(Featured quote is often credited to Kingman Brewster also.)
Copyright 2000-2012 by Kimberlie Dykeman.
“The most interesting thing in the world is another human being- who wonders, suffers and raises the questions that have bothered him to the last day of his life, knowing he will never get the answers.” ~ Will Durant, writer, historian and philosopher
Enough with the cars, computers, collectibles… and crap, folks. You can’t take any of it with you when you go. And when you’re grey and gabbing about unforgettable memories… I’ll bet the farm and Buffet’s bank account that the human beings you knew will bring the most awe-inspiring images to your stories, not the stuff.
Get to know a few more human beings… really know them. Talk like there’s no such things as things more worthy than another breath. ~KD
Copyright 2012 by Kimberlie Dykeman.
“We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone, we find it with another. ” ~ Thomas Merton, author and social activist
It’s that time of year. Don’t deny it, folks. Every single one of you could attest to finding yourself wondering, albeit for a minute or a whole CSI Miami marathon, how this year will be …DIFFERENT. How you will be different. How your situation will be different. How your goals will be different. How your priorities will be different. How “things” will be just be DIFFERENT. Well, you will not find the answer inside your tightly wound, analytical little noggin, I theorize. Nope. For answers and meanings and fixes and fresh ideas and new perspectives can only take their quintessentially divine shapes if shared with another person… or, heck, a hundred others. Think about. Now …DO something about it. Life ticks by with or without the ball dropping in NYC. Find your meaning… your purpose, your peace and joy… by simply opening up and sharing.
Between you and me: this is something I realized a looooong time ago. It may still be a work in progress… but the progress is incredible! So, the quicker you “get it”, the quicker you can bring more meaning into your life! Amen. ~KD
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I don’t know about you, but if this premise rings true, then many of you can identify this past year (let alone the past five!), as a time in which you have truly lived. It seems that as we careen forward into our collective 21st century future, our boundaries of ease, familiarity and honest-to-goodness comfort are severely truncated, causing us to freak out, freeze up, fumble, fail and fight back tears.
Proudly acknowledge though that you have also strived and survived the confounded labyrinth of potholes and prop doors. And with mosaic-ed prayer and possibility in hand, you have deciphered the message to unfold an irrefutably timeless and timely fact: Training wheels are meant to be taken off.
So, as I take my place at the helm of this little ditty, I say, “Comfort, shmomfort.” Roll up your sleeves, toss on a helmet, kick up the stand, and pop a wheelie down the open road of adventure. Start the coming blessed year with the wind in your face and your hair on fire and see where the journey takes you! ~ KD
Copyright 2011 by Kimberlie Dykeman. An edited excerpt from “Pure Soapbox …a cleansing jolt of perspective, motivation, and humor”
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I think that says it all, no?
Copyright 2011 by Kimberlie Dykeman
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Tis the season for shopping til you’re blue in the face (or until someone pepper sprays you!)… stockpiling your baskets and SUVs with stuff many of you really cannot afford , let alone even need… and, ultimately, stuffing away your Grinch-like feelings of greed and receipt-laden guilt. But who’s to blame for your frenzied, Black Friday addictive actions?
“Society drives people crazy with lust and calls it advertising.” – John Lahr, drama critic
Surely not the scheming stores and malevolent marketing execs… for YOU bought into the game again! YOU drove yourself to the store at 3AM! YOU are still trying to top last year’s gift giving. YOU still have your priorities out of whack. Yup, I said it.
Remember: too much will always be too much. And the goods ain’t so good if they only bring out the bad in us. ~ KD
Copyright 2011 by Kimberlie Dykeman.
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