"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.

• A notebook is a platform for your imagination.

• The quality of our questions will determine the quality of our life.

• Never outsource your validation or self-worth.

• Think about how marvelous graveyards could be if they could tell stories, sing songs, and write poems.

• The problem with being successful is you start to believe the hype.

• If you want to be right all the time, you will have to change your views.

• We have to stay relevant with the times or risk being relics of the past.

Joy Toys

• Smiles and Flowers

• Hugs and Applauses

• Laughing and Music

• Dancing and Singing

• Kisses and Compliments

• Your life is a story made up of events, circumstances, experiences, and emotions.

• Freedom: Your joy does not depend on the decisions of others.

• Let go of everything that does not make you better.

• Don't take "no" from someone who can't say "yes."

• Everyone takes some secrets to their grave.

• The past is a fun place to visit, but it's a bad place to live. Nothing new ever happens in the past.

• With humility and an open mind, it's always possible to learn more.

Magic Question

Did you have a real conversation today?

P.S. Searching for a book recommendation? Our team at The Daily Coach highly recommends The Last Negroes at Harvard: The Class of 1963 and the 18 Young Men Who Changed Harvard Forever by Kent Garrett and Jeanna Ellsworth. In the fall of 1959, Harvard recruited an unprecedented eighteen “Negro” boys as an early form of affirmative action. Four years later they would graduate as African Americans. Some fifty years later, one of these trailblazing Harvard grads, Kent Garrett, would begin to reconnect with his classmates and explore their vastly different backgrounds, lives, and what their time at Harvard meant.