“Jim Jarmusch once told me Fast, Cheap, and Good… pick two. If it’s fast and cheap it won’t be good. If it’s cheap and good, it won’t be fast. If it;s fast and good, it won’t be cheap. Fast, cheap and good… pick two words to live by.” Tom Waits
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•C R A F T S M A N S H I P•
Remember when people made things? When people took pride in hard work and working with their hands. Remember when some worked hard enough and honed their craft well enough to be called craftsmen? That was long before people described them as being JUST a mechanic, a welder or carpenter….Or farmer. It was when an honest,Continue reading “•C R A F T S M A N S H I P•”
Quotable #22 •S H E•
“Does she scare you a little? Good. She should make you fear her love, so that when she lets you be apart of it, you won’t take it lightly. She should remind you of the power that beauty brings, that storms reside in her veins, and that she still wants you in the middle ofContinue reading “Quotable #22 •S H E•”
Skills
“It would be part of my scheme of physical education that every youth in the State —from the King’s son downwards— should learn to do something finely and thoroughly with his hand, so as to let him know what touch meant; and what stout craftsmanship meant; and to inform him of many things besides, whichContinue reading “Skills”
Quotable #21
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bow lines. Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark Twain
Wisdom#14 •Death•
Death is multidimensional. It can be viewed simply as someone passing away. Or as someone being taken away. A physical relationship severed. An end. A transition. A beginning. It makes me think, what have those who do not believe in an afterlife have to hope for? What do we hope for? What do I hopeContinue reading “Wisdom#14 •Death•”
Wisdom#13
If man can find God, what can’t man achieve? “The reason modern people can’t see God is that they won’t look down low enough.” Carl Jung
Quotable #19 ASK
“If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.” — Nora Roberts
Wisdom#12 Just come home
“Jesus told the story of the Prodigal Son to make a simple point: never mind what you’ve done, just come home.” Unka Glen
God’s Glory
“God’s glory is wrapped up in His attributes. His love, mercy, grace, wisdom, omniscience, omnipotence, omnipresence—all the attributes of God—reflect and declare His glory. We glorify God when we in any way praise or acknowledge or experience or display His attributes. When we are examples of His love, for instance, we glorify Him. When weContinue reading “God’s Glory”