by snowmantherapy | Jul 28, 2020 | Behaviors
Talent is its own expectation: you either live up to it or it waves a hankie, receding forever. David Foster Wallace What exactly is a gift? Let’s begin by moving away from wrapping paper, Amazon shopping, and Santa. What’s the definition of a gift? Actually, there...
by snowmantherapy | Jun 29, 2020 | Thoughts
I cannot teach people anything; I can only make them think. Socrates SOCRATES – THE CLIFF NOTESOne of the many blessings of my married life is an intelligent spouse with an active mind. For no apparent reason, my wife Anita suggested that we generate a...
by snowmantherapy | Jun 28, 2020 | Behaviors
The open-minded see the truth in different things; the narrow –minded see only the differences. AnonymousDuring the course of a recent discussion about current events, I referenced the parable of “the blind men from India and the elephant.” For those of you not...
by snowmantherapy | Jun 3, 2020 | Thoughts
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. MenckenI recently had occasion read one of my graduate student’s papers. The assignment was to explore elements of a rather complex topic, and the student had done a thorough and articulate...
by snowmantherapy | May 20, 2020 | Behaviors
“Whenever one person stands up and says, “Wait a minute; this is wrong,” it helps others do the same. SteinemWhen I was nine years old in 1954, I played on the first Little League baseball team inmy community of Edison Park, Chicago. Because little league was a...
