| “On the road to find out.” ~Cat Stevens~ Nobody hands you a map. You just start walking. Wrong turns, dead ends, long stretches of nothing. And then one day something clicks and you realize the road was the point all along. Not the destination. The walking. Keep moving. The Dude 🐸 Thought for the Day You don’t find it sitting still. Get on the road. |
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”~African Proverb~ We live in a world of a thousand followers and a million likes. And yet — most people can’t name five people who would show up at 2 AM if the phone rang. That’s not a knock on…
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”~Albert Einstein~ Most people run from silence like they owe it money. The Dude is still working on that one himself. Turns out silence isn’t the enemy. It’s the cure. Sit still long enough. Something always shows up. The Dude 🐸 Thought for the DayWhat are you drowning out…
“You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.”~Jan Glidewell~ Think about that for a second. Arms full of old stuff — old stories, old hurt, old wins even — leave no room for what’s standing right in front of you. Put some…
“Love doesn’t just sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.” ~Ursula K. Le Guin~ Just to be clear. The Dude is not a self-help guru. He’s not an expert on anything. He doesn’t have a degree on the wall or a bestseller on the shelf….
“Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.”~Will Rogers~ Simple as it sounds. Yesterday had its moments — good and bad. But it’s done. The clock didn’t ask your permission to move forward, and neither did today. Whatever you’re carrying from yesterday, set it down at the door. Today’s got enough going on without…
“Time heals what reason cannot.”~ Seneca ~ Somebody hurt you. Maybe a long time ago. Maybe last week. Maybe you’re still not sure what exactly happened — just that something in you went sideways and hasn’t quite come back yet. You’ve talked about it. Thought about it. Looked at it from every angle. Read the…