by pattyptakkogutek | Aug 12, 2018 | inspiration
“The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.” – William James We are bombarded on a daily basis with small things that can bring great misery, small things causing worry and pain taking over our lives. Kind of like the ant taking over the molehill! A few weeks...
by pattyptakkogutek | Aug 5, 2018 | inspiration
My eyes, drawn to this license plate, read: “Faithup”. Immediately my mind started playing mind games: buckle up, man up, eat up, stand up….. The driver of this car “got it”, and is sharing the important reminder with everyone on the roads. Yes, we need to “faithup”...
by pattyptakkogutek | Jul 30, 2018 | inspiration
“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” Marcus Aurelius My carefree days of childhood were weighed with fear. Fear, not so much of death, but of disappointing, fear of getting into trouble, fear of getting hurt, fear of...
by pattyptakkogutek | Jul 23, 2018 | inspiration
As I walked down the pier in San Diego I related to this hand painted wooden sign: “Kinda Pissed At Not Being a Mermaid”. Now I’ve always loved the water, its peace, its immensity and the many lessons that can be learned by the ocean. Guess I’m a “Mermaid Wanna Be”....
by pattyptakkogutek | Jul 16, 2018 | inspiration
Do you ever think about going somewhere where nobody knows you and starting a new life? I found this question posed on the Internet. The question initiated a lot of conversation with almost 2,000 comments. I didn’t have time to read all the comments but the bulk being...
by pattyptakkogutek | Jul 7, 2018 | inspiration
They say with age comes wisdom….not necessarily! Nothing will supply the want of sunshine to peaches unless you have the cheerfulness of wisdom. – Ralph Waldo Emerson One of the surest signs of wisdom is not the number of years you’ve counted but a display...
