Quotes because I was tagged by Kittin

The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.
Peter Drucker (1909 - 2005)

Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee and just as hard to sleep after.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 'Gift From the Sea'

We find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.
Maxwell Maltz, Communication Bulletin for Managers & Supervisors, June 2004

Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it.
Les Brown, Communication Bulletin for Managers & Supervisors, June 2004

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
Marie Curie (1867 - 1934)

Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To the fearful it is threatening because it means that things may get worse. To the hopeful it is encouraging because things may get better. To the confident it is inspiring because the challenge exists to make things better.
King Whitney Jr.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.
Joan Didion (1934 - )

The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815 - 1902), 1890

Miscellaneous Updates

Day 5 of my fast---it's turning out to be a last ditch attempt of my body to purge what's left inside it. I'll manage. Still sleeping a lot, still film on my body, still bad breath.

The motorcycle shop with my parts is closed on Mondays. I'll try to get my parts tomorrow. I may call Katrina and see if I can spend some time with her and her husband in Durham sightseeing, and get my parts myself.

I had a good walk/run/kata yesterday. My knee didn't hurt very much at all. Tang Soo Do class tonight. I imagine, now that the pressure is off the red and black belts, to get a bit more personalized instruction. That means I'll work even harder.

I received my new Burning Man calendar from the BF yesterday, and enjoyed a good conversation with her. Yes, Mangoes Rule. :>

I leave Friday for the Burn. I'll be working on communication, this year of Hope and Fear.