May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Great Futures Won't Happen Without Open Minds
Let today be a day to break with convention,
to try out new ideas and ways of living.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I don't need other people to have an open mind.
The crucial question is "Is my mind open?"
- Byron Katie
Every really new idea looks crazy at first.
- Alfred North Whitehead
Minds are like parachutes.
They only function when they are open.
- James Dewar
The human mind, once stretched by a new idea,
never returns to its original dimensions.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar,
you present a new place for new ideas and progress.
- Charles Kettering
Few new truths have ever won their way
against the resistance of established ideas
save by being overstated.
- Isaiah Berlin
Further reading: Cultivate Awareness
New Ideas
The Art of Seeing
You are the Window
Honor Your Roots
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Clearly Understand What You Want; THEN Take Action
If you don't know what you want, you will probably never get it.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Read: How to Choose Your Life Purpose
If you don't know what port you are steering for,
no wind is favorable to you.
- Seneca [paraphrase]
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
- John F. Kennedy
The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal.
The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.
- Benjamin Mays
Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory.
Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.
- Sun Tzu
Further reading: Where Are You Going?
Choosing Your Destination
To Live, Not Merely To Exist
What is my happiness supposed to look like?
Creating Your Own Future
Monday, November 10, 2025
Don't Hold Back, Engage with Life
The key to success, and to happiness,
is being fully engaged in life -
leading yourself with inspiration and committed action -
setting your own fine and honorable example.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them!
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
- Confucius
You can choose to follow your heart always.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Further reading: I Dreamed a Dream
Live With Enthusiasm
Think Big, Act Big
Choose to Follow Your Heart
Monday, August 4, 2025
Choose to Open Your Mind
Let today be a day to break with convention,
to try out new ideas and ways of living.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I don't need other people to have an open mind.
The crucial question is "Is my mind open?"
- Byron Katie
Every really new idea looks crazy at first.
- Alfred North Whitehead
Minds are like parachutes.
They only function when they are open.
- James Dewar
The human mind, once stretched by a new idea,
never returns to its original dimensions.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar,
you present a new place for new ideas and progress.
- Charles Kettering
Few new truths have ever won their way
against the resistance of established ideas
save by being overstated.
- Isaiah Berlin
Further reading: Cultivate Awareness
New Ideas
The Art of Seeing
You are the Window
Honor Your Roots
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Have a Goal; Have a Strategy; THEN Take Action
If you don't know what you want, you will probably never get it.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Read: How to Choose Your Life Purpose
If you don't know what port you are steering for,
no wind is favorable to you.
- Seneca [paraphrase]
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
- John F. Kennedy
The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal.
The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.
- Benjamin Mays
Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory.
Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.
- Sun Tzu
Further reading: Where Are You Going?
Choosing Your Destination
To Live, Not Merely To Exist
What is my happiness supposed to look like?
Creating Your Own Future
Sunday, November 10, 2024
Fully Engage with Life
The key to success, and to happiness,
is being fully engaged in life -
leading yourself with inspiration and committed action -
setting your own fine and honorable example.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them!
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
- Confucius
You can choose to follow your heart always.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Further reading: I Dreamed a Dream
Live With Enthusiasm
Think Big, Act Big
Choose to Follow Your Heart
Sunday, August 4, 2024
Open Your Mind
Let today be a day to break with convention,
to try out new ideas and ways of living.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I don't need other people to have an open mind.
The crucial question is "Is my mind open?"
- Byron Katie
Every really new idea looks crazy at first.
- Alfred North Whitehead
Minds are like parachutes.
They only function when they are open.
- James Dewar
The human mind, once stretched by a new idea,
never returns to its original dimensions.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar,
you present a new place for new ideas and progress.
- Charles Kettering
Few new truths have ever won their way
against the resistance of established ideas
save by being overstated.
- Isaiah Berlin
Further reading: Cultivate Awareness
New Ideas
The Art of Seeing
You are the Window
Honor Your Roots
Monday, July 1, 2024
Plan Before You Take Action
If you don't know what you want, you will probably never get it.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Read: How to Choose Your Life Purpose
If you don't know what port you are steering for,
no wind is favorable to you.
- Seneca [paraphrase]
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
- John F. Kennedy
The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal.
The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.
- Benjamin Mays
Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory.
Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.
- Sun Tzu
Further reading: Where Are You Going?
Choosing Your Destination
To Live, Not Merely To Exist
What is my happiness supposed to look like?
Creating Your Own Future
Friday, November 10, 2023
Live Life Full Out
The key to success, and to happiness,
is being fully engaged in life -
leading yourself with inspiration and committed action -
setting your own fine and honorable example.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them!
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
- Confucius
You can choose to follow your heart always.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Further reading: I Dreamed a Dream
Live With Enthusiasm
Think Big, Act Big
Choose to Follow Your Heart
Friday, August 4, 2023
Keep an Open Mind
Let today be a day to break with convention,
to try out new ideas and ways of living.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I don't need other people to have an open mind.
The crucial question is "Is my mind open?"
- Byron Katie
Every really new idea looks crazy at first.
- Alfred North Whitehead
Minds are like parachutes.
They only function when they are open.
- James Dewar
The human mind, once stretched by a new idea,
never returns to its original dimensions.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar,
you present a new place for new ideas and progress.
- Charles Kettering
Few new truths have ever won their way
against the resistance of established ideas
save by being overstated.
