Comments:

Margaret M. Cho - 2009-01-08 11:03:50
I like it. It IS hard to commit to things. Especially when NOT commiting gives us an easy out. I can't believe you are quoting Goethe. Its just recently that I learned his name is pronounced "Ger-te" or something like that. Not Geth, rhyming with Seth. Fortunately I am not called upon to mention Geth very often. :)
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Jane - 2009-01-08 14:57:19
Great quote! I have another one my daughter put down as a "favorite" somewhere...I'm pretty sure it's Goethe, too: "I have come to the frightening conclusion the I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or dehumanized. If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming." (I ought to get a book by this Goethe guy!)
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