It is never too late to be what you might have been.  — George Eliot Of course the famous author isn’t talking about being a world famous tennis star or Secretary-General to the UN. Most of us weren’t likely to have been that person in the first place, even if it isn’t too late. I believe…

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Gratitude is the heart’s memory — French Proverb. My week in NW Arkansas filled me with gratitude. I had the opportunity to visit with old teammates and friends, new friends, my sister, and old colleagues. I was equally as grateful to be able to return to the 8th Circuit, a body I spoke to 23 years ago…

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  Power is, of its intrinsic nature, an injustice. — Briffault What do you think of the above statement. Were we created to exercise power over another human being? No one exercises power over us without our consent. The quote makes me think. The questions I ask are worth considering, but the world would certainly be…

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  Life’s Meaning. Maybe it’s not so much found, as it is made. — Opus Auggie, the little boy in the Opus cartoon gazes at the stars and wonders if there’s hope for finding meaning in life. Opus responds with the above, as he cares for his friend who has fallen asleep in the meadow. Haven’t we all…

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  “The moving finger writes; and having writ, moves on: nor all your piety nor wit shall lure it back to conceal half a line. Nor all your tears wash a word of it.” — Rubaiyat   There is so much each of us would love to take back, but it is already written. One…

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