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Because my Father was born in Edinburg, Scotland, we grew up very aware of the Second World War, the shadow of which cast itself across our consciousness as children. There were books, especially ones with pictures of the city of London, destroyed.
During my first and recent visit, every place I looked in that city, produced a sense of awe toward the human spirit. Is there anything we cannot do, if we set our minds to it?
The home where I stayed for the majority of my recent visit to England is three hundred years old.
I wonder if there might be a connection between the experience of years and access to tranquility?
Oct 27, 1858, Roland Macy opened Macy’s Department Store in New York City. It was Macy’s eighth business venture — the other seven failed.
So, R.H. Macy became valuable and worth something when he was a “success?”
We often hear people talk about what they earned. What they achieved. What they produced. I wonder what another person, any other person, given the same circumstances, might have produced?
The problem is that many young people, many people period, grow up believing that they have no value. Once a person decides they have no value, everything they do is filtered through the belief that it doesn’t count. Continue Reading →
