“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.” — Coco Chanel
Thought for Today
Limited Thinking Limits Ability
I may have mentioned I have worked with individuals with disabilities. The last time was in middle management, supervising staff and providing case management for clients.
There were so many times staff members had decided someone could not do or learn to do a certain task, when in reality they could do the task, just in a different way. Learning to use the telephone does not require the ability to read. Putting on one’s own shoes does not require being able to tie shoelaces if you wear shoes with Velcro, slip-ons or even cowboy boots. Not being able to see that being “disabled” is often simply being “differently abled” was putting unnecessary limitations on people.
How many times do we decide we can’t do something when we really need to be looking for a different way to do it?
Thought for Today
“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept and celebrate those differences.” — Audre Lorde
Thought for Today
 “Tolerance and celebration of individual differences is the fire that fuels lasting love.” — Tom Hannah |
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Zucchini Bread
Photo copyright 2013 by R.A. Robbins
Last week I found myself at a small town farmer’s market. One of the things that came home with me was a zucchini. Some of it went into zucchini and tomatoes and the rest found it’s way into the lovely loaf of gluten free zucchini bread pictured above. I used my mother’s zucchini bread recipe with my usual substitutions — agave nectar, flax seed meal and hot water, unsweetened applesauce, buckwheat flour and all purpose gluten free flour. I also added chopped walnuts and to be just a little naughty chocolate chips. You can convert your own recipes. It’s not that hard, but it can take a little time and experimentation to figure out your substitutions.
Thought for Today
 “Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible — the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.” Virginia Satir |
Thought for Today
“We don’t need a melting pot in this country, folks. We need a salad bowl. In a salad bowl, you put in the different things. You want the vegetables – the lettuce, the cucumbers, the onions, the green peppers – to maintains their identity. You appreciate differences.” — Jane Elliot
“You Rasie Me Up”
Another inspirational video.
Thought for Today
“Nothing is ever just in your head. Nothing is ever just in your body. They are intrinsically linked — always.” — Dr. Christiane Northrup
Thought for Today
“Happiness, fulfillment and purpose in life are all inner concepts. If you don’t have inner peace and serenity, then you have nothing.” — Dr. Wayne Dyer
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