Literature Review

There is a popular fallacy that falling down is the mark of a poor skater. But the truth is when one stops falling, he has probably stopped improving. ~ Dick Button, first US Olympic figure skating champion athe the 1948 Winter Olympics

If each day is a gift, I'd like to know where I can return the Monday after the Superbowl.

The secret to life is enjoying the passage of time. ~James Taylor

We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter their color. ~ Maya Angelou

The mere imparting of information is not education. Above all things, the effort must result in making a man think and do for himself. ~ Dr. Carter G. Woodson

If you wait until you feel better to start living, you might be waiting forever. Go live your life. Do it sad. Do it anxious. Do it uncertain. Because healing doesn't always come before the experience. Sometimes, the experience is what heals you.

January is proof that time can move both ffat aand painfully slow.

Remembering the Holocaust with little-known story about a Jewish refugee and Cicely Saunders: Honoring the International Holocaust Remembrance Day - 80th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz

Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together. ~ Vesta Kelly

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. ~Albert Einstein

To become fully human means learning to turn my gratitude for being alive into some concrete common good. It means growing gentler toward human weakness.  ~ Barbara Brown Taylor

Small steps forward beat perfect plans left behind. ~ Nina Clarke

It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance. ~Thomas Sowell