Treat a man as he is, and he will remain as he is.
  Treat a man as he could be, and he will become what he should be.

  --Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
 

                        Live each season as it passes;
                       breathe the air, drink the drink,
                     taste the fruit, and resign yourself
                         to the influence of each.

                                   Thoreau
 
 

                            DANCE
                as though no one is watching you.
                             LOVE
            as though you have never been hurt before.
                             SING
                 as though no one can hear you.
                             LIVE
                  as though heaven is on Earth.

                           ~souza~
 

"When love comes, you're going to have to be open enough to accept
it.  It's very good to learn how to give love because it's the first
step.  But once you learn how to give love, there's something more
important: and that's how to accept it....  Unless this is done, the full
gift of love has not been received or enjoyed."
~Harold Klemp
 

I have learned to live each day as it
comes, and not to borrow trouble
by dreading tomorrow. It is the dark menace
of the future that makes cowards of us.*dorothy dix*
 
 

         "This is not a conincidence, and far more than a lucky chance,
    but what it is what was always meant, is our ribbon in the sky for our
    love ... We can lose what we got on our side, we'll find strength in
    each tear we cry, from now on it will be you and I and our ribbon in
    the sky...for our love."
                                -Stevie Wonder
 

"far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even
though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who
neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight
that knows not victory nor defeat"   - theodore roosevelt -
 

                        We must not allow the clock and the
                         calendar to blind us to the fact
                           that each moment of life is a
                              miracle and a mystery.

                                                        HG Wells.
 

it isn't that to have an honorable relationship with you, i have to
understand everything, or tell you everything at once, or that i can know,
beforehand, everything i need to tell you. it means that most of the time,
i am here, longing for the possibility of telling you. that these
possibilities may seem frightening, but not destructive, to me. that i
feel strong enough to hear your tentative and groping words. that we both
know we are trying, all the time, to extend the possibilities of truth
between us. the possibility of life between us.

                                        (adrienne rich)
 

" I never seek to defeat the man I am fighting...I seek to defeat his
confidence.  A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to
victory.  Two men are equals-true equals-only when they both have equal
confidence
                          -Memoirs of a Geisha
 

"I believed in practicing like a champion.  When it was just a training
session early in the season, I tried to create in my mind the World Cup or
the Olympic Games, and i practiced as if I was actually there.  If you
practice like a Champion, when you get to the big event, you're prepared"
        -Bonnie Blaire
 

"Some succeed because they are destined to, most succeed because they are
determined too."
 

  "Education among all kinds of men always has had, and always will
have, an element of danger and revolution, of dissatisfaction and
discontent"

            -W.E.B. DuBois
 

        in this short life that only lasts an hour

                how much - how little - is within our power

                                (e.d.)
 
 

[words]
sticks and stones
may break my bones
but words will break my heart.
sharp shards of unintention
working down down down
until you thought they couldn't
get any deeper and then they do.
spoken laughed shouted screamed prayed whispered written sung
words. a string of words triggering and twisting their way into
the pathways of insecurities
or delight amazement and awe
is it just a coincidence (words)
can be rearranged to be (sword) ?
but where are the shields?
what kinds of signs should people wear?
handle with care?
rough road?
or maybe simply stop?
what about the uncharted territory
off the map
whacking your way through the underbrush
until you arrive at the mountaintop,
exhausted, scratched and bloody,
without a compass,
but triumphant.
[no words]
 
 

"To work in the world lovingly means that we are defining what we will be
for, rather than reacting to what we are against."
--Christina Baldwin
 
 
 

::for attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
  for lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
  for a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
  for beautiful hair, let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day.
  for poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.
  people, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived,
  reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.
  remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end
  of each of your arms.
  as you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands; one for
  helping yourself, and the other for helping others::

(audrey hepburn wrote this when someone asked her to share her "beauty
tips"...it was read at her funeral years later...)
 
 
 

May we have eyes that see,
        Hearts that love,
                And hands that are willing to serve.
 

