The Bigger Picture
People often joke about how it is all about them. While there is a lot of truth in that, there is also a universe outside us that also demands and requires our attention. Here are some secrets that can help us all out along with my responses to them. I look forward to reading your responses (please note, however, that I will edit and/or delete inappropriate comments, which hopefully I won't feel drawn to do).
My response to Martin Luther King, Jr.
"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other."
Mother Teresa
My response to Mother Teresa
"People look around you, the signs are everywhere. You've left it for somebody other than you to be the one to care."
Jackson Browne
My response to Jackson Browne
"The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope. That is why the patient's hopes are the physician's secret weapon. They are the hidden ingredients in any prescription."
Norman Cousins
My response to Norman Cousins
"All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything. "
Swami Vivekananda
My response to Swami Vivekananda
“Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.”
Grandma Moses
My response to Grandma Moses
"Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can."
Danny Kaye
My response to Danny Kaye
"Theories, for me, are just about freeing your mind. It doesn't mean the theory is going to work like a scientific theory works. It's about freeing your mind and making you think a different way."
Steve Martin
My response to Steve Martin
“Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get.”
Ingrid Bergman
My response to Ingrid Bergman
"Still, a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest."
Paul Simon
"The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better."
Tony Dungy