Cathy Burnham Martin's Blog, page 126
March 19, 2022
National Let’s Laugh Day
“I like to laugh at myself.
It frees me from any pesky expectations or delusions of grandeur.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, Author
“Encouragement: How to Be and Find the Best,” 2019
(Image by Sarah Richter)
March 18, 2022
Unity
“A faithful friend is the medicine of life.”
–Apocrypha: The Book of Ecclesiasticus 6:16
March 17, 2022
The Luck ‘o the Irish to You!
They say everyone’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. All I know is we can all at least claim to have a bit of the blarney in us. Thank you, friends. Love, peace, good health, and calmness are in my daily prayers. Enjoy the day with this Irish Toast:
“There are good ships and there are wood ships, the ships that sail the sea. But the best ships are friendships, and may they ever be.”
(Photo by Claudia Welleson)
March 16, 2022
Fly, Baby, Fly!
“Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.”
— Charles Prestwich Scott (1846-1932)
British newspaper editor
Also published in Cathy Burnham Martin’s “A Healthier You” (2005) and “Healthy Thinking Habits” (2015)
(Photo by Denis Doukhan)
March 15, 2022
Listen Up!
“The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.”
— Hubert H. Humphrey (1911 – 1978)
American pharmacist & politician
38th vice president of the United States
March 14, 2022
National Potato Chip Day
“Government bailouts are like potato chips. They can’t stop with just one.”
— Thomas Sowell (1930 – )
American economist, social theorist, and political philosopher
March 13, 2022
Imagination!
“Everything you can imagine is real.”
— Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1973)
Spanish painter & sculptor
(Photo by Judith Girard-Marczak)
March 12, 2022
Courage
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” [image error] [image error] [image error] [image error]
— Ambrose Hollingworth Redmoon (born James Neil Hollingworth) (1933 – 1996); American beatnik, hippie, and band manager
(Image by Cristi Ursea)
March 11, 2022
Awareness!
Yesterday was the International Day of Awesomeness, but it inspired me to think that we may be well-served by a Day of Awareness. With so much naysaying, criticism, and divisiveness fluttering about, I present one of my lines from my 2019 book.
“I am calling for uncommon decency.
Respect that comes from awareness.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, author
Encouragement: How to Be and Find the Best, 2019
(Photo by Goran Horvat)
March 10, 2022
International Day of Awesomeness!
“People always tell you, ‘Be humble. Be humble.’ When was the last time someone told you to be amazing? Be great! Be great! Be awesome! Be awesome!”
— Kanye West (1977 – ); American rapper and record producer
Make this day YOUR day! Then do it again tomorrow!
(Photo by Mohoshin Uddin)
