Bird Droppings June 8, 2010 How we see it? “If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.” Abraham H. Maslow A rather simple statement as I look at it yet so true. We tend to be limited to what we know and what we have…

Bird Droppings June 7, 2010 Searching for wisdom “The awakened sages call a person wise when all his undertakings are free from anxiety about results; all his selfish desires have been consumed in the fire of knowledge. The wise, ever satisfied, have abandoned all external supports. Their security is unaffected by the results of their…

Bird Droppings June 5, 2010 Can we wait? I missed writing during a weekday for the first time in some while yesterday and all day I felt as if something was missing. There has been so much in my family the past week and today a wedding of one of my cousin’s children. I wish…

Morning Bird Droppings June 3, 2010 Searching for the ends of a bell shaped curve “Tell me what gives a man or woman their greatest pleasure and I’ll tell you their philosophy of life.” Dale Carnegie In the aftermath of the Republican and Democratic conventions going on nearly two years ago now I realized how…

Bird Droppings June 1, 2010 Following the Path “In our way of life, with every decision we make, we always keep in mind the Seventh Generation of children to come. When we walk upon Mother Earth, we always plant our feet carefully, because we know that the faces of future generations are looking up at…

Bird Droppings May 31, 2010 An interesting day I was up earlier than normal and went back to bed after sitting out for a few minutes around midnight or so. It was peaceful sitting in the coolness of a summer evening. I thought earlier we were going to have a storm. A cold front came…