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Regret-free zone

"Regrets are a waste of time. They are the past crippling you in the present." ~Katherine (played by Lindsay Duncan) Under The Tuscan Sun

If that ain't the truth

"The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it." -- Norman Schwarzkopf

Card tricks

Play what is in your hand. Wishing that you had better cards will get you nowhere. Discarding what you have in your hand makes room for new cards.

Patience is a virtue. Patience is a virtue. Patience is a virtue.

Nothing meaningful ever comes to us quickly or easily. "There are no shortcuts to any place worth going." ~Unknown

mmm....power....

Lately I've been thinking a lot about POWER. In my charisma class I explain the three power types: 1. Power Over 2. Power With 3. Power Within I teach these power types with regard to how we interact with people, not in relation to objects. All three power types can be both positive and negative. Obviously, being annoyingly optimistic and generally sunny *ahem* in disposition, I tend to focus on the postive of each. But lately, I've been thinking of the things that we give power to...sometimes necessarily, sometimes not. The objects that I don't focus on in class. Lately, I have been giving a lot of power to time. It has had Power Over my life in the sense that I don't feel like I have been doing a good job of managing it. What are some other things that we give power to - is there anything in your life these days that seems to have more or less power than it should? Discuss...