Monthly Archives: May 2011

Visual Soliloquy #216 Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it…

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. – Henry David Thoreau

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Visual Soliloquy #215 Doubt can only be removed by action…

Doubt can only be removed by action. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Of Maps, Penguins, and Toques

I love maps. I love to look at them and dream of being there. Recently, a map of Antarctica I ordered arrived, and already, the corners of the folds are starting to tear because I open and close the map … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #214 It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves…

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. – Shakespeare

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Visual Soliloquy #213 Heroes are made in the hour of defeat. Success is, therefore, well described as a series of glorious defeats…

Heroes are made in the hour of defeat. Success is, therefore, well described as a series of glorious defeats. – Gandhi

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Visual Soliloquy #212 On the stem of memory imaginations blossom…

On the stem of memory imaginations blossom. – Patrick Kavanagh

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Visual Soliloquy #211 Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times…

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times–Aeschylus

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Visual Soliloquy #210 Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity…

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity. – Louis Pasteur

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Visual Soliloquy #209 Look deep into nature, and you will understand everything better…

Look deep into nature, and you will understand everything better. – Albert Einstein

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Visual Soliloquy #208 Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely…

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. – Auguste Rodin

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Visual Soliloquy #207 Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much…

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. – Helen Keller

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#13 Be grateful to everyone

It’s been a tough yet joyous week.  The joy has come in celebrating the achievements of four friends; all of who have worked and trained tirelessly to reach their own personal Everests.  One qualified for the world championships in the … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #206 Music in the soul can be heard by the universe…

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. – Lao Tsu

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Alan Arnette Summits Everest for his Mother: Memories are Everything

Congratulations to Alan Arnette who topped out on Mount Everest around 05:00 Nepal time Saturday May 21.  Alan, you’ve made your mother very proud and honoured her memory with your achievement today. I tracked Alan via SPOT all afternoon but … Continue reading

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Alan’s Summit Bid

A friend and fellow climber, Alan Arnette is on his Everest summit bid as I type.  I’m thrilled that he managed to beat a persistent chest infection to even be able to make the attempt.  His motivation and passion for … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #205 Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one…

Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one. -Eleanor Roosevelt

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Visual Soliloquy #204 Of course I am extra strong, but those who try know that strength and knowledge come with doing…

Of course I am extra strong, but those who try know that strength and knowledge come with doing. –Elinore Pruitt Stewart

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Visual Soliloquy #203 There is no such thing in anyone’s life as an unimportant day…

There is no such thing in anyone’s life as an unimportant day. – Alexander Woollcott

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Visual Soliloquy #202 I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think…

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think. – Socrates

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Visual Soliloquy #201 If you don’t scale the mountain, you can’t view the plain.. .

If you don’t scale the mountain, you can’t view the plain. – Chinese proverb

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Visual Soliloquy #200 Live out of your imagination, not your history…

Live out of your imagination, not your history. -Stephen Covey

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Ripples in the Pond

When you drop a pebble in a pond, it makes ripples that travel out to the shore and then they refract back until they lose energy and dissipate (or at least that is how I imagine it). When we lead … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #199 I love reality. I love the world. I love the smell of it. I love it…

I love reality. I love the world. I love the smell of it. I love it. –Andrea Corr

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Visual Soliloquy #198 Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realize the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom…

Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom. –Bertrand Russell

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Visual Soliloquy #197 Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters…

Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books. –John Lubbock

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Visual Soliloquy #196 If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading…

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. –Lao Tzu

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Visual Soliloquy #195 There’s only one thing I never did and wish I had done: climbed over a fence…

There’s only one thing I never did and wish I had done: climbed over a fence. –Queen Mary

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Visual Soliloquy #194 All rivers, even the most dazzling, those that catch the sun in their course…

All rivers, even the most dazzling, those that catch the sun in their course, all rivers go down to the ocean and drown. And life awaits man as the sea awaits the river. –Simone Schwarz-Bart

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Visual Soliloquy #193 Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex…

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex… It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. –Albert Einstein

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Visual Soliloquy #192 All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand…

All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand. –Boyle Roche

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Visual Soliloquy #191 A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth…

A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so, life is but an endless series of little details, actions, speeches, and thoughts. And the consequences whether good or … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #190 Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly…

Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly. –Langston Hughes

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Visual Soliloquy #189 I never ran my train off the track…

I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger. –Harriet Tubman

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Visual Soliloquy #188 A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning…

A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked. –Anais Nin

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Visual Soliloquy #187 We learn the rope of life by untying its knots…

We learn the rope of life by untying its knots. –Jean Toomer

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Visual Soliloquy #186 Leisure is a form of silence, not noiselessness. It is the silence of contemplation…

Leisure is a form of silence, not noiselessness. It is the silence of contemplation such as occurs when we let our minds rest on a rosebud, a child at play, a Divine mystery, or a waterfall.–Fulton J. Sheen

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