When you have the courage to approach
the wall of your fear,
it turns into a doorway.
Come through this door.
– Paul Ferrini
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Monday, 30 June 2014
Friday, 27 June 2014
Begin
Wednesday, 25 June 2014
Art
Creativity is allowing yourself
to make mistakes.
Art is knowing which ones to keep.
– Scott Adams
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Monday, 23 June 2014
Friday, 20 June 2014
June 20, 2014 Chautauqua
Beth's Ponderings
Summer is here! Long days and warm evenings. For some people, summer means camping, boating, swimming and other outdoor activities.
If you are a reader, than you know how easy it is for books to take an unexpected dip in a body of water (or the bathtub) or get soaked in a sprinkler.
Most of us just put up with the water-wrinkled pages if we are able to save the book and dry it out. However, I'm here to share with you a method that I learnt in one of my library courses.
First, squeeze as much of the water out of the book as you can.
Next, put the book in the freezer. You want it to freeze solid.
Place a towel on a flat surface and put the completely frozen book on the towel. If the book is hardcover, you will want to put paper towel or another thin towel inside the front and back covers. Paperbacks just need a towel on the outside.
Fold the towel over the top of the book, or place another towel on top of the book.
Finally, place a very heavy weight on top of the whole stack. Whatever you use for a weight (larger book, full box, etc) must cover the book and extend over the edges, but not be so large that it tips over rather than sitting level.
As the ice melts, the water will be absorbed by the towels so make sure you check occasionally, and change the towels/paper towels as necessary.
Once the ice has completely melted, and all the water has been absorbed by the towels, your book should be as good as new, with nary any wrinkled pages.
As you partake in your favourite summer activities, don’t let a waterlogged book spoil your summer fun this year.
Beth
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Wednesday, 18 June 2014
Walk
When people can walk away from you,
let them walk.
Your destiny is never tied to anybody who left.
Your destiny is never tied to anybody who left.
- T.D. Jakes
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Monday, 16 June 2014
Stairs
An escalator can never break –
it can only become stairs.
– Mitch Hedberg
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Friday, 13 June 2014
Decision
A real decision is measured by the fact
that you've taken a new action.
If there's no action,
you haven't truly decided.
- Anthony Robbins
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Wednesday, 11 June 2014
Step Up
Vision is not enough;
it must be combined with venture.
It is not enough to stare up the steps;
we must step up the stairs.
-- Vaclav Havel
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Monday, 9 June 2014
Resist
If something happens that we don’t like,
we resist it.
But since what we’re resisting
has already taken place,
what good is it to resist?
- Michael Singer
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Friday, 6 June 2014
June 6, 2014 Chautauqua
Beth's Ponderings
I’m left-handed.
Now, saying that in 2014, in North America, isn’t going to shock anyone. We joke about it now - I’m in my “right” mind.
But, it wasn't always like that.
In days of old, left-handedness was seen as evil, a sin, or a sign of witchcraft, and the poor folks who used their left hand were persecuted by the Church, which claimed Biblical authority for their actions against left-handed people. Seems they missed that one of the Hebrews’ great judges was a leftie. (Judges 4:15)
At best, the “offender” would have their left hand cut off. Often, though, their punishment was death - by drowning, burning at the stake, hanging, or drawn-and-quartering.
In the early 1900s folks became more enlightened about the concept of left-handedness, so rather than killing lefties, they forced them to use their right hand.
This led to generations of mixed up left-handed folks. Not so much because they had to physically use a different hand - humans have two hands and are remarkably able to use either if the situation calls for it - but rather because of the continued use of shame and degradation heaped on them for being “different” and not conforming to the norm.
Even as current as the early 1990s, one could find articles in prominent newspapers around the continent saying that left-handed people were a menace to society and should not be allowed operate macinery , or drive as they cause more accidents. Not true...making left TURNS causes more accidents than left-handed drivers.
Being left-handed is a very intrinsic part of me and affects virtually everything I do from the moment I wake up till I go to bed at night. Yet, I don’t go around introducing myself thus: “Hi! I’m Beth and I’m left-handed.” It doesn’t even come up unless I see someone else writing with their left hand, and even then it is only mentioned in passing.
So, if left-handedness is such an accepted part of every day life, why do we, as a society, continually persist in shaming people who live differently from what we have deemed the “norm” to be? Why do we, as a society, insist they have to change who they are to be accepted by us?
Beth
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Wednesday, 4 June 2014
Path
Regardless of what life may look like,
how many obstacles seem to be in our way,
and how deeply the universe “conspires”
to keep us from our spiritual journey,
it is impossible to separate all the things that happen
each and every day from our spiritual path.
– Gregg Braden
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Monday, 2 June 2014
Shoulders
Sometimes God holds your shoulders so lightly
that you don’t feel it.
- author unknown
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