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Things Worth Remembering

The three habits that lead to success are: Patience, Application, and Vision.

Take care: The person who will tell others' faults to you - will tell yours to others.

It is always better to be underestimated.

There are three things that are better than riches: Health, Freedom, and Honor.

Think swiftly, speak softly, act wisely.

"The world is neither Scottish, English, nor Irish, neither French, Dutch, nor Chinese, but human, and each nation is only the partial development of a universal humanity." - James Grant on founding the National Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights, 1862

All from: The Book of Celtic Wisdom

One day, I will become the greatest Jedi EVER.

“One day, I will become the greatest Jedi EVER. I will even learn how to stop people from dying.” – Anakin Skywalker, Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones

Special piece of wisdom that crawled into my brain while showering today:

You are the person you want to be.
If you are not the person you want to be, then you are working to change yourself into the person you want to be.
If you are not working to change yourself into the person you want to be, then you are indeed the person you want to be.

Just a few of the things I am, am becoming, and am not.

  • I am a nightly retainer wearer.
  • I am becoming a person who is dairy- and sugar-free (and maybe gluten-free).
  • I am not a singer or music-maker.
  • I am a clean house keeper, ok a kid-and-cats-live-here clean house keeper.
  • I am becoming a bi-lingual English and Dutch speaker.
  • I am not a fashionista (though I do love beautiful shoes).
  • I am a voracious reader.
  • I am becoming a regular exerciser.
  • I am not a radical unschooler.
  • I am a truster of my child and promoter of his wishes for his future.
  • I am becoming a daily leg and underarm shaver.
  • I am not a fabulous cook, instinctive decorator or natural hostess.
  • I am a loving, and loved, wife.

How about you? What are you, what are you not, and what are you becoming?

May the Force be with us all, Share!

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