May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Saturday, July 18, 2026
Our Legacy is what We Leave to Children Yet Unborn
What kind of world do you want to leave your great-grandchildren?
What can you do today to help create that world?
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul
than the way in which it treats its children.
- Nelson Mandela
You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
- Khalil Gibran
The philosophy of the school room in one generation
will be the philosophy of government in the next.
- Abraham Lincoln
Further reading: Honor the Children
Passing the Torch
Our Grandchildren
Full Measure
Saturday, June 27, 2026
In All Circumstances, YOU Get to CHOOSE How YOU Respond
Our lives are defined not by the challenges we encounter,
but by how we respond to those challenges.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
- Richard Bach
You may not seem able to change some outer circumstances
but you can start by changing your inner experience of life and yourself.
- Joy Page
It's not the situation that's causing your stress,
it's your thoughts,
and you can change that right here and now.
- Gerald Jampolsky
Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.
- James Allen
A little more persistence,
a little more effort, and
what seemed hopeless failure
may turn to glorious success.
- Elbert Hubbard
Eventually we all have to accept full and total responsibility for our actions,
everything we have done, and have not done.
- Hubert Selby Jr.
Your RESPONSE to any situation is your own RESPONSibility.
You are given your circumstances; you choose your response.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Don't Give Up
Thoughtful Response, Not Panic
Life is Not Hopeless
Create Happiness
Friday, June 26, 2026
Open Your Heart, Change Your Life
You change your life by changing your heart.
- Max Lucado
Thinkers do not accept the inevitable;
they turn their efforts toward changing it.
- Paramahansa Yogananda
If you take the responsibility for your life,
you can start changing it.
- Osho
It’s the most unhappy people who most fear change.
- Mignon McLaughlin
Everyone thinks of changing the world,
but no one thinks of changing himself.
- Leo Tolstoy
When you are through changing, you are through.
- Bruce Barton
Further reading: A New Perspective
Moving Forward
Rattlesnake of the Mind
Perspective on Tradition: An Open Mind
Sunday, June 14, 2026
Keep Your Focus on What's Most Important
- Thomas Leonard
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves.
The process never ends until we die.
And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Instead of focusing on that circumstances that you cannot change -
focus strongly and powerfully on the circumstances that you can.
- Joy Page
Keep your attention focused entirely
on what is truly your own concern,
and be clear that what belongs to others
is their business and none of yours.
- Epictetus
Remember that there are a million "wrong things" in the world
(as well as a billion "right things"),
so focus your energies on addressing with courage the few issues closest to your heart,
and accept the rest of life with serenity.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The Main Thing is to Keep
The Main Thing The Main Thing.
- Stephen Covey
Further reading: Fork in the Road
Life Begins When You Do
A decision about Who You Are
Aesops Fables: The Miller, His Son, and the Ass
Monday, March 23, 2026
Be a Role Model, Not a Critic
Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating.
Youngsters need good models more than they need critics.
It's one of a parent's greatest responsibilities and opportunities.
- John Wooden
Example is not the main thing in influencing others.
It is the only thing.
- Albert Schweitzer
Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish.
Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
A good example is the best sermon.
- Benjamin Franklin
If you want others to follow your example,
don't criticize or cajole others,
but rather live your own life
in a manner that convincingly demonstrates
both the virtue and the success
of your way of life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Inspire Others
Live a life you hope your children will emulate
Be a Leader
The Nature of Education
How We Learn
Monday, December 29, 2025
Pay Attention, Ask WHY
I am the owner of my choices.
I am the source for the perspectives I choose to hold...
regardless of how aware I am of why or how I come to possess
that particular perspective.
It takes courage to look into the mirror of our souls, absent excuses.
I will look into that mirror little bits at a time.
SEE and ACT. SEE what I can bear to see and ACT upon what I am able.
This is the heart of a gentle invitation to personal responsibility.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Trust yourself. Only you can live your life.
Only you can taste your victories.
Only you can suffer the sting of your defeats.
Make your own choices, and accept your own consequences -
for better or worse.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
To raise new questions, new possibilities,
to regard old problems from a new angle,
requires creative imagination.
- Albert Einstein
Footprints in the sands of time...
Where have you been?
Where are you going?
Why are you going there?
Pay attention.
Don't let resentments or pessimism answer for you.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
There's no reality except the one contained within us.
That's why so many people live an unreal life.
They take images outside them for reality and never
allow the world within them to assert itself.
- Hermann Hesse
Further reading: Seek the Truth
Maybe So, Maybe Not. - Ancient Taoist Proverb
Many Answers
Knowing Yourself
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Say YES to the Adventure that Your Life Is
Choose in ways that support your dreams.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves.
The process never ends until we die.
And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
Sharpen your pencil as you create the story of your life.
Ask today as you consider the many choices in your view -
what is the highest and best use of your talents, skills and abilities?
