I found these on a stickie. Don't know where I got them so I can't give credit. But I kinda like them. Does anyone know the source?
1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson
3. Follow the 3 R's:
Respect for self
Respect for others
Responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great relationship.
7. When you realize you've made a mistake take immediate steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open arms to change but don't let go of your values.
10. Remember that sometimes silence is the best answer.
11. Live a good, honourable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones deal only with the current situation. Do not bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go someplace you have never seen before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for one another exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up to get it.
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
**Post election schizophrenia**
The day after. It is always filled with a flashes of happiness and grief. Often mixed together. So I am thrilled at the composition of the House. I am hoping against hope for the Senate. I wish I could be a fly on the wall when Pelosi meets with Bush, AKA the Emperor With No Clothes. And Rumsfeld resigned.
But here locally, I am again reminded of what a frightenly conservative community I live in. Thank god for the urban areas of this state. Otherwise, we would be... well... like Utah.
One of the most honest, intelligent, thoughtful local state house candidates I could hope to represent a state, lost to a incompetent, embarrasing, stenographer-to-power, incumbent. His contributions came only from his district and from no corporations. Her contribution disclosure listed PAC after PAC. I keep wondering who were the individuals who actually voted for her - as none seemed to give her money. I went to sleep and it was looking good. I woke up and he is behind by about 300 votes.
A loss for local politics.
But, there is still the glow from another wonderful weekend at the coast. The storms that have pounded the PNW were just gaining strength on Saturday and it was a blast to watch the Columbia River toss up an amazing show. The coastal range waterfalls were explosive. No wonder Seaside and Tillamook flooded. Another weekend at the coast coming up. Maybe I will get in a rainy walk on the beach, but it may be a more quiet weekend catching up on work and catching up on the first season of Battlestar Galactica. I could kick my family in the ass for getting me hooked on that show. The DVDs are always checked out from the rental store! I don't know what I am going to do when I catch up to the current season. I don't have cable!
But here locally, I am again reminded of what a frightenly conservative community I live in. Thank god for the urban areas of this state. Otherwise, we would be... well... like Utah.
One of the most honest, intelligent, thoughtful local state house candidates I could hope to represent a state, lost to a incompetent, embarrasing, stenographer-to-power, incumbent. His contributions came only from his district and from no corporations. Her contribution disclosure listed PAC after PAC. I keep wondering who were the individuals who actually voted for her - as none seemed to give her money. I went to sleep and it was looking good. I woke up and he is behind by about 300 votes.
A loss for local politics.
But, there is still the glow from another wonderful weekend at the coast. The storms that have pounded the PNW were just gaining strength on Saturday and it was a blast to watch the Columbia River toss up an amazing show. The coastal range waterfalls were explosive. No wonder Seaside and Tillamook flooded. Another weekend at the coast coming up. Maybe I will get in a rainy walk on the beach, but it may be a more quiet weekend catching up on work and catching up on the first season of Battlestar Galactica. I could kick my family in the ass for getting me hooked on that show. The DVDs are always checked out from the rental store! I don't know what I am going to do when I catch up to the current season. I don't have cable!
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