by Idella Woods, September 22, 2010 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "You were born an original. Don’t die a copy." ~ John Mason To reinvent oneself sounds so ….lofty……noble…..pompous…adventurous. What does it even mean to REINVENT? Did I invent myself in the first place? Technically, no – but otherwise YES. The decision to do it is actually EASY. ...
With his teacher's encouragement, James found his voice - and his destiny. It was the genesis of what would become an illustrious career - from mute to stage.
“Don’t ever let anybody tell you they’re better than you, Forrest. If God intended everybody to be the same, he’d have given us all braces on our legs.” - Mrs. Gump, From the motion picture Forest Gump (1994) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The ‘bootstrap’ work ethic is the main tool in the hands that built a nation. ...