by Marty Coleman | Oct 21, 2010 | Are Your Rights Right? - 2010, John Wooden |
Day #3 of ‘Rights Weeks’ at The Napkin Dad Daily
I didn’t mean to start a series on rights this week. That’s why the series didn’t start until Tuesday. But after I did one and Wednesday rolled around with it’s purple push against bullying it naturally made me think more along those lines.
Here’s the thing about rights. True wisdom in morality and ethics is all about them. Knowing when you have them, when you don’t. When you can give them up and when you can’t. When you should give them up and when you shouldn’t. When to demand them, when to persuade them. When something, or someone, is more important than them, and when they are not.
I love this quote because it puts the other person in the forefront no matter what. That is the ultimate right, to choose our course of action. And the best course of action, just in case you are ever in doubt, is to always love the person in front of you.
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Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by John Wooden, 1910-2010, UCLA Basketball Coach
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by Marty Coleman | Oct 20, 2010 | Are Your Rights Right? - 2010, Robert Ingersoll |
Being purple today means you accept all people of any and multiple colors every day. Not just color of skin, but color of mind, heart, desire and body.
Give yourself over to celebrating those people who are not like you. Who wear clothes you would never wear, who say things in ways you would never say them, who think about the world in ways you hadn’t thought of.
Instead of judging people today, just enjoy them.
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Drawing and Commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Robert Ingersoll, 1833-1899, American orator. One of the most well known social and political leaders of the 19th century.
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by Marty Coleman | Oct 19, 2010 | Are Your Rights Right? - 2010, Harry Weinberger |
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But are we free to command obedience to that ‘wrong’ from others in politics, society, religion? No, we are not.
Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Harry Weinberger, 1924-2009, German-born British artist
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by Marty Coleman | Oct 18, 2010 | aha moment, Anonymous |
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I am a FINALIST! You can vote for me again at AHA MOMENT. The top 10 will become national TV ads in 2011.
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I take WAY to long to get things done. I talk more than I do. Ironically, the fence I built last year was one of the quickest projects I ever completed. Had it all done in 10 days, working every day but one on it. Now if I could just do that with the guttering and a zillion other things on my to do list!
Drawing by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Anonymous
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by Marty Coleman | Oct 14, 2010 | Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Memory - 2010 |
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I can’t remember if I told you this, but it’s ‘Memory Week’ at The Napkin Dad Daily
I have great stories from my life and I like to tell them. So, as a service to mankind and to help you avoid the problem mentioned in the napkin today, I have this suggestion; if you happen to hear one of my stories twice think of it as seeing a rerun of your favorite TV show during the summer. See, wasn’t that easy?
My father, who is 92, is sharp as a tack mentally. For about 2 minutes. Then he forgets what I have told him and asks again how the family is doing; daughters, wife, etc. I will recount for him what I had just told him and about the 2nd or 3rd time it pretty much sinks in and he is up to date on things, for a while.
We should all have someone like that at our disposal so we can tell our stories as many times as we want and not worry about having told it before!
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Drawing by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily (I repeat this line EVERY DAY, have you noticed that?)
Quote by François duc de La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer
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by Marty Coleman | Oct 12, 2010 | Memory - 2010, Michel de Montaigne |
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Late yesterday I think I remembered that I hadn’t ever done a series on Memory yet.
A statement of logic and heart:
1. Most of the memories I can’t forget are about things I regret.
2. For every regret, there is a lesson learned.
3. I don’t mind remembering a lesson learned.
Thus: I don’t want to forget that which I regret.
Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
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| Quote by Michel de Montaigne, 1533-1592, French Essayist and statesman |
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by Marty Coleman | Oct 8, 2010 | Fame, James Howell |
Day #5 of ‘Fame Week’ at The Napkin Dad Daily
What are you famous for? Fame at the average person’s level is fame among family, friends, co-workers. If those who know you were asked ‘what is ‘your name here’ famous for?’ What do you think they would say? At work, are you famous for your patience? Are you well-known for your sales ability? Is your reputation all about you being able to get things done fast?
What you are known for is your fame.
