“The tree that never had to fight
For sun and sky and air and light,
That stood out in the open plain
And always got its share of rain,
Never became a forest king,
But lived and died a scrubby thing…
Good timber does not grow in ease.
The stronger wind, the tougher trees…”
–Douglas Mallock
Hardship is a means of salvation on the [...]
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“Half hearted or insincere apologies are often worse than not apologizing at all because recipients find them insulting.”
-Randy Pausch
I finished reading the book, “The Last Lecture,” by Randy Pausch. The author has a fatal disease (pancreatic cancer)…and wrote the book at a time when he had only a few months left to live. I underlined various advice [...]
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Advice & Wisdom, Defeating the Ego
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