You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
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The tall, pale building is the Downtown Orlando Courthouse.
Also, where the Casey Anthony murder trial took place.
Other animals, which, on account of their interests having been neglected by the insensibility of the ancient jurists, stand degraded into the class of things. … The day has been, I grieve it to say in many places it is not yet past, in which the greater part of the species, under the denomination of slaves, have been treated … upon the same footing as … animals are still. The day may come, when the rest of the animal creation may acquire those rights which never could have been withholden from them but by the hand of tyranny. The French have already discovered that the blackness of skin is no reason why a human being should be abandoned without redress to the caprice of a tormentor. It may come one day to be recognized, that the number of legs, the villosity of the skin, or the termination of the os sacrum, are reasons equally insufficient for abandoning a sensitive being to the same fate. What else is it that should trace the insuperable line? Is it the faculty of reason, or perhaps, the faculty for discourse?…the question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer? Why should the law refuse its protection to any sensitive being?… The time will come when humanity will extend its mantle over everything which breathes…
The Skinny on Obesity series: 4 tips from Dr. Lustig
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May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back.
That’s the title of Jose Baez’s book coming out in July.
This should be interesting.
I love nothing more than yoga class on a rainy day.
Beautiful.
It’s rare that I have to do something I completely abhor, and actually go through with doing it.
I know people who do things they don’t care for, simply for the extrinsic value of the action.
I prefer a steady, long-term approach to achievement.
It’s easier to pay attention to the lessons taught in class than to cram right before a test.
It’s possible to do well by cramming, but I find it easier to do small things in increments and be “successful” that way.
So glad I got out of that.
I must admit, I had a feeling I would, heh.
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The main thing that is known about secrets is that keeping them is unhealthy for the brain. When we begin to weave webs of deception, we need to expend enormous mental energy to prevent them from tangling. There’s less brain power left over for solving real problems, and we start to falter in other areas of our lives.
The problems may even show up in our bodies: Secrets and lies can weaken our immune systems. They’re also hell on relationships, both personal and professional. People can feel the difference between a pure agenda (you kissing your baby) and a murky one (a politician kissing your baby). They find ulterior motives vaguely to intensely repulsive. As a result, impurely motivated actions tend to backfire. Lie for approval, and people disapprove. Try to control people, and you lose control. Pretend to be perfect, and you risk being caught by folks who’ll abhor your pretense of perfection more than your imperfections themselves.
Oprah.com, Staying True to You: 6 Steps to a More Honest Life
