A list of things you might not hear: eyelash opening on the pillow, the appearance of a star, a leaf leaving a tree, a hand in your hair, a lie being withheld, a tear’s journey from eye to shoe, the air becoming blue, longing. ~ Martine Murray, How To Make A Bird In a February post, […]
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The less you talk, the more you’re listened to. ~ Abigail Van Buren I began my first non-babysitting job when I was 16, and that was a number of years ago. I’m sharing the timeline so you will grasp the great number of managers I’ve dealt with during my workforce experience. Yes, some of these
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Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle. – G. K. Chesterton I understand that not everyone will agree with me when I say there are more occasions served by levity than by solemnity. To take this a step further, consider that the use of humor can
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A person who holds strong convictions might appear inflexible, impolite, or exceptionally obtuse, when they are merely direct. ~ Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls Remember the Capulets and Montagues? In brief, these families were the 16th century’s Hatfields and McCoys. Romeo and Juliet were star-crossed lovers who died unnecessary deaths by their own hands,
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