Another way of looking at this is ‘what is your brand?’ Your personal brand identity is really nothing more than your reputation. The key of course is that once you have built your identity and have a reputation for something, to not lose it. You see it all the time in businesses and personal lives. People say they are intellectual because they read deep books in college, but that was 25 years ago and they haven’t explored things intellectually since. The restaurant that has the great reputation, but now is mediocre and uncaring about the product.
Make sure you are being who you said you were years ago. Make sure you maintain your brand, your identity, otherwise it will catch up to you while you are sleeping.
Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by James Howell, 1594-1666, British historian and writer
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by Marty Coleman | Oct 7, 2010 | Fame, John Keats |
Day #4 of ‘Fame Week’ at the Napkin Dad Daily
Have you ever witnessed (or maybe have been in the midst of it yourself) someone who is so desperate for something you just know it is going to slip between their fingers. It might be a relationship, a job, money, or fame. But whatever it is, you almost get the feeling there is a cruel joke being played. The person who wants it the most is not going to get it.
I watched an episode of the TV show Survivor last night. And in the episode there was one man who was seeking to be made the leader. He kept asking for a chance to be leader. He begged to be made leader. And the more he begged, the more people saw him as being too desperate and not likely to be a good leader. The very act of communicating his desire so fervently was the deciding factor in the other people not wanting to help fulfill that desire. He was not made leader. He was voted off the island instead.
Whether you become famous or not, in the end you will still be living with yourself day to day, every day. If you aren’t happy with that person, then being known world-wide is not going to help you. Being confident inside yourself of your own worth and ability is the most secure way to deal with whatever happens, fame or obscurity.
Drawing by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by John Keats, 1795-1821, English Romantic poet
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by Marty Coleman | Oct 6, 2010 | Cato the Elder, Death - 2001-2011, Fame |
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Day #3 of ‘Fame Week’ on The Napkin Dad Daily
We have time travelled backward from yesterday, this quote is by Cato the Elder, who lived right smack dab in between Marcus Aurelius and Socrates.
Cato was a bit of an over achiever. He was a diplomat, politician, historian and a farmer. He had seen many a monument to people whom he, no doubt, felt were unworthy of the honor but for their station and influence in life.
His point is simple. Better to let people say you should be more famous than to say you are not worthy of the fame you have.
Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Cato the Elder, Roman Renaissance man (before the Renaissance), 234 BCE – 149 BCE
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by Marty Coleman | Oct 5, 2010 | Fame, Marcus Aurelius |
Day #2 of ‘Fame Week” at The Napkin Dad Daily. Today we move into the Roman Empire with a quote by my favorite Emperor, Marcus Aurelius.
So, we started with Socrates talking about the perfume of heroic deeds being what fame is made of. Now, 500-600 years later we read the Emperor Aurelius saying it will all fade away, fame and the famous. What happened to make that transformation?
Well, most likely it was Marcus Aurelius’ own observations of the history of his time. The golden age of Greece was ancient history to him by then, they were unearthing old remnants of that era and reconstructing some element of it but overall they saw it as long gone. Even the rich and famous and powerful of his day were supplanted and forgotten. The death of Caesar was already almost 200 years in the past. That is roughly akin in our era to remembering back to the death of George Washington in 1799.
Yes, George is still famous. Yes, Caesar is still famous. But the Emperor is not really talking about those exceptions to the rule. He is talking about the hundreds and thousands and millions of others who thought themselves so important, so indispensable who are now forgotten by all.
It’s a sad thought in some ways, but it is a good thought in many more ways. It keeps us focused on the reality of now. We may be remembered for a while, maybe hundreds or even thousands of years in some cases. but it’s not likely and it’s not something to depend on.
What we can depend on is now. You are here now. What deed can you do now? What obscure and unseen gesture can you do now to help a friend, encourage a co-worker? Will it lead to fame? Not likely. But will it lead to love and kindness growing? Yes, it will. And that is worth more than all the fame you could ever gather for yourself.
Drawing by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Marcus Aurelius, 121-180 CE, Stoic philosopher, Emperor of the Roman Empire
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