Truth and Lies

"If you do not know the truth then you cannot recognise the lie."

Joyce Meyer

Bored...

"I have never been bored. I get up every morning wondering what strange new glamerous thing is going to happen - and it happens at fairly regular intervals. Lady Luck has been good to me and I fancy she has been good to everyone. Only some people are dour, and when she serves them the come hither with her eyes, they look down or turn away and lift an eyebrow. But me, I give her the wink and away we go."
William A White

Create and Re-Design

"I have the responsibility to create and re-design my here and now."
Professor Michelle James

Supersmart People

"Supersmart people are often insecure."
Law and Order TV programme

Score

"If you want to score, you've got to hit the target!"
Source unrecorded

Changing Your Life

"Changing your life is a big deal... and you can't do it by just talking."
Ellie - Style By Jury TV programme

Emotions and Responsibilities

"Escape your emotions and you escape your responsibilities. Breathe. Think about your own emotions. 'My pain in my past is a motivator for today. Develop new and healthier passions.'"
Jason - ex drug addict - Oprah show

Too Perfect

"If it's too perfect, it's static.
It has to have some inconsistencies to give it some feeling."
Stained Glass Artist talking about his wonderful stained glass creations.
(interviewed on BYU Television.)
Reminds me of a training session I was in where a bowl of tumbled semi-precious stones was passed around. We were each invited to take one and look at it, hold it, and feel it - keep it in our hands - during the training session.
At the end we were instructed to put our stones in the bowl again.
The bowl was then passed around again and we each, with closed eyes, were invited to feel in the bowl and recognise and retrieve our own stone.
We then discussed the experience.
I was surprised.
I knew my stone immediately - I could recognise it BY IT'S IMPERFECTIONS!
(I instantly realised, as well, that if all the stones in the bowl were perfect, I would not be able to recognise my stone with my eyes closed... and maybe... if they all looked the same in their perfect state - I might not even easily recognise my own...)
As well as those "inadequacies" thankfully and familiarly identified, I could open my eyes and see why I chose my stone in the first place - for it's colour and interesting other characteristics...
Life is Good!
I am blessed with what I have been able to learn!