From
2015	Rocky 7
	Just Like Politics
2014	Game And Legend
	“Scientific” Pride In Humanity
2013	Real Honor
	Catching Up
2012	Thoughts And Communications
2011	But How Does Peter Feel?
2010	Name That Regret

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Let Us Dare

The true source of our suffering has been our timidity.  We have been afraid to think.   . . . .   Let us dare to read, think, speak and write.
—  President John Adams
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On This Day In:
2017	Two Good To Be Real
	Secrets
2016	Learning Subtle Differences
2015	Dog Eat Dog World?
2014	And Sometimes Blogs About It
2013	Outside-In
2012	They Are All Perfect
2011	Delegation – The “How-To’s”
2009	Diet Update and Other Bits & Bobs…

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What’s Happening With You?

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them.  They went out and happened to things.
—  Elinor Smith
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On This Day In:
2017	The Great Leveler
	Conservative Depressions
2016	Election + 1 Month
2015	Dance And Sing
2014	A Measuring Stick For Progress
2013	Courtly Love Or Victory Over Habit
2012	Have We Met?
2011	Efficiently Useless

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No Reason To Turn

If you can’t completely eradicate wrong ideas, or deal with inveterate vices as effectively as you wish, that’s no reason for turning your back on public life altogether.  You wouldn’t abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn’t control the winds.
—  Sir (also Saint) Thomas More
From his book: “Utopia“
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On This Day In:
2017	Talking Knuth
	Seeing It Through
2016	Hoping For The Best Come January
2015	Adaptive Security
2014	Wants
2013	Side Effects
2012	Just Trying To Earn A Living
2011	Productive Worry

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Good Sense

If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.
—  Jennifer James
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On This Day In:
2017	E Pluribus Unum
2016	Lacking
2015	Chip, Chip, Chip
2014	nom de plume
2013	The Real Reason
	From The Book
2012	When Young
2011	14 Ways To A Better Judgement

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Where I Write

Write injuries in sand, kindnesses in marble.
—  French Proverb
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On This Day In:
2017	At Last, An Honest Philosopher…
2016	Fake It ‘Til You Make It
2015	Hell Toupée
2014	Corrected And Amended
2013	Too Few
2012	Three Characters
2011	Universal Payment
2010	Privatizing the TSA? (An old – and long – post, but still relevant!!)

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