One ship drives east and another drives west With the self-same winds that blow; ’Tis the set of the sails And not the gales That tells them the way to go. Like the winds of the sea are the winds of fate As we voyage along through life; ’Tis the set of the soul That […]
One of the gems from Dick Van Dyke’s appearance on Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me was the revelation that the theme song to The Dick Van Dyke Show had lyrics. They were written by Morey Amsterdam, who played Buddy Sorrell. So you think that you’ve got troubles? Well, trouble’s a bubble So tell old Mr. […]
Your character is revealed in what you do when you think no one is watching. I was going through the photos I took at the Platform Conference this week, and I discovered I’d captured a beautiful moment in the background. In the corner of a photo, silhouetted on the darkened stage, you can see Stu […]
“Father Forgets”, by W. Livingston Larned. As cited by Dale Carnegie in How to Win Friends and Influence People. Listen son; I am saying this as you lie asleep, on little paw crumpled under your cheek and the blond curls stickily wet on your damp forehead. I have stolen to your room alone. Just a […]
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy […]