Balance Tradition and Progress

 

Those who can see value only in tradition,...
deny man's ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
- Stephen Bayley

Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches,
letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights.
- Pauline R. Kezer

I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.
- Theodore Bikel

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children
One is roots, the other is wings.
- Hodding Carter

Honor tradition, but
Do not be constrained by tradition.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

We Need Both the Vision and the Practicality,
Both the Lightness and the Solidarity,
Both the Wings and the Roots.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Embrace Change

Beyond Your Comfort Zone

Break with Conformity

Life is an Adventure
    

Honor Change, as well as Tradition

Those who can see value only in tradition,...
deny man's ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
- Stephen Bayley

Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches,
letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights.
- Pauline R. Kezer

I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.
- Theodore Bikel

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children
One is roots, the other is wings.
- Hodding Carter

Honor tradition, but
Do not be constrained by tradition.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

We Need Both the Vision and the Practicality,
Both the Lightness and the Solidarity,
Both the Wings and the Roots.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Embrace Change

Beyond Your Comfort Zone

Break with Conformity

Life is an Adventure
    

We Need Both the Wings of Freedom & Adventure and the Roots of Family & Community

 

Those who can see value only in tradition,...
deny man's ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
- Stephen Bayley

Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches,
letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights.
- Pauline R. Kezer

I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.
- Theodore Bikel

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children
One is roots, the other is wings.
- Hodding Carter

Honor tradition, but
Do not be constrained by tradition.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

We Need Both the Vision and the Practicality,
Both the Lightness and the Solidarity,
Both the Wings and the Roots.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Embrace Change

Beyond Your Comfort Zone

Break with Conformity

Life is an Adventure

We Need Both Wings and Roots

Those who can see value only in tradition,...
deny man's ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
- Stephen Bayley

Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches,
letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights.
- Pauline R. Kezer

I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.
- Theodore Bikel

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children
One is roots, the other is wings.
- Hodding Carter

Honor tradition, but
Do not be constrained by tradition.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

We Need Both the Vision and the Practicality,
Both the Lightness and the Solidarity,
Both the Wings and the Roots.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Embrace Change

Beyond Your Comfort Zone

Break with Conformity

Life is an Adventure

We Need Both the Lightness and the Solidarity, Both Wings and Roots

Those who can see value only in tradition,...
deny man's ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
- Stephen Bayley

Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches,
letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights.
- Pauline R. Kezer

I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.
- Theodore Bikel

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children
One is roots, the other is wings.
- Hodding Carter

Honor tradition, but
Do not be constrained by tradition.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

We Need Both the Vision and the Practicality,
Both the Lightness and the Solidarity,
Both the Wings and the Roots.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Embrace Change

Beyond Your Comfort Zone

Break with Conformity

Life is an Adventure

Father's Day 2019

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children: One is roots, the other is wings.
- Hodding Carter

You can never really live anyone else's life,
not even your child's.
The influence you exert is through your own life,
and what you've become yourself.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

The best inheritance a parent can give his children
is a few minutes of his time each day.
- Orlando A. Battista

If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
- Carl Jung

Let parents bequeath to their children
not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
- Plato

Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal,
with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.
- John Ciardi

Nothing you do for a child is ever wasted.
- Garrison Keillor

Further reading: Feed the Children

Preserve Our Grandchildren's Planet

All Children Are God's Children
     

Both Roots and Wings

Those who can see value only in tradition,...
deny man's ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
- Stephen Bayley

 There are two lasting bequests we can give our children
One is roots, the other is wings.
- Hodding Carter

I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.
- Theodore Bikel

Honor tradition, but
Do not be constrained by tradition.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
 
Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches,
letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights.
- Pauline R. Kezer


Further reading: Embrace Change

Beyond Your Comfort Zone

Conformity

Life is an Adventure


    

Father's Day 2018

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children: One is roots, the other is wings.
- Hodding Carter

The best inheritance a parent can give his children
is a few minutes of his time each day.
- Orlando A. Battista

Let parents bequeath to their children
not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
- Plato

If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
- Carl Jung

Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal,
with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.
- John Ciardi

You can never really live anyone else's life,
not even your child's.
The influence you exert is through your own life,
and what you've become yourself.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

Nothing you do for a child is ever wasted.
- Garrison Keillor

Further reading: Our Grandchildren's Planet

Feeding the Children

God's Children
     

Honor Tradition, but do Not be Constrained by it.

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children
One is roots, the other is wings.
- Hodding Carter

Those who can see value only in tradition,...
deny man's ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
- Stephen Bayley

I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.
- Theodore Bikel

Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches,
letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights.
- Pauline R. Kezer

Honor tradition, but
Do not be constrained by tradition.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Embrace Change

Life is an Adventure

Conformity

Beyond Your Comfort Zone
    

Honor Both Tradition and Change

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children
One is roots, the other is wings.
- Hodding Carter

I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.
- Theodore Bikel

Those who can see value only in tradition,...
deny man's ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
- Stephen Bayley 

Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches,
letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights.
- Pauline R. Kezer

Be resolute in your goals, but flexible in your tactics.
There are times that call for repetition and perseverance;
and there are times that require new ways of thinking and doing.
The challenge is knowing one from the other.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Embrace Change

Conformity

Life is an Adventure

Beyond Your Comfort Zone
    

Honor the Children

Grown men can learn from very little children
for the hearts of little children are pure.
Therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them
many things which older people miss.
- Black Elk

