Not Enough Time?

You are----

You are the books you read, the films you watch, the people you meet, the dreams you have, the conversations you engage in. You are what you take from these. You are the sound of the ocean, the breathe of fresh air, the brightest light and darkest corner. You are a collective of every experience you have had in your life. You are every single day. So drown yourself in a sea of knowledge and existence. Let the words run through your veins and let the colors fill your mind. — Unknown

Response

Move Through

Attitude

Change

"We cannot change what we are unaware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change." ~ Sheryl Sandberg

One Person

"We all have this hunch that there is this one person in the world that can change our life forever.

And that hunch is correct...

Unfortunately, it takes most of us years until we realize that that person is looking at us in the mirror everyday." - Michael Cheshire

Logic

The Blue Street Journal

For those of you who want to quote Leviticus to justify your "biblically-based" opposition to same-sex marriage ("do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman"), allow me to share a few more verses from the very same book:

"Do not plant your field with two kinds of seed. Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material." - Leviticus 19:19

"Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard." - Leviticus 19:27

"If a man sleeps with a woman who is a slave girl promised to another man but who has not been ransomed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment. The man must bring a ram to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for a guilt offering to the Lord." - Leviticus 19:20-21

"If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death." - Leviticus 20:9

"If a man lies with a woman during her monthly period and has sexual relations with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has also uncovered it. Both of them must be cut off from their people." - Leviticus 20:18

Those are just some of the many "laws" which people conveniently overlook when they throw scripture around. The reason for that, I would presume, is because most people don't actually read the Bible; they simply cherry-pick whatever verses suit their purpose in the moment or parrot the scriptures they hear from other people. I have read the Bible cover-to-cover more than once, and I have spent many years studying scripture. I don't pretend to be an expert, but what I know is this: I have no interest in a God or a book that claims that a man who rapes a slave girl gets off scot-free after sacrificing a ram in front of a tent, but two men who express their love for one another must be put to death.

Everyone is entitled to their beliefs, but if you hold people accountable to one verse in Leviticus, then you must hold people accountable to them all. Anything less is unequivocal hypocrisy.

Reason

Truth

How To Create Change

Raising Problem Solvers

No More Patience

“I no longer have patience for certain things, not because I’ve become arrogant, but simply because I reached a point in my life where I do not want to waste more time with what displeases me or hurts me. I have no patience for cynicism, excessive criticism and demands of any nature. I lost the will to please those who do not like me, to love those who do not love me and to smile at those who do not want to smile at me. I no longer spend a single minute on those who lie or want to manipulate. I decided not to coexist anymore with pretense, hypocrisy, dishonesty and cheap praise. I do not tolerate selective erudition nor academic arrogance. I do not adjust either to popular gossiping. I hate conflict and comparisons. I believe in a world of opposites and that’s why I avoid people with rigid and inflexible personalities. In friendship I dislike the lack of loyalty and betrayal. I do not get along with those who do not know how to give a compliment or a word of encouragement. Exaggerations bore me and I have difficulty accepting those who do not like animals. And on top of everything I have no patience for anyone who does not deserve my patience.” _ Meryl Streep