Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th. – J. Andrews

Do you realize the impact a negative attitude has on everything around it…? Oh sure…I can hear it now…”Oh No! Another negative attitude lesson…” Wrong. If you are truly cynical…yes, it is birthed from a negative attitude…but all an attitude is, is a mindset focus…and you determine in life what you focus on…or don’t…Cynics are… Read more »

If you want to bring a cyanide to poison your success… Be cynical…. – Editorial

I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through – then follow through. – Edward V. Rickenbacker

Nov 29, 2001 VERNON — Even the most devoted do-gooder might not want to commit to 2,002 hours of volunteer work. But Rockville High School seniors Seth and Blake Melling did. Their faith in themselves is heartwarming proof that the next generation is producing some fine leaders. When their mother, Lori Sladyk challenged the twin… Read more »

In an effort to have kids comply with various kinds of behavior expectations, we resort to either praise or punishment without really exploring the long-range consequences or to explore other alternatives in promoting positive behavior. With so many oppositional personalities to influence it doesn’t take long to recognize that neither of these alternatives are viable…. Read more »

You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all. ~ J. Askenberg ~ The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t. ~ Henry Ward Beecher ~ For a righteous man falls… Read more »

Blume, Judy, The One in the Middle is a Green Kangaroo Brown, Marcia, Stone Soup Burton, Virginia, Katy and the Big Snow Cameron, Polly, I Can’t Said the Ant Carlson, Natalie, A Brother for the Orphelines Foreman, Michael, Moose Fritz, Jean, The Cabin Faced West Gilson, Jamie, Do Bananas Chew Gum? Howe, James, Bunnicula Kennedy,… Read more »

A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner. – English Proverb

I have simply tried to do what seemed best each day, as each day came. – Abraham Lincoln