- Isaiah Berlin
Further reading: Cultivate Awareness
New Ideas
The Art of Seeing
You are the Window
Honor Your Roots
Sunday, July 2, 2023
Know Your Goal, then Chart Your Course
If you don't know what you want, you will probably never get it.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Read: How to Choose Your Life Purpose
If you don't know what port you are steering for,
no wind is favorable to you.
- Seneca [paraphrase]
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
- John F. Kennedy
The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal.
The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.
- Benjamin Mays
Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory.
Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.
- Sun Tzu
Further reading: Where Are You Going?
Choosing Your Destination
To Live, Not Merely To Exist
What is my happiness supposed to look like?
Creating Your Own Future
Thursday, November 3, 2022
Go With Your Whole Heart
The key to success, and to happiness,
is being fully engaged in life -
leading yourself with inspiration and committed action -
setting your own fine and honorable example.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them!
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
- Confucius
You can choose to follow your heart always.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Further reading: I Dreamed a Dream
Live With Enthusiasm
Think Big, Act Big
Choose to Follow Your Heart
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Open Your Mind
Let today be a day to break with convention,
to try out new ideas and ways of living.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I don't need other people to have an open mind.
The crucial question is "Is my mind open?"
- Byron Katie
Every really new idea looks crazy at first.
- Alfred North Whitehead
Minds are like parachutes.
They only function when they are open.
- James Dewar
The human mind, once stretched by a new idea,
never returns to its original dimensions.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar,
you present a new place for new ideas and progress.
- Charles Kettering
Few new truths have ever won their way
against the resistance of established ideas
save by being overstated.
- Isaiah Berlin
Further reading: Cultivate Awareness
New Ideas
The Art of Seeing
You are the Window
Honor Your Roots
Friday, June 17, 2022
Have a Goal, Make a Plan
If you don't know what you want, you will probably never get it.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Read: How to Choose Your Life Purpose
If you don't know what port you are steering for,
no wind is favorable to you.
- Seneca [paraphrase]
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
- John F. Kennedy
The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal.
The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.
- Benjamin Mays
Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory.
Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.
- Sun Tzu
Further reading: Where Are You Going?
Choosing Your Destination
To Live, Not Merely To Exist
What is my happiness supposed to look like?
Creating Your Own Future
Thursday, November 18, 2021
Go with All Your Heart
The key to success, and to happiness,
is being fully engaged in life -
leading yourself with inspiration and committed action -
setting your own fine and honorable example.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them!
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
- Confucius
You can choose to follow your heart always.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Further reading: I Dreamed a Dream
Live With Enthusiasm
Think Big, Act Big
Choose to Follow Your Heart
Friday, July 30, 2021
Open Mind, Open Heart
Let today be a day to break with convention,
and try out new ideas and ways of living.
I don't need other people to have an open mind.
The crucial question is "Is my mind open?"
- Byron Katie
Every really new idea looks crazy at first.
- Alfred North Whitehead
Minds are like parachutes.
They only function when they are open.
- James Dewar
The human mind, once stretched by a new idea,
never returns to its original dimensions.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar,
you present a new place for new ideas and progress.
- Charles Kettering
Few new truths have ever won their way
against the resistance of established ideas
save by being overstated.
- Isaiah Berlin
Further reading: Cultivate Awareness
New Ideas
The Art of Seeing
You are the Window
Honor Your Roots
Sunday, June 27, 2021
What is Your Goal in Life?
If you don't know what you want, you will probably never get it.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Read: How to Choose Your Life Purpose
If you don't know what port you are steering for,
no wind is favorable to you.
- Seneca [paraphrase]
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
- John F. Kennedy
The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal.
The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.
- Benjamin Mays
Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory.
Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.
- Sun Tzu
Further reading: Where Are You Going?
Choosing Your Destination
To Live, Not Merely To Exist
What is my happiness supposed to look like?
Creating Your Own Future
Friday, November 20, 2020
Share Your Inner Music with the World
The key to success, and to happiness,
is being fully engaged in life -
leading yourself with inspiration and committed action -
setting your own fine and honorable example.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them!
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
- Confucius
You can choose to follow your heart always.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Further reading: I Dreamed a Dream
Live With Enthusiasm
Think Big, Act Big
Choose to Follow Your Heart
Monday, August 3, 2020
New Ideas and Ways of Living
Let today be a day to break with convention,
and try out new ideas and ways of living.
I don't need other people to have an open mind.
The crucial question is "Is my mind open?"
- Byron Katie
Every really new idea looks crazy at first.
- Alfred North Whitehead
Minds are like parachutes.
They only function when they are open.
- James Dewar
The human mind, once stretched by a new idea,
never returns to its original dimensions.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar,
you present a new place for new ideas and progress.
- Charles Kettering
Few new truths have ever won their way
against the resistance of established ideas
save by being overstated.
- Isaiah Berlin
Further reading: Cultivate Awareness
New Ideas
The Art of Seeing
You are the Window
Honor Your Roots
Friday, June 26, 2020
Chart Your Course
If you don't know what you want, you will probably never get it.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Read: How to Choose Your Life Purpose
If a man does not know what port he is steering for,
no wind is favorable to him.
- Seneca
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
- John F. Kennedy
The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal.
The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.
- Benjamin Mays
Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory.
Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.
- Sun Tzu
Further reading: Where Are You Going?
Choosing Your Destination
To Live, Not Merely To Exist
What is my happiness supposed to look like?
Creating Your Own Future