When you answer that, seize the opportunity to sharpen
those qualities even more sharply by applying your focused effort.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
The big question is whether you are going to be able
to say a hearty yes to your adventure.
- Joseph Campbell
Further reading: Choose to Soar
Pursue Your Dreams
Choosing a Joyful Life
Personal Boundaries
Friday, July 18, 2025
A Society is Revealed by How it Treats All its Children
What kind of world do you want to leave your great-grandchildren?
What can you do today to help create that world?
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul
than the way in which it treats its children.
- Nelson Mandela
You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
- Khalil Gibran
The philosophy of the school room in one generation
will be the philosophy of government in the next.
- Abraham Lincoln
Further reading: Honor the Children
Passing the Torch
Our Grandchildren
Full Measure
Friday, June 27, 2025
In Every Situation, YOU are Responsible for How You Respond
Our lives are defined not by the challenges we encounter,
but by how we respond to those challenges.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
- Richard Bach
You may not seem able to change some outer circumstances
but you can start by changing your inner experience of life and yourself.
- Joy Page
It's not the situation that's causing your stress,
it's your thoughts,
and you can change that right here and now.
- Gerald Jampolsky
Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.
- James Allen
A little more persistence,
a little more effort, and
what seemed hopeless failure
may turn to glorious success.
- Elbert Hubbard
Eventually we all have to accept full and total responsibility for our actions,
everything we have done, and have not done.
- Hubert Selby Jr.
Your RESPONSE to any situation is your own RESPONSibility.
You are given your circumstances; you choose your response.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Don't Give Up
Thoughtful Response, Not Panic
Life is Not Hopeless
Create Happiness
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Change Your Heart
You change your life by changing your heart.
- Max Lucado
Thinkers do not accept the inevitable;
they turn their efforts toward changing it.
- Paramahansa Yogananda
If you take the responsibility for your life,
you can start changing it.
- Osho
It’s the most unhappy people who most fear change.
- Mignon McLaughlin
Everyone thinks of changing the world,
but no one thinks of changing himself.
- Leo Tolstoy
When you are through changing, you are through.
- Bruce Barton
Further reading: A New Perspective
Moving Forward
Rattlesnake of the Mind
Perspective on Tradition: An Open Mind
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Focus on a Few Important Goals
Clarity affords focus.
- Thomas Leonard
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves.
The process never ends until we die.
And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Instead of focusing on that circumstances that you cannot change -
focus strongly and powerfully on the circumstances that you can.
- Joy Page
Keep your attention focused entirely
on what is truly your own concern,
and be clear that what belongs to others
is their business and none of yours.
- Epictetus
Remember that there are a million "wrong things" in the world
(as well as a billion "right things"),
so focus your energies on addressing with courage the few issues closest to your heart,
and accept the rest of life with serenity.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The Main Thing is to Keep
The Main Thing The Main Thing.
- Stephen Covey
Further reading: Fork in the Road
Life Begins When You Do
A decision about Who You Are
Aesops Fables: The Miller, His Son, and the Ass
Sunday, March 23, 2025
Set a Good Example
Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating.
Youngsters need good models more than they need critics.
It's one of a parent's greatest responsibilities and opportunities.
- John Wooden
Example is not the main thing in influencing others.
It is the only thing.
- Albert Schweitzer
Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish.
Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
A good example is the best sermon.
- Benjamin Franklin
If you want others to follow your example,
don't criticize or cajole others,
but rather live your own life
in a manner that convincingly demonstrates
both the virtue and the success
of your way of life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Inspire Others
Live a life you hope your children will emulate
Be a Leader
The Nature of Education
How We Learn
Sunday, December 29, 2024
Why are you going there?
I am the owner of my choices.
I am the source for the perspectives I choose to hold...
regardless of how aware I am of why or how I come to possess
that particular perspective.
It takes courage to look into the mirror of our souls, absent excuses.
I will look into that mirror little bits at a time.
SEE and ACT. SEE what I can bear to see and ACT upon what I am able.
This is the heart of a gentle invitation to personal responsibility.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Trust yourself. Only you can live your life.
Only you can taste your victories.
Only you can suffer the sting of your defeats.
Make your own choices, and accept your own consequences -
for better or worse.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
To raise new questions, new possibilities,
to regard old problems from a new angle,
requires creative imagination.
- Albert Einstein
Footprints in the sands of time...
Where have you been?
Where are you going?
Why are you going there?
Pay attention.
Don't let resentments or pessimism answer for you.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
There's no reality except the one contained within us.
That's why so many people live an unreal life.
They take images outside them for reality and never
allow the world within them to assert itself.
- Hermann Hesse
Further reading: Seek the Truth
Maybe So, Maybe Not. - Ancient Taoist Proverb
Many Answers
Knowing Yourself
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Your Life is an Adventure
Choose in ways that support your dreams.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves.
The process never ends until we die.
