"Notes" of An Elder

Nothing in life is of any value unless it is shared with others.

"Notes" of An Elder is a depository of pertinent information, knowledge and wisdom. Available weekly will be an elder's "thinking menu" for your use. Enjoy this bounty.

• The best way to get past any barrier is to come at it from a different direction.

• Everyone you meet will leave you. Make sure they leave you better than when you found them.

• Your life is a reflection of you. If you want to change your life, you have to change yourself. If you want to change the world, you have to be that change.

• Don't live your time living someone else's life.

• The mind is blind, but the heart is true.

• The manner in which you carry yourself will often determine how you are treated.

• "Discomfort is the price of admission for a meaningful life." ― Dr. Susan David

Life’s Most Baffling Questions

• Who am I?

• Why am I on Earth?

• What am I capable of doing?

• Why do I get up each morning?

• What do I want out of life?

• Spend at least two hours a day on deliberate learning.

• Anyone who wishes to be cured of ignorance must first admit to it.

• Every single day is a measure of time and a matter of interpretation.

• "Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use." ― Steve Jobs

• What matters most isn't what you know but what you do.

• As long as you live, keep learning how to live.

• Living someone else's dream is a betrayal of your own.

Magic Question

What do you want to be?