There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul
than the way in which it treats its children.
- Nelson Mandela

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children:
One is roots, the other is wings.
- Hodding Carter

If a child lives with criticism,
he learns to condemn.
...
If a child lives with fear,
he learns to be apprehensive.
...
If a child lives with encouragement,
he learns to be confident.
...
If a child lives with acceptance,
he learns to love.
- Dorothy Law Nolte

Nothing you do for a child is ever wasted.
- Garrison Keillor

Further reading: Childlike Wonder

As a Child Again 

God's Children

Feeding the Children

Our Grandchildren's Planet

Honoring Our Roots

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children
One is roots, the other is wings.
- Hodding Carter

Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds.
The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe,
aren't even aware of.
- Ellen Goodman

Civilization is not a spontaneous generation
with any race or nation known to history,
but the torch to be handed down from race to race from age to age.
- Kelly Millar

Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches,
letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights.
- Pauline R. Kezer

I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.
- Theodore Bikel

All major religious traditions
carry basically the same message,
that is love, compassion and forgiveness.
The important thing is they should
be part of our daily lives.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

Honor tradition AND question tradition.
Tradition is like a second-hand store.
It is best to sort carefully between the treasures and the trash.
See everything with new eyes.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Rekindling the Light

A Parent's Gift

Perspective on Tradition: An Open Mind

The Trouble with Conformity

Quotes about Tradition

For Our Children

There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul
than the way in which it treats its children.
- Nelson Mandela

The ultimate test of a man's conscience
may be his willingness to sacrifice something today
for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.
- Gaylord Nelson

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children:
One is roots, the other is wings.
- Hodding Carter

The full measure of a man is
not to be found in the man himself,
but in the colors and textures that
come alive in others because of him.
- Albert Schweitzer

If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.
- Bruce Barton

Nothing you do for a child is ever wasted.
- Garrison Keillor

Further reading:  Pay It Forward - as an Expression of Universal Gratitude

The True Meaning of Life

Our Children's World

Responsibility to Future Generations

Kindness and Charity

Children

Future Generations

Conscience

Your Legacy

Child

An Anchor And A Sail

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children
One is roots, the other is wings.
- Hodding Carter

A ship in port is safe,
but that's not what ships are built for.
Sail out to sea and do new things.
- Grace Hopper

Anchoring in soft mud is dangerous.
Anchor thyself to the rocks of Faith, Compassion, and Service.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Greatness is not in where we stand,
but in what direction we are moving.
We must sail sometimes with the wind
and sometimes against it -
but sail we must,
and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Cast your cares on God; that anchor holds.
- Frank Moore Colby

Further reading:  Tending the Garden of Our Lives

A ship in harbor

Boldly Sail the Storms of Life

Anchor Quotes

Sail Quotes

Roots

Wings

Inspiration

Balance

Roots

Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches,
letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights.
- Pauline R. Kezer

The roots of all goodness lie
in the soil of appreciation for goodness.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

Storms make trees take deeper roots.
- Dolly Parton

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children
One is roots, the other is wings.
- Hodding Carter

Further reading: Gratitude for All of Life

A Story of Money

Perspective on Tradition: An Open Mind

Quotes about Roots

Quotes about Wings

Quotes about Goodness

Quotes about Trees

Quotes about Appreciation

Quotes about Children

Yin-Yang

The ancient Chinese yin-yang symbol represents the balance of yin (peacefulness, serenity, acceptance, rest, rejuvenation, roots, tradition) with yang (activity, strength, striving, movement, change, wings, invention, progress). A meaningful and joyful life is to be found in balance.

Life is a balance between rest and movement.
- Osho

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children
One is roots, the other is wings.
- Hodding Carter

Balance happens when I invite it to happen
with my intentional actions and my guided perspective.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

In the midst of movement and chaos,
keep stillness inside of you.
- Deepak Chopra

Further reading: Finding Balance in Life

Go With the Flow - Six Ways to Live a Happier Life

Balance Work and Play

Quotes about Balance

Quotes about Serenity

Quotes about Movement

Quotes about Wings

Quotes about Perspective

Quotes about Intention

Family

What is our family?
We touch our full hearts and see ourselves
reflected whole in each other's eyes.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

You don't choose your family.
They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.
- Desmond Tutu

Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do...
but how much love we put in that action.
- Mother Teresa

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children
One is roots, the other is wings.
- Hodding Carter

The magic words for a great family are,
"I love you just the way you are."
- jlh

Further reading: You Can't Make Them Change

Acceptance Makes a Great Relationship Even Better

Feeling Used and Left Out

What is Love?

Family Quotes

Children Quotes

Relationship Quotes

Quotes about Parents

Unlike grown-ups, children have little need to deceive themselves. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Unlike grown-ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children: One is roots, the other is wings.
- Hodding Carter

Children are born innocent. Before they are domesticated they live in the moment, love without fear, and don't even think about the opinions of others.
- don Miguel Ruiz

If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
- Carl Jung

Today, April 21, is Kindergarten Day, celebrated on the birthday of Friedrich Froebel, the creator of the first kindergarten.

Further reading: We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children. - Native American traditional

Rabindranath Tagore: Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.

Choose to be as a young child - fully awake, eager for the next experience. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Inspirational Family Quotes: Sayings-Quotes about Loving Families

Inspirational Stories: Inspiring short story of gratitude and love