The secret of
change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building
the new. ~ Socrates
For months, my screensaver featured a photo
of a rose hovering between bud and bloom. The accompanying quote, attributed to
Socrates, tells “the secret of change.”
Recently, writing on the topic of change, I decided to look up the quote; you know, a little backstory can be so good for inspiration. I found the speaker was Socrates, all right - not the Greek philosopher, but a fictional character named for the famous sage. The character appeared in a book
that was published in 1980.
Lesson learned? I guess sometimes the “change”
that’s hard to accept isn’t a change at all, but a correction of a perception –
or misconception. Ouch.
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My new
book, Dumb
Things We Say to Dogs, is a collection of essays inspired by some of the
changes that life lays on us.
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