Category Archives: change

Security is Overrated!

Posted on May 13, 2014 by maggiec

“Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.” ~ William Congreve in Love for Love As folks know, I’m a college professor, and my actual specialty is Restoration drama, so William Congreve is one of my … Continue reading →

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Holding Patterns

Posted on May 12, 2014 by maggiec

Stasis: a state or condition in which things do not change, move, or progress ~ Merriam-Webster Dictionary Most of us go through periods of stasis in our lives. We get stuck in the groove of every day life, too caught … Continue reading →

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Stuck in Frustration

Posted on May 9, 2014 by maggiec

“I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.” ~ Søren Kierkegaard in Either/Or I was looking for something else, and found this and said, “Yes!”  Lately … Continue reading →

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How to Make Change

Posted on April 3, 2014 by maggiec

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” ~ Buckminster Fuller     I saw this quote on an Occupy Wall St. tweet today, so I appropriated … Continue reading →

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To Everything There is a Season

Posted on November 19, 2013 by maggiec

“The universe has to move forward. Pain and loss, they define us as much as happiness or love. Whether it’s a world, or a relationship… Everything has its time. And everything ends.” ~ Sarah Jane Smith, Companion. As written by … Continue reading →

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Change Comes from Within

Posted on October 5, 2013 by maggiec

“What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. (“Was wir innerlich erreichen, verändert die äußerliche Wirklichkeit”) ~ Otto Rank   Otto Rank, now forgotten by many, was a psychoanalyst and Freud’s closest assistant for many years. And while I was hoping … Continue reading →

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Ya Gotta Have a Plan

Posted on September 24, 2013 by maggiec

“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” ~ Jim Rohn This is so very true. We need to have an overall … Continue reading →

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Stumbling Block or Stepping Stone?

Posted on September 22, 2013 by maggiec

“A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt But to the realist it’s just something that has to be dealt with, sooner than later.  Now I like to think of myself as an … Continue reading →

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Celebrating New Beginnings

Posted on September 5, 2013 by maggiec

“It’s time to come together It’s up to you, what’s your pleasure? Everyone around the world come on! Yahoo! It’s a celebration” ~”Celebrate” Kool and the Gang People often assume that I’m Jewish, especially when I post L’Shana Tova on my … Continue reading →

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Something Wicked?

Posted on August 19, 2013 by maggiec

“By the pricking of my thumbs, / Something wicked this way comes.” ~Second Witch in Macbeth by Shakespeare Community is very important to me.  And thanks to the internet, forming community has become easier than ever. One of the reasons I … Continue reading →

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