Skill and confidence
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.George Herbert, "Proverbs" in The Complete English Works, 275 If your confidence exceeds your skill, you're overconfident. My parents…
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.George Herbert, "Proverbs" in The Complete English Works, 275 If your confidence exceeds your skill, you're overconfident. My parents…
"One stroke fells not an oak."George Herbert Seventeenth century English poet George Herbert collected sayings. This one makes me think of several things: Perhaps the…
anticlimax noun a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events Saturday nights are special at our house. We upgrade the meal, pull out the table cloth and…
January is Read Aloud Month for us. Actually, every month is read aloud month--but January is the month we participate in the Read Aloud Challenge--each…
Water all over the garage floor. At first I thought it was melted snow from the trash can (one's optimism initially resists the possibility of…
I often tell my children, "Nothing worth doing is easy." I also say, "I like it because it's hard" (or fussy, demanding, challenging, technical, etc.).…
I had a paper route when I was in middle school. It was a nice route--close to my house; very kind customers who paid on…
I've watched a lot of soccer games. The shots taken to goals scored ratio is very lopsided. Yet, the players, somehow, think it's worth the…