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One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake.
Chekhov

Just stop for a minute and you’ll realize you’re happy just being. I think it’s the pursuit that screws up happiness. If we drop the pursuit, it’s right here.
Loss means losing what was We want to change but we don’t want to lose. Without time for loss, we don’t have time for soul.
When they […]

It’s strange how the simple things in life go on while we become more difficult. — Richard Brautigan

From “I Know Why the Caged Bird Kills,” spoken by the character Dr. Henry Killinger.
Love is not private. Love is to be shared.
Compromise, my friend, is the essence of diplomacy. And diplomacy is the cornerstone of love.

The whole world knows this one, but it bears repeating.
Love is patient; love is kind
and envies no one.
Love is never boastful, nor conceited, nor rude;
never selfish, not quick to take offense.
There is nothing love cannot face;
there is no limit to its faith,
its hope, and endurance.
In a word, there are three things
that last forever: faith, hope, […]

She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot.
–Mark Twain
After you’ve lived with a parrot for a decade, this makes sense.

Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.
Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss theologian, 1741-1801
I found this quote on ThinkExist. It’s the same usage of the word “intuition” that Jung uses in his personality theory…. I should research it to see if there is a connection.

Part of the culture change meeting included a discussion of Covey’s Law of Reciprocity and his “emotional bank account” concept. If you’re unfamiliar with these, Terry Bragg’s website can clue you in.
You should probably read that website before you continue, if you’re completely in the dark.
The nutshell version is “you scratch my back, I’ll scratch […]