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taboo

The last taboo is money. Families won't even talk about it. Parents and children don't even discuss money. And we really should. Because money is a means to an end. Not an end in itself. Start talking folks.

Out here in the suburbs, I have my celestial moments, coming home from teaching at night with only the streetlights and a yellow-lit window, I can see a smattering of stars, maybe planets. I stand still and look up, the vast dark sky casts a blanket over me with its twinkling sparks.

loom

My sister used to weave on a loom. She carried around the loom on the college campus. It made her into an artisan and I was proud of her. I can't remember exactly what she wove on is.

Every person comes with her own stories, even if she herself cannot see this. All efforts at communication are an attempt to delve deeper into the stories of others for by listening and understanding, we learn about ourselves.

In this life you've got to be determined in everything you want to do if you want to accomplish your goals.

It's all about how things are presented-- gifts, people, flowers, attitudes. It's the pomp and circumstance, It's the flourish. So remember, present things properly.

We spend our lives searching for methods. How to live, how to love, how to accumulate money, how to make decisions. How to start, how to stop. Sometimes we follow the methods of other people who seem to have the answers. There is method to our madness (Shakespeare).

Why the need to broadcast personal information? Keep it to yourself. No one cares. But we are obsessed with telling all. Information overload. One day it will tumble on us and collapse us in a heap-- all our terrible secrets, large and small.

roof

We used to go up on the roof when it was hot in the city and we'd talk and talk about how one day our life would take us far away from this roof and all the other rooftops growing up in the Queens air.

Nothing is simple until you break it down into small parts. It is easier to deal with the small ions of life before tackling massive mountains. Maybe life is simple-- we require air, food, water and love to give and receive. Simple, no?

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Robin wrote about complexity
“My job is to break down the complexity in this life and reduce things to their simple essence. Divide each problem and each task into smaller steps making them easier to tackle and conquer. We admir…”

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