Blond but NOT DumbSURPRISE's blog: "Insights and observations"

A dirt road a woman walking with a basket on her head A field a woman walking with a bushel on her back A city street a woman walking with a briefcase A parking lot a woman walking with a grocery bag A suburban mall a woman walking with a stroller Suddenly heavy footsteps behind her Her heart beats quicker A robber, a rapist a harasser, a killer? Perhaps just a nice person? But she's afraid The sound of a stranger's footsteps is a universal female experience of fear

The dictionary says that "progress" means "steady improvement." But is it an improvement that everything goes faster today? To me, real progress would be healthy, well-fed children and adults worldwide, living and loving in peace.

Socrates said "know thyself" Let us add: "Be thyself" which is much more difficult to do because we often are what others want us to be

Most of us after having spent many years working to live Spend many more years living to work And when finally there is no more work we don't know how to live

Always start the next thing before you're finished with the last because... if you wait to be finished with "have to" you will never get to "want to" and there's even less chance of getting to "hope to"

Do not look for the fountain of youth for you shall search in vain But drink from the fountain of love and you shall find youth

By trying to be everywhere at once I am nowhere By trying to be everything to too many I am no one

Give your children more of your presence instead of more presents

The way to impress people is not by telling them how wonderful you are If you want to impress people you need to listen to how wonderful they are

The secret of longevity is when you have learned what to do and how to do it well then look for new things to learn knowing that at first you may not do them well