Sam’s Friday Top 5: Tidbits of Advice

From the time we are born, we hear advice everywhere, from our parents, to our siblings, to other adults, and everyone in-between. Eventually our peers also give us advice, and we tend to call that peer pressure. Funny how when it’s people our age it’s “pressure,” but when it’s from older folks, it’s “wise,” and “sage” advice. Even if they say the exact same thing.

But the point is that everyone has an opinion of how we should live our lives, but the only opinion that should matter is our own. We listen to those others, though, because we trust that somehow they know what they’re talking about; however, we need to filter what will work for us, what we subscribe to, and what won’t, what we don’t. Here are my top 5 tidbits of advice I’ve gleaned throughout the years and made my own: Continue reading “Sam’s Friday Top 5: Tidbits of Advice”

Theodicus Sayings, Part 3

“A dream is a collection of words unwritten.” “The perfect trap is designed by fools, victorious over the supposed wise, and avoided by animals.” “You are truly free when it costs nothing to be your friend.” “A pattern which never repeats is not a pattern after all.” “Tomorrow is just yesterday, waiting to happen.” “To … Continue reading Theodicus Sayings, Part 3

Sticktoitiveness

“Finish what you start.” My mother would always tell us kids that when we were growing up, and it went for everything, from eating all of our peas, to completing every question on a test, to reading until the end of a book, to not bailing on a job when it gets difficult. It is … Continue reading Sticktoitiveness