Pete Gasper

Musing About Literature❓ Literature are those written works that have withstood the test of time.

Better than a silver dollar❓

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#literature

"Faith"❓ Faith is not seeing, but believing.—Twenty-Four Hours a Day

Thoughts of others about “Faith”…

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#faith

Quote About Sports❓ Nowhere is the mind-body connection more dramatically visible than in competitive sport.

THE crucible for success.

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#sports

Quotes About Humility❓ It could be argued that Christianity is one tremendous koan that makes the mind boggle and gasp in astonishment; and faith is the breakthrough into that deep realm of the soul which accepts paradox wi...

Not easy…

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#humility

Quotes About Growth❓ How to avoid your own growth by focusing on the growth of others.—Edwin H.

Superior to manufacturing.

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#growth

Quotes About Family❓ The best things in life are family. The worst things in life are family.—Pete Gasper

A restack (family is on my mind).

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#family

Quotes About Learning❓ Learning is the beginning of wealth.

A critical habit.

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#learning

Quotes About Art❓ The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.—Pablo Picasso

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Parker J. Palmer Quotes❓ I am a teacher at heart, and there are moments in the classroom when I can hardly hold the joy.

Hope for the United States of America 🇺🇸…

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#ParkerJ.Palmer

Quotes About Philosophy❓ Philosophy is dead.

Is philosophy dead❓

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#philosophy

Musing About Polymath❓ A polymath is an individual whose knowledge spans many different subjects, and who is known to draw on complex bodies of knowledge to solve specific problems.

Do you know a polymath❓

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#polymath

Musing About Hormesis❓ Hormesis is the biological term for what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

🧪

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#hormesis

Joseph Campbell Quotes❓ It would not be too much to say that myth is the secret opening through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos pour into human cultural manifestation.—Campbell

The man behind Star Wars…

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#josephcampbell

Musing About Bicycling❓ Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.—H.

My path to South Africa II…

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#bicycling

Quotes About Running III If it feels like work, you’re working too hard.—Eric Orton

My first love II…

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#running

Quotes About Running II❓ People begin running for any number of motives, but we stick to it for one basic reason—to find out who we really are.—George Sheehan

My first love.

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#running

Quotes About Running❓ Running made me free.

Simple. Not easy…

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#running

Musing About Swimming❓ (and the Comrades Marathon)

Pool running, my personal path to South Africa…

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#swimming

Musing About Hormesis❓ Hormesis is the biological term for what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

“What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.”

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#hormesis

Quotes About Art❓ The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.—Pablo Picasso

We are all artists.

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#art

Iris Murdoch Quotes❓ The self, the place where we live, is a place of illusion.

A wise woman.

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#irismurdoch

Quotes About Facts❓ Everyone is entitled to their own opinions.

Different than opinions…

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#facts

Quotes About Procrastination❓ Working is one of the most dangerous forms of procrastination.—Gretchen Rubin

“Opportunity’s assassin…”

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#procrastination

Quotes About Aging❓ The following is a snippet from a great book titled _Aging Well: Surprising Guideposts to a Happier Life From the Landmark Harvard Study of Adult Development_ by Dr.

Biological gravity…

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#aging

John Lennon Quotes❓ You may say that I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.

A genius.

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#johnlennon

New Zealand

Advice from the guy living in a van down by the river

Quotes About Nightmares❓ For many, the American dream has become a nightmare.—Bernie Sanders

Bad dreams…

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#nightmares

Welcome to rural Wisconsin

Quotes About Presence II❓ Stop measuring days by degree of productivity and start experiencing them by degree of presence.— Alan Watts

In the end, all we have II…

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#presence