Present

If you aren’t in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret. —Jim Carrey

September 13, 2018

Virtue

“The virtue of a person is measured not by his outstanding efforts, but by his everyday behavior.” —Blaise Pascal

December 10, 2017 · Ian W. Parker

The Indispensable Man

Sometime when you’re feeling important; Sometime when your ego’s in bloom; Sometime when you take it for granted, You’re the best qualified in the room: Sometime when you feel that your going, Would leave an unfillable hole, Just follow these simple instructions, And see how they humble your soul. Take a bucket and fill it with water, Put your hand in it up to the wrist, Pull it out and the hole that’s remaining,...

October 28, 2017 · Ian W. Parker

On habits

“First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit is persistence in practice.” — Octavia Butler

October 17, 2017 · Ian W. Parker

Waste not

“We are not given a short life but we make it short, and we are not Ill-supplied but wasteful of it.” — Seneca

October 16, 2017 · Ian W. Parker

Ask questions

There are naive questions, tedious questions, ill-phrased questions, questions put after inadequate self-criticism. But every question is a cry to understand the world. There is no such thing as a dumb question. —Carl Sagan

October 16, 2017 · Ian W. Parker

Clever

“If you want to be a clever person, you have to learn how to ask cleverly, how to listen attentively, how to respond quietly, and how to stop talking when there is nothing more to say.” —Leo Tolstoy

September 25, 2017 · Ian W. Parker

What a Fool Believes

“But what a fool believes he sees no wise man has the power to reason away.” —Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins, What a Fool Believes

September 21, 2017 · Ian W. Parker

Relax

“Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it.” —Ray Bradbury

September 4, 2017 · Ian W. Parker

Aim

“The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” —Michelangelo

September 3, 2017 · Ian W. Parker