Unusual <> Exceptional

The weirder you are going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person. - P.J. O'Rourke


Unusual doesn't equate to exceptional.

Peaceful Mind

If you want peace, stop fighting. If you want peace of mind, stop fighting with your thoughts. - Peter McWilliams


Be a pacifist when it comes to your mind.

Pulling Up

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up. - Booker T. Washington


Putting down is the same as pushing down.

Laughable

If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now. - Marie Osmond


Perspective.

Mind Fix

A great many open minds should be closed for repairs. - Toledo Blake


Open minds are at times filled with trash.

Innovation Clues

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. - Steve Jobs


And one isn't any good at doing the others job.

Virtuous Women

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade. - Francois de La Rochefoucauld


Temptation is not just the purview of women.

Parenting Prosperity

My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States. - Harry S. Truman


Parenting success can outweigh fiscal failure.

Non-Technical Questions

Non-technical questions sometimes don't have an answer at all. - Linus Torvalds


The stuff agnostics are made from.

Joy of Being Human

One of the joys we have in being humans is in exercising our freedom to choose and to take each case as it comes to us. We are not robots who are forced into behaviors by their programming. We see things; we think things; and we choose our course of action or beliefs appropriately. And as long as that remains true of us, we will live every day of our lives on one slippery slope or another. There is no reason to fear this. - Real Live Preacher


When your freedom to choose is in danger re-read the above.