........stand up and show your soul.

Author Clarissa Pinkola Estes wrote, “One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul.”

........solitude.

Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Behold, the fool saith, "Put not all thine eggs in the one basket"—which is but a manner of saying, "Scatter your money and your attention"; but the wise man saith, "Put all your eggs in the one basket and—watch that basket!"

Mark Twain (1835-1910)

.......unhappy marriages ---- whatever

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
― Friedrich Nietzsche

........ it could be a lack of mustache rides ?

big john, big john, Big Bad JOHN

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish - John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams was an American statesman who served as a diplomat, minister and ambassador to foreign nations, and treaty negotiator, United States Senator, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, ... Wikipedia

Born: July 11, 1767, Braintree, MA

Died: February 23, 1848, Washington, D.C.

Presidential term: March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829

Spouse: Louisa Adams (m. 1797–1848)

Political parties: Whig Party (1838–1848), MORE

Quotes

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.

Leo

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. Wikipedia

Born: September 9, 1828, Yasnaya Polyana, Russia

Died: November 20, 1910, Lev Tolstoy, Russia

Short stories: The Death of Ivan Ilyich, MORE

Movies: Anna Karenina, L'Argent, Ivans Xtc, Two Jacks, MORE

Values

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too. W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)

honest Abe

Abraham Lincoln said, “The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.”

Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)

No fear can stand up to hunger, no patience can wear it out, disgust simply does not exist where hunger is; and as to superstition, beliefs, and what you may call principles, they are less than chaff in a breeze.

Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) 

the way

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
―Friedrich Nietzsche

employees at JoAnn's fabric

Kim Schultz

4 hrs · Topeka · 

Why do the older employees at JoAnn's fabric still treat my daughter rudely? If anyone knows the manager of this store, let them know every time they treat my daughter like crap, I am going to post this on Facebook! Not impressed with their customer service skills. They have no clue how amazing my daughter is at sewing but I know how horrible they treat her when she tries to buy her supplies! This is like the 100th time they have been rude to her. Someone needs to open a fabric store that treats young people with respect. She hates having to go to this store, that isn't how customers should feel. #notimpressed

soul

Mere Man

The male of the human race is commonly known (to the female) as Mere Man. The genus has two varieties: good providers and bad providers. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)