Things are going to get a lot worse
before they get worse

- Lily Tomlin -
 

A male gynecologist is like an auto mechanic who never owned a car

- Carrie Snow -
 

Laugh and the world laughs with you,
Cry and you cry with your girlfriends.

- Laurie Kuslansky -
 

Old age ain't no place for sissies.

- Bette Davis -
 

A man's got to do what a man's got to do.
A woman must do what he can't.

- Rhonda Hansome -
 

The phrase "working mother" is redundant.

- Jane Sellman -
 

I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at
once!

- Jennifer Unlimited -
 

If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible
warning.
 

When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping.
Men invade another country.

- Elayne Boosler -
 

In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man -
if you want anything done, ask a woman.

- Margaret Thatcher-
 

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission.

- Eleanor Roosevelt -
 

        "democracy is a contact sport"
 

                .a little nonsense now and then
                is cherished by even the wisest men.

                                                        .r dahl.

  "words are always a gamble, words are splinters from cut glass...it is
  dangerous, a bloody risk, like love, to form the words, to touch the
  source, to be touched, to reveal how vulnerable we are, how transient."

                          (terry tempest williams)
 

                        slow down and enjoy life.
                it's not only the scenery you miss by
               going too fast - you also miss the sense
                   of where you are going and why.
                                                                .e cantor.
 

" lead me not into tempataion; I can find the way myself."

                        - Rita May Brown
 

"eyes are the window into the soul"
 

                                "The more that you read,
                                        the more that you will know.
                                 The more that you learn,
                                        the more places you'll go."

                                                           - Dr. Seuss
 

"Marijuana? Cocaine? I'm not going to talk about what I did as a child."
~George W. Bush

"This is the worst piece of writing I have ever seen.  And You are Ugly."
 - Nicole Vaget - MHC Faculty Show (in a skit about a thesis defense)
 
 

        HEMP: the world's most valuable & versatile natural resource

 __uses__
1. Seeds for Oil & Food: hempseeds produce oil for cooking, lubrication,
   fuel, etc.  the seed is a cholesterol-lowering source of full
   protein.  leaves and flowers are also edible.
2. Stalk for Fabric, Fuel, Paper, and Commercial Use: hemp is dried and
   broken down into two parts - threadlike fibers and bits of "hurd," or
   pulp.  each of these products has its own distinct application making a
   variety of durable, high-quality textiles for clothing, canvas and
   fabrics or tree-free, dioxin-free paper, non-toxic paints and sealants,
   industrial fabrication materials, construction materials, and
   hemi-cellulose plastic or used for biomass fuel to make charcoal, gas,
   methanol, or produce electricity
3. Foliage for Medicine, Food and Relaxation: cannabis has important
   medical value for easing pain, relieving stress and treating illness
   from glaucoma to cancer to nausea to AIDS and beyond.  hemp flowers and
   leaves are smoked or eaten for many therapeutic, religious, and
   relaxational purposes.

        Brought to you by the Business Alliance for Commerce in Hemp
 
 

        .be the change you wish to see in the world. _ghandi_
 
 

                The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who,
                         in times of great moral crisis,
                           maintain their neutrality.
                                                Dante
 

"There's this complete commitment, body and soul.  The nature of crew and the nature of rowing is that it's the sport of true believers."
 
 

Wanderers have come and gone.  The life-story of each lingers on the pathway as a footprint on dust.  And the long trail of such prints stretches from horizon to horizon, from the golden gates of the East to the golden gates of the West
         Rabindranath Tagore
 

We say the cause of 
perfume disappearing is
evaporation.  Evaporation
gets blamed for a lot of
things people forget to
put the top on.
 

Playing football or basketball is mainstream.  Rowing is monastic. It's a team sport for individuals who train in isolation and carry their ambition into the spartan confines of a racing shell, where they sit with a view of a teammate's back.
 

"In rowing as in life, 
there are competitors and there are racers. 
The competitor works hard 
and rows to his limit. 
The racer does not 
think of limits, 
only the race."