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21st July 2010 post:

"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them." ~ Henry David Thoreau

Anything created by man was a figment of someone’s imagination at some point…an idea. I interpret Thoreau’s ‘castles in the air’ as thoughts or ideas we have.
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16th July 2010 post:

"The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed but that he cannot believe anyone else.” ~ George Bernard Shaw.

Remind yourself of this quotation whenever you are tempted to expend valuable energy refuting a person's false accusations or insinuations. Read more...

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Posted 31st March 2010: Inspiring poem published 1921. Only takes a minute to read!

‘The Touch Of The Master's Hand’ by Myra 'Brooks' Welch (First published 1921)

'Twas battered and scarred and the auctioneer
Thought it scarcely worth his while
To waste much time on the old violin,
But he held it up with a smile.

"What am I bid, good folk?" he cried.
"Who'll start the bidding for me?
A dollar, a dollar ... now two ... only two ...
Two dollars, and who'll make it three?
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