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Carol H Tucker
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Be warned:in this very rich environment where you can immerse yourself so completely, your emotions will become engaged -- and not everyone is cognizant of that. Among the many excellent features of SL, there is no auto-return on hearts, so be wary of where your's wanders...
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drawing the line
Today is the 6th day for the 25th week, the 23rd day of the 6th month, the 174th day of 2017, and:
- International Widows' Day
- Father's Day (Nicaragua, Poland)
- Let It Go Day
- National Eat At A Food Truck Day
- National Hydration Day
- National Pecan Sandies Day ((one of my favorite cookes))
- National Pink Day
- Pink Flamingo Day
- Public Service Day
- Runner's Selfie Day
- SAT Math Day -- in 1926 the College Board administered the first SAT exam
- Take Your Dog to Work Day
- Typewriting Day – in 1868 Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer"
ON THIS DAY: In 229 Sun Quan proclaimed himself emperor of Eastern Wu. In 1611 the mutinous crew of Henry Hudson's fourth voyage set Henry, his son and seven loyal crew members adrift in an open boat in what is now Hudson Bay; they are never heard from again. In 1794 Empress Catherine II of Russia granted Jews permission to settle in Kiev. In 1810 John Jacob Astor formed the Pacific Fur Company. In 1887 the Rocky Mountains Park Act became law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park. In 1894 the International Olympic Committee was founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin. In 1917 in a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retired 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire. In 1931 Wiley Post and Harold Gatty took off from New York on the first round-the-world flight in a single-engine plane. In 1960 the US FDA declared Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world. In 1969 IBM announced that effective January 1970 it will price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry. In 1993 Lorena Bobbitt of Prince William County VA sexually mutilated her husband, John, after he allegedly raped her. In 2012 Ashton Eaton broke the decathlon world record at the US Olympic Trials. In 2013 Nik Wallenda became the first man to successfully walk across the Grand Canyon on a tight rope. In 2016 the UK voted in a referendum to leave the European Union
Quote of the day:
“No is a powerful word. To me, it’s the single most powerful word in the English language. Said clearly, strongly and with enough frequency and force, it can alter the course of history.”
~ Shonda Rhimes, writer
((it is also seems to be one of the first words that toddlers start using))
When do you say no? If you are a parent, it seems that you say and hear it constantly. In the workplace we are told that we should be focusing on getting to yes rather than saying no. In our heads, it is a little more difficult, neh? When do you decide that you cannot have Pecan Sandies around because if you do, you will eat them and they aren’t good for your blood sugar level? When do you decide that you cannot afford a dangnabit moment and you put your credit card away? When do you decide that you aren’t going to accept someone else’s [whether it be family, friends, neighbors, communities, society] definition of who you are and what you should be doing?
Call it discipline, boundaries, regulation, whatever, where, and when you choose to say “no” is every bit as important as saying yes.
Then again for those of us who don’t deal with absolutes…..
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