Month: April 2011
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Peace
A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser.William Shakespeare
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Harmony
Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.Aldo Leopold
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Happy Birthday DKL
Today is the birthday of my younger brother. Yesterday in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune it was noted that it is also the anniversary of the following events:Adolph Hitler’s BirthdayColumbine High School shootingsExplosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of MexicoGood thing he was born, or it would be a bad day…
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Direction
A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.James Allen
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Resentment
Last week Anh Tran from our Consolidated Programs Division sent me a story that illustrates what we say and how we think about a situation can have a lasting effect. It also teaches us that even if we find ourselves on the other side of negative or hurtful words, we always have a choice about…
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Character
Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.Ralph Waldo Emerson