WyzWmn's Words to the Wise

Without forgiveness life is governed by… an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation. Roberto Assagioli

Only when the last tree has died, the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught, will we realize that we cannot eat money. -Cree Proverb

The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for an uncertainty. – Seneca

W is for Wisdom, I is for Integrity, T is for Truth, C is for Courage, and H is for Honour. We are of a higher standard, a standard that honours all of humanity, all Her living creatures, and above all, one’s self as the Goddess and God abide within. – Lori Bruno

The chaplain had mastered, in a moment of divine intuition, the handy technique of protective rationalization, and he was exhilarated by his discovery.

It was miraculous.

It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence into abstinence, arrogance into humility, plunder into philanthropy, thievery into honor, blasphemy into wisdom, brutality into patriotism, and sadism into justice.

Anybody could do it; it required no brains at all.

It merely required no character. – Joseph Heller

If your first thoughts when somebody mentions discrimination are all the ways that you personally are and have been treated unfairly, you might be missing the bigger picture. – Surviving the World

World peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbor, –it requires only that they live with mutual tolerance, submitting their disputes to a just and peaceful settlement – John F. Kennedy, Jr

Guilt is non-productive (to quote my aunt Norma Scarborough) ya can’t guilt people into happily doing the work for you, you can’t guilt them into showing up – just cos you are invested, you can’t guilt them into caring and you can’t guilt them into sharing your vision, you can’t guilt them into volunteering or being committed to a cause…guilt is non-productive and that’s why so many good ideas fall by the wayside ~ I’m just sayin

If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together..
there is something you must always remember.

You are braver than you believe,
stronger than you seem,
and smarter than you think,

but the most important thing is,
even if we’re apart..

I’ll always be with you. –Winnie the Pooh

One of life’s great ironies, is that very often the “stuff” you’re trying to avoid right now is the same “stuff” you’re going to miss most once you move on. – Ruth E “TwistedSister”