B. May
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B. May
“Our greatest fear should not be of failure, but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter
“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.” – Andrew Gide
Stick to the basics:
Be reliable.
Do your job.
Speak for yourself.
Outcome over ego.
Focus on the details.
See challenges as opportunities.
Go to bed smarter than when you woke up.
Be reliable.
Do your job.
Speak for yourself.
Outcome over ego.
Focus on the details.
See challenges as opportunities.
Go to bed smarter than when you woke up.
So shadowboxing, a “searching and fearless moral inventory,” is for the sake of truth, humility, and generosity of spirit, not vengeance on the self or some kind of complete victory.
Philosopher and author Albert Camus on the excuses we allow ourselves to live by:
"Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it."
"Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it."
In the end, everything will be all right. If it’s not all right, it’s not the end.
"A leader is somebody who has to jump in the middle of the fray and be prudential, we hope, rather than opportunistic," West wrote in his 2014 book Black Prophetic Fire, "But a prophetic person tells the truth, exposes lies, bears witness and then, usually, is pushed to the margins or shot dead." - Cornel West
Jesus also doesn’t heal as a reward for good behavior. Usually there is no mention whatsoever of any prerequisites, and sometimes it’s not even the one cured, but those around them, who have faith. Neither in Mark’s Gospel is there any primary concern about life after death or heaven. We projected that onto the text. All of the healing stories are
... See moreI’m nervous to say what happened next, because I know how it sounds. Eleven words came to me from … dare I say God? Maybe it was my own mind finding the emergency brake, but it didn’t seem like the words were my own, since what my own mind usually comes up with sound much closer to “Stop being such a crybaby” than the ones I heard that day on the h... See more