gregg784Reflection Seven: Destiny Bound as One “Finally, brethren, the ant teaches us about shared destiny. They go out together, return together, and protect the nest. In Kenya they say, ‘Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.’ In the Caribbean, the saying is, ‘All ah we in the same boat.’ We do not go to…
gregg784Reflection Three: Survival Through Cooperation “Ants are small, but they live long as a people because they cooperate. In Africa they say, ‘One log does not make a bridge.’ In Grenada and St. Vincent, we say, ‘One hand can’t clap.’ Each alone is vulnerable, but together we endure famine, fire, or flood.…
Read moregregg784Still Water Runs Deep – Part III Author: Sir Godfrey Gregg The wisdom of the saying “Still water runs deep” teaches us that strength is not always seen in outward display. In African and Caribbean traditions, silence is often a mark of the wise, and restraint is recognized as…
Read moregregg784Still Water Runs Deep – Part II Author: Sir Godfrey Gregg There is a quiet strength that the world often overlooks. The saying “Still water runs deep” reminds us that the truest depth is often hidden beneath a calm exterior. In both African and Caribbean wisdom, silence and patience are…
Read moregregg784Still Water Runs Deep Author: Sir Godfrey Gregg The old saying “Still water runs deep” has always been a guidepost for understanding that quietness does not mean emptiness, and silence does not mean the absence of wisdom. In the African and Caribbean cultures, where proverbs shape the rhythm of thought, this…
Read moregregg784These quotes take my breath away, didn’t know I was greatly admired by others Thanks for the sentiments guys. They say you are who you surround yourself with and I guess that makes me an incredibly intelligent beautiful human being because that’s what you are my best friend.…
Read moregregg784Sir Godfrey Gregg When you are at war with yourself, who is winning? There is no good that comes from attacking yourself from within. Your demons that haunt your mind can’t be removed through force. You must work with your demons: change them through time, learn to ignore them,…
Read moregregg784Sir Godfrey Gregg The ceramics teacher announced on opening day that he was dividing the class into two groups. All those on the left side of the studio, he said, would be graded solely on the quantity of work they produced, all those on the right solely on its…
Read moregregg784Sir Godfrey Gregg Be proud of your actions. Be proud of your attempts. Be proud of all the times you have tried to succeed. Be proud of your failures. Any attempt, if you put effort into it, is worth pride, win or lose. Average Rating 0 out of 5…
Read moregregg784Sir Godfrey Gregg There is no failure in a loss. To lose means you have tried and anytime you try you succeed. Even in a loss, you succeed, you succeed by learning, by attempting, by being bold enough to follow your dreams. There is no winning in never having…
Read moregregg784Only when you have walked with me through the valley of hardship… When you have fought beside me against an evil foe… When you have cried with me through a painful heartache… When you have laughed with me at life joyous moments… When you have held my hand in…
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Sir Godfrey Gregg“Each day holds a surprise. But only if we expect it can we see, hear or feel it when it comes to us. Let’s not be afraid to receive each day’s surprise, whether it comes to us as sorrow or as joy, it will open a new place in…
Read moreSir Godfrey Gregg“Try to make at least one person happy every day. If you cannot do a kind deed, speak a kind word. If you cannot speak a kind word, think a kind thought. Count up, if you can, the treasure of happiness that you would dispense in a week, in…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggJust to look back in 2017 and see where these quotes applied. If you look at them favourably, maybe you can take them with you in 2018 “A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.” “A friend to all is a friend to none.” “A stranger stabs you in…
Read moregregg784“A friend can tell you things you don’t want to tell yourself.” ”A friend in need is a friend indeed.” “A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.” “A friend is one who knows you and loves…
Read moregregg784“A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.” “A friend to all is a friend to none.” “A stranger stabs you in the front, a friend stabs you in the back, a boyfriend stabs you in the heart, but best friends only poke each other with straws.”…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggWhat are mirrors? Everyone and everything in life is a mirror back to you to see what is really going on within you. Many people struggle through life because they do not know how to use their mirrors. When you drive a car, you use your mirrors to navigate…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggThere is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under the jurisdiction. I can decide how I spend my time, whom I interact with, whom I share my body and life and money and energy with. I can select what I can…
Read moreSir Godfrey Gregg“Let’s tell the truth to people. When people ask, ‘How are you?’ have the nerve sometimes to answer truthfully. You must know, however, that people will start avoiding you because, they, too, have knees that pain them and heads that hurt and they don’t want to know about yours.…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggMy will shall shape my future. Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man’s doing but my own. I am the force: I can clear any obstacle before me or I can be lost in the maze. My choice, my responsibility; win or lose, only I hold the…
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