Posts by Pat:
My guru for today!
The ever-so memorable Dr. Seuss has shared lots of life lessons that make sense to me! Here’s some of my favorite quotes!
(And I love how succinct he can be. After all, he did write “Green Eggs and Ham” with only 50 different words when challenged by his publisher!)
“Writing for children is murder. A chapter has to be boiled down to a paragraph. Every word has to count.”
“You ought to be thankful a hole heaping lot, for the places and people you’re lucky you’re not.”
“We’re all a little weird, and life’s a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it LOVE.”
“A life with love will have some thorns but a life without love will have no roses.”
“Adults are only obsolete children.”
And those of you who know me, know how true this one is!
Do you have someone whose quotes you like?
Words are fun(ny)…
Words ARE fun and often also present a challenge… Which letter is silent in the word “Scent,” the S or the C? If you replace “W” with “T” in “What, Where, and “When” you get the answer to each of them. The word “swims” upside down is still “swims.” Why is the letter w, in […]
A favorite Zen parable…
The apprentice was always complaining and his aging Hindu master grew tired of his complaints. So one morning he sent the apprentice to get some salt. When the apprentice returned, the master instructed the unhappy young man to put a handful of salt in a glass of water and then to drink it. “How does […]
Will you say yes or no?
According to Aristotle, “We are what we repeatedly do.” More directly, we are what we say yes to. Every second of every day, we are saying yes to something. Every time we do something, we say yes to that thing. Every time we hop on Facebook and begin scrolling, we’re saying yes. Every piece of […]
The power of your word…
Remember the old saying about “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me”? We do know that it is not true, don’t we..? We all have been hurt by the words of others, be they parents, partners, teachers, bosses, friends. And we all have hurt someone else, even our loved […]
Love the sun!
Summer has arrived, and to me this is a time of celebrating Life! Recent graduates are beginning their new lives and we’ve just recently experienced the summer solstice. (And it’s not yet too hot as we revel in the current warmth and sunshine.) I remember reading an article that talked about the power of one […]
He said what..?
If you know who Lao Tzu is, then you’ll recognize some of these quotes. Lao Tzu was an ancient Chinese philosopher and author of the famous book, The Tao Te Ching, about living aligned with simplicity, patience, and compassion. Here are some more of my favorite quotes. They give me food for thought! I’d be […]
Life is like Monopoly
Even the way we play the game Monopoly could be symbolic of life. First of all, we are going around a board. So…basically going around in circles. Life is a cycle. And the most powerful move in Monopoly/life isn’t mentioned in the rulebook. It’s the moment we realize it’s all just a game! the money’s […]
Do you coddiwomple?
I thought this was one of those words used long ago in Ireland or Scotland. Nope, this word is modern English slang. I love it! (even though as a previous English teacher, I think I should have know it !) What triggered this post was a friend who posted on Facebook a delightful explanation of […]
They said what?!
If you’ve ever had a car accident and then tried to describe it in as few words as possible for the insurance forms, you’ll appreciate the following descriptions as they appeared in the Toronto Sun! “An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my vehicle and vanished.” “Coming home, I drove into the wrong house […]