The Dignity of Work
A person’s worth is not their job’s prestige. A quotation from Martin Luther King Jr. invites us to reflect on care, dignity, and working conditions.
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Thoughts, letters, articles, and quotes to revisit without hurry.
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When a Mistake Becomes a Lesson
Remorse cannot change the past; the lesson we draw from a mistake can guide future choices.
Daring and Difficulty
A saying attributed to Seneca invites us to distinguish real difficulties from those magnified by waiting and fear.
Serenity and What Does Not Matter
A thought from Marcus Aurelius asks us to distinguish what deserves our attention from what should not govern our inner lives.
What Matters in Life
Possessions and opportunities matter, but how we use them says more about the person we choose to become.
Papy’s Sayings
When I was sixty, my children brought back to me some of the sayings I had repeated over the years. I preserve them as family reflections on work, learning, presence and the passing of life.