And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
Sharpen your pencil as you create the story of your life.
Ask today as you consider the many choices in your view -
what is the highest and best use of your talents, skills and abilities?
When you answer that, seize the opportunity to sharpen
those qualities even more sharply by applying your focused effort.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
The big question is whether you are going to be able
to say a hearty yes to your adventure.
- Joseph Campbell
Further reading: Choose to Soar
Pursue Your Dreams
Choosing a Joyful Life
Personal Boundaries
Thursday, July 18, 2024
Society's Soul
What kind of world do you want to leave your great-grandchildren?
What can you do today to help create that world?
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul
than the way in which it treats its children.
- Nelson Mandela
You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
- Khalil Gibran
The philosophy of the school room in one generation
will be the philosophy of government in the next.
- Abraham Lincoln
Further reading: Honor the Children
Passing the Torch
Our Grandchildren
Full Measure
Thursday, June 27, 2024
You are given your circumstances; you choose your response
Our lives are defined not by the challenges we encounter,
but by how we respond to those challenges.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
- Richard Bach
You may not seem able to change some outer circumstances
but you can start by changing your inner experience of life and yourself.
- Joy Page
It's not the situation that's causing your stress,
it's your thoughts,
and you can change that right here and now.
- Gerald Jampolsky
Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.
- James Allen
A little more persistence,
a little more effort, and
what seemed hopeless failure
may turn to glorious success.
- Elbert Hubbard
Eventually we all have to accept full and total responsibility for our actions,
everything we have done, and have not done.
- Hubert Selby Jr.
Your RESPONSE to any situation is your own RESPONSibility.
You are given your circumstances; you choose your response.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Don't Give Up
Thoughtful Response, Not Panic
Life is Not Hopeless
Create Happiness
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Change Is Life
You change your life by changing your heart.
- Max Lucado
Thinkers do not accept the inevitable;
they turn their efforts toward changing it.
- Paramahansa Yogananda
If you take the responsibility for your life,
you can start changing it.
- Osho
It’s the most unhappy people who most fear change.
- Mignon McLaughlin
Everyone thinks of changing the world,
but no one thinks of changing himself.
- Leo Tolstoy
When you are through changing, you are through.
- Bruce Barton
Further reading: A New Perspective
Moving Forward
Rattlesnake of the Mind
Perspective on Tradition: An Open Mind
Friday, June 14, 2024
The Main Thing
Clarity affords focus.
- Thomas Leonard
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves.
The process never ends until we die.
And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Instead of focusing on that circumstances that you cannot change -
focus strongly and powerfully on the circumstances that you can.
- Joy Page
Keep your attention focused entirely
on what is truly your own concern,
and be clear that what belongs to others
is their business and none of yours.
- Epictetus
Remember that there are a million "wrong things" in the world
(as well as a billion "right things"),
so focus your energies on addressing with courage the few issues closest to your heart,
and accept the rest of life with serenity.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The Main Thing is to Keep
The Main Thing The Main Thing.
- Stephen Covey
Further reading: Fork in the Road
Life Begins When You Do
A decision about Who You Are
Aesops Fables: The Miller, His Son, and the Ass
Saturday, March 23, 2024
Set a Good Example
Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating.
Youngsters need good models more than they need critics.
It's one of a parent's greatest responsibilities and opportunities.
- John Wooden
Example is not the main thing in influencing others.
It is the only thing.
- Albert Schweitzer
Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish.
Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
A good example is the best sermon.
- Benjamin Franklin
If you want others to follow your example,
don't criticize or cajole others,
but rather live your own life
in a manner that convincingly demonstrates
both the virtue and the success
of your way of life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Inspire Others
Live a life you hope your children will emulate
Be a Leader
The Nature of Education
How We Learn
Friday, December 29, 2023
WHY are You Going
I am the owner of my choices.
I am the source for the perspectives I choose to hold...
regardless of how aware I am of why or how I come to possess
that particular perspective.
It takes courage to look into the mirror of our souls, absent excuses.
I will look into that mirror little bits at a time.
SEE and ACT. SEE what I can bear to see and ACT upon what I am able.
This is the heart of a gentle invitation to personal responsibility.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Trust yourself. Only you can live your life.
Only you can taste your victories.
Only you can suffer the sting of your defeats.
Make your own choices, and accept your own consequences -
for better or worse.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
To raise new questions, new possibilities,
to regard old problems from a new angle,
requires creative imagination.
- Albert Einstein
Footprints in the sands of time...
Where have you been?
Where are you going?
Why are you going there?
Pay attention.
Don't let resentments or pessimism answer for you.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
There's no reality except the one contained within us.
That's why so many people live an unreal life.
They take images outside them for reality and never
allow the world within them to assert itself.
- Hermann Hesse
Further reading: Seek the Truth
Maybe So, Maybe Not. - Ancient Taoist Proverb
Many Answers
Knowing Yourself







