We sometimes choose the most locked up, dark versions of the story,

 but what a good friend does is turn on the lights, open the window,

 and remind us that there are a whole lot of ways

 to tell the same story.

  - Shauna Niequist

email: thechautauqua@gmail.com 

or phone: 403-352-3837

Being in a hurry.  

Getting to the next thing without fully entering the thing in front of me.  

I cannot think of a single advantage I’ve ever gained from being in a hurry.  

But a thousand broken and missed things, tens of thousands,

 lie in the wake of all that rushing.  

Through all that haste, I thought I was making up time.  

It turns out I was throwing it away.

  - Mark Buchanan

email: thechautauqua@gmail.com 

or phone: 403-352-3837

From Traditional Wisdom: Proverbs for Everyday Life Created by Beth Richardson ©2020 

email: thechautauqua@gmail.com 

or phone: 403-352-3837 to purchase 

Creation is a better means of self-expression than possession.

 It is through creating, not possessing, that life is revealed. 

 - Vida D. Scudder

email: thechautauqua@gmail.com 

or phone: 403-352-3837

The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times...

the best moments usually occur if a person’s body or mind is

 stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish 

something difficult and worthwhile. 

 - Mihaly Csikszentmahalyi

email: thechautauqua@gmail.com 

or phone: 403-352-3837

From Traditional Wisdom: Proverbs for Everyday Life Created by Beth Richardson ©2020 

email: thechautauqua@gmail.com 

or phone: 403-352-3837 to purchase 

What if imagination and art are not frosting at all, 

but the fountainhead of human experience? 

 - Rollo May

email: thechautauqua@gmail.com 

or phone: 403-352-3837

From Traditional Wisdom: Proverbs for Everyday Life Created by Beth Richardson ©2020 

email: thechautauqua@gmail.com 

or phone: 403-352-3837 to purchase 

I’ve learned an important trick: to develop foresight, 

you need to practice hindsight. 

- Jane McGonigal

email: thechautauqua@gmail.com 

or phone: 403-352-3837

From Traditional Wisdom: Proverbs for Everyday Life Created by Beth Richardson ©2020 

email: thechautauqua@gmail.com 

or phone: 403-352-3837 to purchase 

Adventures don’t begin until you get into the forest.  

That first step is an act of faith. 

 - Mickey Hart

email: thechautauqua@gmail.com 

or phone: 403-352-3837

From Traditional Wisdom: Proverbs for Everyday Life Created by Beth Richardson ©2020 

email: thechautauqua@gmail.com 

or phone: 403-352-3837 to purchase 

The purpose of life is to experience things

 for which you will later experience nostalgia.  

- FedSpeak (Twitter account)

email: thechautauqua@gmail.com 

or phone: 403-352-3837

People are not rational.  They are rationalizing.  

Once you understand this simple fact, 

all the oddest human behavior will suddenly make way more sense.  

- Billy Markus

email: thechautauqua@gmail.com 

or phone: 403-352-3837

From Traditional Wisdom: Proverbs for Everyday Life Created by Beth Richardson ©2020 

email: thechautauqua@gmail.com 

or phone: 403-352-3837 to purchase 

The smallest unit of community is not the individual 

but it’s the relationship. 

- Rachael Rice

email: thechautauqua@gmail.com 

or phone: 403-352-3837

From Traditional Wisdom: Proverbs for Everyday Life Created by Beth Richardson ©2020 

email: thechautauqua@gmail.com 

or phone: 403-352-3837 to purchase 

Rest if you need to – those who try are worthy of pause. 

Cry if you need to – those who try do not need to be strong all the time. 

Vent if you need to – those who try have a right to release their frustration; 

they carry enough as it is. 

Celebrate if you need to – those who try deserve recognition cupcakes, flowers, and notes. 

Accept yourself if you need to – those who try are entitled to loving themselves 

right where they are.

 And where you are right now, brave self, is quite remarkable. 

 - Rachel Macy Stafford

email: thechautauqua@gmail.com 

or phone: 403-352-3837

From Traditional Wisdom: Proverbs for Everyday Life Created by Beth Richardson ©2020 

email: thechautauqua@gmail.com 

or phone: 403-352-3837 to purchase 

I’m going to trust that things will be okay. 

 And if they’re not, 

I’m going to trust I’ll be able to handle them.

 - Rachel Macy Stafford

email: thechautauqua@gmail.com 

or phone: 403-352-3837