To calm is to cope
To cope don’t mope.
To cope, hope.
Panic comes in waves; coping surfs to a sandy shore.
Coping keeps going.
A home’s is a refuge; a bed is a sanctuary.
Over-process; over-suffer.
The good life requires grit — and gratitude.
The mind and heart must both collude to have a shot at quietude.
The hunt drives the world.
The treasure in you is greater than the treasure that is in the world.
Pan gold — start inside.
Neighbors are treasure; love is the map.
Seek and you will reap.
Thoughts are loot, concepts a hoot.
All thieves maintain laws against stealing from themselves.
Treasure is trauma.
Become a pirate; board your own ship; demand booty.
Free climb light; pack insight.
Plunder all awareness with all kindness.
Play with fire — not volcanoes.
Stationary relationary; the lithosphere is here and there.
Even the volcanologist bows to Vulcan.
Dance in the caldera; surf on the pyroclastic flow.
Make a home in fire; farm a volcano.
What destroys saves.
Love is volcanic, the heart seismonic.
Wise men visit mountains; fools camp on volcanoes.
The volcanologist speaks; no one listens.
Jealousy is composed of magma, envy of volatiles.
Two things are molten: the earth, its angry paragons.
Breathe ash, eat fire, drink lava.
Amazing is your presence — after your absence.
The cosmo is boffo ergo Io and Pluto.
Humans have an astonishing potential for a profound ordinariness.
Lies are predictable and boring: it’s honesty that is astonishing.
Normal is amazing; this is known by the very sick after they recover.
The stunning twin wonders of the body — its bright eyes.
Amazing, fantastic; realistic, scholastic.
The cosmos is amazing, but the simple conveniences of home, these are truly astonishing.
Only rarely do we glimpse the extraordinary, a moment of peace, a soul quieted by love.
It is astonishing how much credit a person is capable of taking for something they didn’t accomplish.
Love yourself; not too much.
Self-esteem in the extreme may turn into mean.
You already love yourself in that you feed, shelter and cloth yourself; love others just like that.
Overly scaffolding our students may raise their self-esteem and lower their self-discernment
The self-esteem movement has raised a generation blind to their own incompetence.
Overpraise undermines.
Trellis yourself and others with love.
The foolish student wants only A’s, but wise students value being corrected.
We were once anxious to prove we were better than animals, now we are wondering if we are better than machines.
Be specific, personal, authentic and brief with compliments.
To tell someone they are a hard worker
is better than telling them they are smart; you are telling them they are in control.
Compliment when it is deserved; correct when it is timely, and remain quiet when others are revealing themselves.
To love ourselves is a baby step toward loving others.
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