"Don't invite internal critics back for Homecoming.
Let them visit someone else."
N. Kelton

"I didn't want to write 'out there' pieces
with so much happening inside."
N. Kelton

"We relate to those who struggle."
L.Buscaglia

"Real love is a very
human phenomenon."
L. Buscaglia

Grow up, you can't be an adult forever.
M. Alibrando

"Courage is knowing what not to fear."
Plato

"In a controversy the instant we feel anger
we have already ceased striving for the truth,
and have begun striving for ourselves."
Buddha

The Paradoxical Commandments

by Dr. Kent M. Keith

1. People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
    Love them anyway.
2. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
    Do good anyway.
3. If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies.
    Succeed anyway.
4. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
    Do good anyway.
5. Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
    Be honest and frank anyway.
6. The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas
    can be shot down by the smallest men and women
    with the smallest minds.
    Think big anyway.
7. People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
    Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
8. What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
    Build anyway.
9. People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
    Help people anyway.
10. Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
     Give the world the best you have anyway.
K. M. Keith
© 1968, 2001 Kent M. Keith

A turkey has made a great sacrifice,
when it becomes our symbol of thankfulness.
M. Alibrando

"What have you sacrificed lately to
make the world a better place?"
L. Buscaglia

Originally written - November 25, 1993

"Demanding perfection kills the joy
and the process.
It's the uptight adults on your back.
Get rid of them and hangout with
the child who enjoys playing in the sand."
N. Kelton

Wisdom is
in all of us
and we can
bring it forth
if we allow it to.
M. Alibrando

"No one just mounts a horse and just rides."
N. Kelton

"Doubt is an invitation to think."
M. Alibrando

"Don't be afraid to climb out on a limb... 
That's where the fruit is!"
L. Buscaglia

Originally written - November 23, 1993

Write what you know
and wisdom will flow.
M. Alibrando

"...is your resistance greater than your desire?"
N. Kelton

"..no one life is of more or less significance than another,
nor is any one of us more or less responsible,
for in each of us lies a vital part of the wholeness."
L. Buscaglia

"Writing wakes you up.
Both the outside and the inner world,
make you more conscious and alive."
Me misquoting N. Kelton

"No one has it all figured out."

"...look withinh to sort things out."

"If you go deeply enough into your soul,
you articulate what people feel."

"Some thing should become clear."
N. Kelton

"Good writing requires disclosure."

"...look at your experiences and
see the truths - both dark and light."

"Self-revelation is a gift to
both write and reader."
N. Kelton

You build a road one stone at a time.
M. Alibrando

Originally written - Febuary 28, 1997

Ideas come easily,
results take time.
M. Alibrando

Strength comes from really knowing
what you want and deciding.
M. Alibrando

Give yourself a chance to be
uniquely and originally yourself.
M. Alibrando

Make a special effort to catch the ideas, the thoughts,
the feelings that flash into your mind just briefly.
These flashes may prove to be the keys to the
important thing that are really you.
M. Alibrando

Originally written - July 20, 1993

Even rejected ideas are important and helpful.
What you are not says as much about you as what you are.
Don't be afraid to say no to an idea if it's not working for you.
M. Alibrando

Originally written - July 10, 1997

If you have peace within yourself,
other will see it
and want some for themselves.
M. Alibrando

"The job of a writer is to
communicate, not sell.
To pare it down to the truth."
N. Kelton

Write to figure things out.
M. Alibrando

Write what is in your heart.
M. Alibrando

"Quietly do it."
"Write about the things that matter to you."
"Look inward."
"Pull them out."
Me misquoting N. Kelton

"Those who want to write -
and not dream or talk -
best sit there and
get the words down."
N. Kelton

"Those who work and accomplish
don't yap.
And those who yap don't do."
N. Kelton

"Just do it."
N. Kelton

"If you think you are
sounding crazy or silly,
all the more reason to
say it.
That's your stuff.
Yours alone.
And probably your truest self."

"Keep it going.
Keep it alive.
And let it all hang out.
No one will cart you off
to the loony bin when you
write your truths for yourself."
N. Kelton

"By writing...,
you become more awake
and conscious."
N. Kelton

"There are two ways to
become a better writer:
1. By writing.
2. By becoming increasingly self-aware."
N. Kelton

"There are no shoulds."
N. Kelton

"A sheltered life can be a
daring life as well.
for all serious daring
starts from within."
E. Welty

"Look inside."
N. Kelton

"All experiences are material.
It is about what you have to say."
N. Kelton

"Write from where you are."
N. Kelton

"Every writer must articulate
from the specific.
They write from where they stand,
because there is nothing else,
from which to draw."
N. Kelton

One must formulate one's own values and
act upon them. 

The human condition should be accepted and
used as a means to personal growth.

If you can accept loneliness as a condition of existence,
then perhaps you can value it as a spur to the
pursuit of personal achievement.
M. Alibrando

Originally written - October 21, 1993