Comments on: Ten Pieces of Inspiration #3

By: Rachael

Rachael — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:18:36 +0000

If you like the barefoot running style but don’t want to actually run barefoot, try Vibram five fingers. Your feet will hurt at first but it is the only way I can run without shin splints. Definetly worth the money.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:30:23 +0000

I absolutely loved this and the previous post like it! So many things to inspire me – from your daughter to Abraham Lincoln! This is a great idea and I hope you keep it up! Have a good one!

By: Russ

Russ — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:14:57 +0000

Every time I read the Gettysburg Address I am struck by this irony:

“The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.”

I would say that the world, taken as a whole, remembers what Lincoln said there far more than it remembers the battle itself. Outside of America, I’d be hard pressed to find anyone who remembers “what they did here”, yet even harder pressed to find someone who DOESN’T recognise the words “four score and seven years ago”.

By: Jeanette

Jeanette — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:01:52 +0000

Bill
Sorry your interest in your child wasn’t strong enough to overcome your annoyance with the women who talked nonstop (you could sit by yourself and enjoy your child’s efforts).

Ironically, many of us women feel the same way at various sporting events when we have to listen to men and (and some women) making inappropriately “enthusiastic” comments and screaming crazy admonitions while our children are simply trying to practice and play well and enjoy themselves.

Yet, we do not stay in our cars because we can’t stand listening to the language and watching the behavior that we don’t like or condone. Being present to encourage and support our children, boys and girls, is far more important than our discomfort because some people act so badly.

By: Dan @ Casual Kitchen

Dan @ Casual Kitchen — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 14:02:52 +0000

Thanks for sharing the Gettysburg Address. Agreed, it IS inspiring. And the history behind the speech is interesting too. If you’ve seen Ken Burns’ “Civil War” documentary, you’ll hear how the speech was so short that the photographer didn’t have time to get his equipment set up to get a photo of the president. Also, whenever we hear someone give this speech, it’s always in a deep, profound sounding voiceover type of voice (like Henry Fonda, or David McCullough). In reality, Lincoln had an annoying, high-pitched voice and a really strong Kentucky twang accent, and the east-coast intellectual establishment loathed him for it. Funny how history repeats in unusual ways.

Dan @ Casual Kitchen

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 13:16:41 +0000

Of all my kids hobbies, dance was my most hated. My daughter danced for 10 years. I had to sit in my car during practice because inside all the other parents where women and they would talk non stop about nothing.

Not to mention the recital’s 2 hours of pain 4 times a year.

By: mary m

mary m — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 03:31:01 +0000

i love this series~

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 22:10:32 +0000

Love the Charlie Munger quote. Like a lot of people I can get really big expectations on something that means a lot to me in my life. I mean sure it’s normal to feel like that, but my expectations get to the level of humanly impossible. You get much further to your goals this way, at least.

By: J.D. Roth

J.D. Roth — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 21:33:58 +0000

I’m not ashamed to say that when the Glee kids performed “Dog Days are Over” at the end of the Sectionals episode (about six weeks ago), I cried. I actually cried. It was frickin’ awesome.

Thanks for reminding me of that song, Trent. I’d meant to buy it from iTunes then, but forgot. I didn’t forget today!

By: Amber

Amber — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 18:14:56 +0000

So glad your daughter loves ballet!!! It will show her dicipline and respect for herself if she sticks with it! Love these Saturday posts!

By: valleycat1

valleycat1 — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 16:37:16 +0000

I’m enjoying these posts too – a nice positive way to start my weekend!

My child showed (& still does as an adult) remarkable tenacity like your daughter’s when faced with a personal challenge she decided she could conquer. She continues to inspire me every day, as we’re quite different personalities & have a lot to learn from each other.

When my DH proposed paying off our mortage about 10 years ago with some inherited $, I was weirded out at the idea – it was ‘normal’ to have a mortgage payment, right? He convinced me, we did it, & it is so great not to have a monthly payment anymore, other than what we put toward the insurance & property taxes.

I recently did a comparison similar to your mortgage check, but of year-end credit card payments (they’re both almost paid off) – not only the balance but also the huge decline in the amount of interest I’ve been handing over annually. Just look at several years’ of December statements for a nice summary. Quite the motivation to keep going on the snowball plan!

By: Steven@hundredgoals.com

Steven@hundredgoals.com — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:33:45 +0000

I’m not a fan of Rockefeller. His perseverence to outlaw alcohol is a big reason why we’re dependent on fossil fuels today.

I’d post a link but my comment will get stuck in moderation and die, so I recommend Google-ing John Rockefeller and prohibition to see what you come up with.

Yeah, perseverence will overcome almost anything…especially if there’s profit to be made.

By: friend

friend — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:02:19 +0000

Trent these Saturday posts have been so rich! Not so much to do with money, but all sorts of things to remind us why we’re alive. Thanks especially for the Cezanne and the Dog Days.