Mindset & Motivation. No Woke. Night Falls. Robert Plant Still Rocks.
- Quote of the Week: I post and write about one quote each week. That format changes this week, providing the following mindset and motivational quotes that resonate with me, for one reason or another.
- We suffer more in our imagination than in reality. – Seneca
- It’s never too late to be what you might have been. – George Elliot
- Our life is what our thoughts make it. – Marcus Aurelius
- Thinking is difficult. That is why most people judge. – Carl Jung
- Care about what other people think, and you will always be their prisoner. – Lao Tzu
- A fool is known by speech and a wise man by silence. – Pythagoras
- If you are the smartest person in the room, you are in the wrong room. – Confucius
- The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear. – Rumi
I like and respect all eight quotes. Number five is systemic – think ‘living up to the Joneses.’ Numbers six, seven, and eight make me smile. How about you?
- Last week, part of my post referenced the music artist “Young Thug” and his beautiful home for sale in Atlanta. I had no idea that he was on trial for gang-related crimes and racketeering…I was merely suggesting that his nickname with the word “Thug” was concerning. Now, a week later, I read that Young Thug, a.k.a. Jeffery Willams, has been in jail for thirty months and has now been sentenced to time served and 15 years of probation. What a waste of talent of a Grammy award-winning artist. Very sad.
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- Many of my posts clearly state my disdain and intolerance for all things racist. The level of worldwide racism remains rampant as we are close to starting of year 2025. This is why I find this video, with Chevy Chase and Richard Pryor, amazing. How would anyone think that in 1975, the white interviewer and the black applicant could have the back-and-forth dialogue, that in today’s world, would be 100% unacceptable and never part of a live television skit. Richard Pryor’s facial expressions while barking back at Chevy Chase are priceless.
Again, I have zero tolerance for anything racist, but this skit, performed on Saturday Night Live forty-nine years ago, is amazing in good and bad ways. Note: words not for everyone’s ears.
- The first Sunday of November brings us the beginning of Fall, football in full force, a World Series champion, and a big election. This first Sunday in November also brings darkness, and not the emotional type. Today brings us literal darkness due to daylight savings time ending and not popping up again until March 9, 2025. I realize that some of you, for whatever reason, enjoy darkness before 6pm. Me, not so much.
Jesse Colin Young of The Youngbloods brings us Darkness, Darkness.):
- From the world of the strange and the headline of the week: Anesthesiologist Matilda Crawford strikes a pose with a sledgehammer, circa 1894. I know this is a joke. Right?
- Pure Talent. Now seventy-six years old, this English singer and songwriter was an original band member of Led Zepplin from 1968 to their breakup in 1980. Robert Plant helped make Led Zepplin one of the most famous rock bands of all time. Subsequently, Plant’s successful solo career has spanned the globe. Plant has won numerous accolades and awards, including the 1998 Grammy award for best hard rock performance. Robert Plant was, and still is, Pure Talent.