“The Journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step.” ~Lao Tsu I read in an article that people with positive attitudes are more likely to see opportunity. Although it comes in many disguises, opportunity can be disguised as failure. It may come clothed as a bad turn of events. It might even reveal…
Category: Lessons Learned
The Road Not Taken
I was very young the first time I heard the poem The Road Not Taken. At the time “a yellow wood” had little meaning, except in the context of fall. Mrs. Carpenter read the poem full of thoughtful meaning to a class of wriggly 6th graders who were more concerned about lunch or recess or…
Can You Teach an Old Dog New Tricks?
I’m sitting on the couch with my then-boyfriend on New Year’s Eve. We are with his mother a petite and loving woman who I respect and trust. Someone mentions my eighteenth birthday which is about a week away and right then, I get smacked with a realization: I have no life plan. People considered me…
What a Dull Knife Taught Me
An acquaintance of mine once found herself in a jam. An art show was to be in town and she needed to chop a bushel of tomatoes for her sandwich wagon by the next day. I wanted to help out and offered to chop tomatoes. “Show me your knife.” I pulled one from a drawer….
Juli Ocean 