When I was seventeen I was a sophomore in college at UW-Milwaukee. I worked full time five days per week at a Big Boy restaurant on Kilbourn street in Milwaukee. Tuesday’s and Thursday’s I had off from work and on … Continue reading
Category Archives: Reading Room
“The key to success: do only one thing at a time-and give it everything you’ve got.”-Brook Noel Do only one thing at a time: don’t laugh-I really mean it! I know this concept might seem difficult to grasp and I … Continue reading
When I was 16 I stumbled across a small book titled “Letters to a Young Poet” written by Rainer Maria Rilke. In 1903 a nineteen-year-old Franz Kappus wrote to Rilke looking for guidance and a critique of some of his … Continue reading
When I was 10 my favorite thing in the world was to visit Book World-a quant bookstore thirty miles away in the town of Minocqua. I remember when Blue Mountain Arts released their poetry collections. I loved Helen Steiner Rice … Continue reading
I have always been a “quote collector.” Even as a child my allowance funds were spent on inspirational wallet-cards at the local bookstore. Just after college, I started a “Quote Collection” in a beautiful blank book I had received for … Continue reading
“You must have the courage to do the thing you think you cannot do.”-Anne Morrow-Lindburgh Good morning! Sometimes the best encouragement and inspiration can come from our peers. This quote was submitted by a very courageous reader-it had been on … Continue reading
“Let him that would move the world first move himself.” -Socrates Good morning! Nancy sent in this quote with the following note: I like this quote because it shows that nothing has really changed in thousands of years- even Socrates … Continue reading
“Thoughts are energy. And you can make your world or break your world by your own thinking.”-Susan L. Taylor, journalist Good morning! For those of you who have sincerely practiced one or more of the Good Morning routines, you have … Continue reading
You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy. ~Eric Hoffer (So why not just get rid of it? ~Brook) Have you ever found yourself excusing the way you spend your time with the phrase, … Continue reading