Choice Lit Topic: Big Fresh Archives
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The Big Fresh April 6, 2013 Thanks
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a...
The Big Fresh March 30, 2013 Appreciation
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. William James I’ve often wondered why people choose the bumper stickers they do. Stickers like “My kid...
The Big Fresh March 23, 2013 Reteaching
Sometimes it is necessary To reteach a thing its loveliness . . . Galway Kinnell I’m in a long line of idling cars to pick up my daughter at...
The Big Fresh March 16, 2013 Temptation and Willpower
I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it. Mae West Lately I’ve been reading and thinking a lot about willpower — how individuals build or lose focus and...
The Big Fresh March 9, 2013 Without Cheating
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undone. Lin Yutang In tiny print at the bottom of an article titled,...
The Big Fresh March 2, 2013 Notes
We write to remember our nows later. Terri Guillemets When I was in graduate school in the 1980s, I was fascinated by the research project of my favorite English...
The Big Fresh February 23, 2013 What’s Your Password?
You become what you think about most of the time. Brian Tracy When I made the decision to improve my financial literacy, I set up several new accounts online....
The Big Fresh February 16, 2013 Small Things
Nothing can be done except little by little. Charles Baudelaire Two weeks ago 18 Choice Literacy contributors gathered in Portland, Oregon, for a weekend writing retreat. As part of...
The Big Fresh February 9, 2013 Add Ons
A lot of times people don’t know what they want until you show it to them. Steve Jobs I agree with Steve Jobs’ words regarding innovation, but I think...
The Big Fresh February 2, 2013 Big Lists
The list could go on, and there is nothing more wonderful than a list . . . Umberto Eco For much of my professional life, all lists have been...
The Big Fresh January 26, 2013 The Stick Game
Half of the time I don’t know what they’re talking about; their jokes seem to relate to a past that everyone but me has shared. I’m a foreigner in the...
The Big Fresh January 19, 2013 Shoulds
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing, and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there. Rumi At the side of my desk sits my little Epson printer. It’s...
The Big Fresh January 12, 2013 Control
Control is never achieved when sought after directly. It is the surprising outcome of letting go. James Arthur Ray Years ago when I was a professor at the University...
The Big Fresh January 5, 2013 Both Sides
An artist is someone who can hold two opposing viewpoints and still remain fully functional. F. Scott Fitzgerald A few months ago I was reading through the essays on...
The Big Fresh December 29, 2012 Goals
Goals are dreams with deadlines. Diana Scharf Hunt This is the time of renewal, with many of us setting goals for the coming weeks and months. In the past...
The Big Fresh December 15, 2012 Visitor Ball
Ritual affirms the common patterns, the values, the shared joys, risks, sorrows, and changes that bind a community together. Ritual links together our ancestors and descendants, those who went before...
The Big Fresh December 8, 2012 Go Go Gadgets
I’ve always been interested in gadgets and technology, and I’ve always been a reader. Levar Burton What do Blinc mascara, coilers and toothpaste squeezers have in common? They are...
The Big Fresh December 1, 2012 Acceptable Alternatives
There’s an alternative. There’s always a third way, and it’s not a combination of the other two ways. It’s a different way. David Carradine One of my exercise buddies,...
The Big Fresh November 17, 2012 Purse Pass
Silence is a statement that is open to gross misinterpretation. Craig Bruce “Why do you only have one dollar in your purse?” Ahna looked alarmed as she straightened my...
The Big Fresh November 10, 2012 Whimsy
Cinderella is proof that a pair of shoes can change your life. ...
The Big Fresh November 3, 2012 Giving Too Much
The greatest thing about music is putting it out there for people to figure out. You want the listener to find the song on their own. If you give too...
