Melinda Carver's Blog – December 2011 Archive (7)

Positive Perspective for the Week of 12/25/11

This week's Positive Perspective is brought to you by Shakespeare, (King Lear, Act V, Scene 3) in honor of the end of 2011:

"And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh at gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues talk of court news; and we'll talk with them too, who loses and who wins; who's in, who's out; and take upon upon's the mystery of things."

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Added by Melinda Carver on December 25, 2011 at 6:36pm — No Comments

Happy Winter Solstice!

Happy Winter Solstice to you all! May your days become longer and brighter!

Here's Lisa Thiel's "Winter Solstice Song":

Added by Melinda Carver on December 20, 2011 at 4:07pm — No Comments

Positive Perspective for the Week of 12/18/11

This week's Positive Perspective is from poet John Dryden's "The Secular Masque":

"A very merry, dancing, drinking,

Laughing, quaffing, and unthinking time."

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Added by Melinda Carver on December 18, 2011 at 12:08pm — 2 Comments

Beheaded for "Witchcraft" in the 21st Century

Today I was shocked to read the headline "Saudi woman beheaded for witchcraft". Can you believe that in the 21st century "fortune telling" and "offering healings" is STILL a way to lose your life? This is the 21st century, right? Time didn't turn backwards and send us back into the Spanish Inquisition (1480), German Trier witch trials (1593) or the Salem witch trials (1692)?

If you lived in Saudi Arabia instead of the good old USA, you would be "hunted" and then "executed" for…

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Added by Melinda Carver on December 13, 2011 at 7:13pm — 2 Comments

Positive Perspective for the Week of 12/11/11

This week's Positive Perspective is by Eleanor Roosevelt:

"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility."

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Added by Melinda Carver on December 11, 2011 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Positive Perspective for the Week of 12/4/11

This week's Positive Perspective is brought to you by John Wooden:

"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."

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Added by Melinda Carver on December 5, 2011 at 8:26pm — No Comments

The Power You Have: Your Reputation

People forget that they DO have power - the power over their reputation. You ask, "why should I worry about my reading reputation?", well it is extremely important - especially if you are reading professionally. You are being judged as a reader by your client, and you will be judged by other professional readers too. Let's take a look at your power: