The Big Illusion

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
—  George Bernard Shaw
[Found at one of the blogs I follow:  I Didn’t Have My Glasses On  http://ididnthavemyglasseson.com
The specific link is:  http://ididnthavemyglasseson.com/2017/06/09/wha/    —  As usual, if you like the quote, please visit the original site.  —  KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2016	What Are You Thinking About?
2015	What The Framers Chose
2014	Lost Anything Lately?
	A Life Of Science
2013	Serve The World
2012	Acquaintance, n.
2011	On Why His Father Was A Great Teacher
	A Baker’s Dozen

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Earn The Gift

Love is a gift that must be given of free will.  It cannot be taken, bought, or negotiated for.  You’ll know when the gift is yours to keep when you have to do nothing to earn it but be yourself.
—  Miss Floetry
[Found at one the sites I follow:  Found at:  Mona Lisa’s Words To Make You Smile And Think    http://missfloetry.wordpress.com/
The specific link to this post is:  Specific link: http://missfloetry.wordpress.com/2017/06/20/the-free-gift/  well worth a visit.  —  KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2016	Still Loud
2015	Surprise! No Evidence
2014	Real Ideals
2013	A Happiness Weapon
2012	An Eagle Has Departed
	Ummm
	And In My Prayers
2011	Welcome Doubt
2010	Talk, Talk, Talk…
	Every Day At Least
	Democratic Suicide
	Pleasurable Reading
	Loose Joy
	Do, Er, Write – Whatever
	This Glorious Company
	Relax With A Good Book
	Neither Vice Nor Weakness
	That’s Rich!
	Man Will Prevail!!!
	Frankly Speaking to Arizona
	Brother By Another Mother

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Garden Dreaming

if i fall asleep with a pen in my hand, don’t remove it — i might be writing in my dreams.
—  Terri Guillemetsqe
[Found at:  I Didn’t Have My Glasses On  at  http://ididnthavemyglasseson.com
The specific link: http://ididnthavemyglasseson.com/2017/07/01/magical-writing/
… and thanks for introducing me to Terri’s site:  The Quote Garden  —  KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2016	Well, Maybe Not “No” Talent
2015	An Appetite For Life
	A Trip To The Library
	Great Expectations
2014	Pass The Soul
2013	Zapping Music And Art
2012	Not Quite Fantastic
	That Kid Is Back
2011	Wolves At The Door
2010	I’m Feeling Patriotic… (Well, more than usual, anyway.)
	Beating the Heat…

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What, With, Where…

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
—  Theodore Roosevelt
[Found at one of the blogs I follow: http://lynnthaler.com/
The specific post is:  http://lynnthaler.com/2017/02/20/happy-presidents-day/
Stop by and check it out if you have a free moment.  —  KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2016	Much Less
2015	True Wealth
	Still The King
2014	First Wishes
2013	Can’t I Just Use A Bigger Hammer?
2012	Entering Imagi-Nation
2011	Which Is Which
2010	Weekend Update – 4th of July 2010

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Our Thirst

There is a beauty and clarity that comes from simplicity that we sometimes do not appreciate in our thirst for intricate solutions.
—  Dieter F. Uchtdorf
[Found at one of the blogs I follow:   http://ididnthavemyglasseson.com/
The specific post was found at:  http://ididnthavemyglasseson.com/2017/02/15/clarity/
Well worth checking out…   —  KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2016	History Favors The Victor
2015	This We’ll Leave Them
2014	Sounds Like Faux News To Me
2013	Reasons
2012	American Libertarianism
2011	The Goal

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John Q.

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
—  John Quincy Adams
[Found at one of the blogs I follow:  http://ididnthavemyglasseson.com
The specific post can be found at:   http://ididnthavemyglasseson.com/2017/02/20/leader/
Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.
—  John Quincy Adams
[Found at one of the blogs I follow:  http://lynnthaler.com/
The specific post can be found at:  http://lynnthaler.com/2017/02/20/happy-presidents-day/
If you have the time, please check out both blog sites…  —  KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2016	In Trembling Hope Repose
2015	Let There Be Light
2014	Unless
2013	Divergent Roads To Similarity?
2012	In The Process
2011	What Do You Emphasize?

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Creating Reality

Language is very powerful.  Language does not just describe reality.  Language creates the reality it describes.
—  Rev.  Desmond Tutu
[Found at one of the blogs I follow:  http://professionsforpeace.com
The specific post is at:  http://professionsforpeace.com/2017/02/20/watch-our-words/
Well worth checking out…
I would only caution:  Except when you are lying.  —  KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2016	Come, Read To Me Some Poem
2015	Exceeding Service
2014	Still Learning
	Hospitality
2013	Execution Not Intensity
2012	Charles Carroll Of Carrollton (The Only Catholic Founder)
2011	Life Works
	Pay Like Hell
	Prosperity Finds Its Way Up

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