This Week…

“Flattering words are but honey-coated poison.”
–Buddhist Saying

“Sharpen the Saw.”
–Stephen Covey, Habit 7

“If you wish to be a warrior prepare to get broken, if you wish to be an explorer prepare to get lost and if you wish to be a lover prepare to be both.”
–Daniel Saint

“Accept loss forever.”
–Jack Kerouac

“The most terrifying thing in the world is to accept oneself completely.”
–Carl Jung

“The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.”
–Isak Dinesen

“Izintaba azihlangani kuhlangana abantu – Mountains don’t meet but people do.”
–A Zulu saying

“You don’t have to catch every ball that someone throws at you.”
–A friend’s advice over lunch

“Slavery is a memory of something we cannot remember, and yet we cannot forget.”
—Bill T. Jones

“There is a strange emptiness to life without myths.”
–N.K. Jemisin