I read an article recently in the Hollywood Reporter about how Clint Eastwood is going to direct a movie next year when he is going to be 93 years old. Good for him, I thought! Then I read another article …
What is the true cost of silence?
I have a mental game I like to play: making movies in my head. Sometimes I like to play the game by starting with an older classic movie or story. Sometimes I combine the movie and the story. I did that recently with The Quiet Man, mixing the short story and the movie. Here is a quick summary of what I devised, but first, a bit of background. Background John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara starred in the 1952 movie, which…
Digital signal boost for the work of Pixels by Emma
… A Johns Hopkins study found giving just 40 seconds of compassion can lower another person’s anxiety in a measurable way.
A University of Toronto study found, in everyday life (e.g., the workplace) we have, on average, nine unique opportunities for compassion every day.
Here is to all the women who got labeled, laughed out loud, and kept on going. Keep doing it. Be you. Keep doing you.
“The greatest of these is love.” Been thinking a lot lately of one of my favorite chapters in the Bible: 1 Corinthians 13. Such amazing wisdom in these few words! I have always drawn great comfort and encouragement from every word. Most recently, though, is the last two sentences in the chapter I have been turning over in my mind: “(13). And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. (14.) But the greatest of these is love.” I have…
“A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.” Matthew 12:35
Let’s make it a great year! We made it! #grateful
Do not be afraid to set boundaries and defend them. Do what you need to keep yourself sane. Only the people who you are better off not having in your life will try to argue against this wisdom.