Our Wonder Room

Growth

“We find comfort among those who agree with us – growth among those who don’t.” Frank Clark As the year ends, my mind naturally focuses on the next year. And what I am thinking of this morning is what am I going to do different, or try to do different in 09? Reading this quote … Read more

Oranges

“You can sometimes count every orange on a tree but never all the trees in a single orange.” -A.K. Ramanujan, poet (1929-1993) As you well know, one never knows where I will draw my connections. When I read the words above I thought of the movie ‘Pay It Forward’. You and I can make it … Read more

Do It Anyway

DO IT ANYWAY People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered.  Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.  Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies.  Succeed anyway. If you are honest and sincere, people may deceive you.  Be … Read more

What?

“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.” — John Ruskin These words seem familiar to me and so maybe I’ve read and shared them with you. Doesn’t mean they hit me the same way today as … Read more