Treat a man as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he could be, and he will become what he should be. Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 – 1852 A few years ago, I went to my primary care physician for an annual check-up. My doctor is part of a group from a teaching hospital, so he has access to my records from other specialists in the group. As he was reviewing my medical history, he said, “It’s been 14 months since your last eye exam.” I braced myself for a lecture, but he simply …
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Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so he is. Publilius Syrus 1st Century B.C. I’m sure you’ve known people who are very uncomfortable with silence: they constantly talk even when they have nothing worth saying. At the other end of the spectrum are people who say very little — but when they do speak, their carefully chosen words convey much more than you’d expect. Here’s my question to you: where do you fit on this spectrum? I know people who talk far too much, and I know others who are sparing with their words. There …
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A “no” uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a “yes” merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble. Mahatma Gandhi 1869 – 1948 On some level, we each realize that we can’t do it all; we have a limited number of hours per day and a limited amount of energy. But we still try to do as much as possible, and we tend to feel guilty or beat ourselves up when we miss an opportunity or fail to complete an impossible to-do list. This issue seems to be particularly troublesome during the holidays; we have so many …
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