Geri Seiberling

#WorldMentalHealthDay

They tell me that you lose your mind as you grow older. What they don't say is that you won't miss it very much.
Malcolm Cowley

Enjoy the journey.

Someone who understands you: Priceless. There is still hope for the world guys, as expressed in the prose "Gate A-4" by Naomi Shihab Nye

poets.org/poem/gate-4

Today is World Mental Health Day. If you were bleeding from the belly and went to the ER, they would not send you home until the bleeding stopped. But no one can see your mental health. If you are struggling today, please do whatever it takes to get the help you need. Suicide Hotline: Dial 988.

When you don't have the power, you organize. The labor movement taught us that. They can't jail us all now can they?

well they can't jail us all now can they?

“My belief in art creation is to try anything.” That's actually a good strategy for life creation too if you ask me.

I'm an entrepreneur. I have been one for 37 years. I lost my Dad this week. One of the hardest things about small biz is that the world spins madly on, even while you are already spinning. It doesn't stop just for you. Someone needs to write a book about this. Perhaps that someone is me.

Just a pet peeve of mine.. . . . when everything is all matchy matchy. Be it clothing, a living room, or an office space, it carries all the personality of a brown paper sack.

"Beauty endures even after devastation."

Thank you Sarah James for this healing read.

Don't give up before it starts. #persistence

This color is indescribable. I've enjoyed this flower in my garden for several years now, and I cannot get enough. Pictures do not do it justice. It's UV reflective, like an indigo bunting.

A portrait of Desmond Tutu on the left, and the words, "Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. - Desmond Tutu " next to it on the right in white font on dark blue background.

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. - Desmond Tutu

Remembering Archbishop Tutu on his birthday, October 7, 1931. 💐💐💐🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

Happy Birthday Niels Bohr
Oct 7, 1885 – Nov 18, 1962

Fav quotes:

“No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical.”

"How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.”

And this one:
“Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.”

YouTube video by DesmondTutu PeaceFoundation What is Ubuntu? Archbishop Tutu describes fundamental aspects of Ubuntu

Happy Birthday Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu
Oct 7, 1931- Dec 26, 2021

I have learned much from this man, and primarily the concept of #Ubuntu. We need UBUNTU now more than ever:

"A person is a person only through other persons."

A 2 min explanation by Archbishop Tutu:
youtu.be/GaiKX5VdfVE

The learning curve never ends. And yes, it's a good day / week if you have assisted at least one person! Rock on Philipp!

Hope you are madly excited about the potential of the week ahead! Success begins in your head. What do you expect to see? You'll find it-- whatever it is!

Happy Birthday Václav Havel
Oct 5, 1936 – Dec 18, 2011
“Human rights are universal & indivisible. Human freedom is also indivisible: if it is denied to anyone in the world, it is therefore denied, indirectly, to all people. This is why we cannot remain silent in the face of evil or violence . . .”

Yes, as a wise person once said, "If you don't think the environment is important, try holding your breath while you count your money." Evidently, clean water here is an issue that only the 'liberals' care about? Hmmmmm.

Happy Friday. . . happy 4th Quarter. Wishing you a great fall!

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

This is a great marketing strategy. Just sayin.

Amen Philipp! I wish I would have known this as a young adult. You always think you have a LOT of time then. You don't. You just don't know it yet.

HB Vladimir Horowitz
Oct 1, 1903 – Nov 5, 1989

“I must tell U I take terrible risks. Because my playing is very clear, when I make a mistake U hear it. If U want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make 1 mistake. Never be afraid to dare.”

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When I was a young entrepreneur, I would get in a spot where I would wonder if I had more time or more money. Both were in short supply. Now that I'm older, I know the answer. You can always get more money. You cannot get more time. Choose wisely.

Happy Birthday Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel
September 30, 1928- July 2, 2016

"No human being is illegal."

"Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere."

Elie Wiesel, highlighted in red, and other inmates in Buchenwald camp, 1945.

Happy Birthday Michelangelo Merisi (Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi) da Caravaggio, a.k.a.,
Caravaggio
September 29, 1571 – July 18, 1610

Narcissus (1594-96)

Wishing you a fruitful week ahead!

Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts detained by ICE agents The superintendent of the largest school district in Iowa has been detained by federal immigration officials. Superintendent Ian Roberts of Des Moines Public Schools was arrested Friday after fleeing ...

I'm boiling in my chair.

www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...

#TGIF Happy Birthday T. S. Eliot
September 26, 1888 - January 4, 1965

"We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."