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

Every Day Is A New Beginning

Every day brings new choices.
- Martha Beck

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

Unless you try to do something
beyond what you have already mastered,
you will never grow.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Another Sunrise, Another New Beginning.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Every day is a new beginning -
a day for a new plan and new action.
If today, in conscious awareness, you choose
the same plan as yesterday, you are wise.
If you choose a different plan, you are equally wise.
Whatever you choose, choose with intention.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Let Go of Your Attachment to Your Plans

Begin Today in a New Way

Your Life has Just Begun

Unlimited Opportunity
      

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


    

New Day, New Opportunity

Every day brings new choices.
- Martha Beck

Unless you try to do something
beyond what you have already mastered,
you will never grow.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Another Sunrise, Another New Beginning.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Every day is a new beginning -
a day for a new plan and new action.
If today, in conscious awareness, you choose
the same plan as yesterday, you are wise.
If you choose a different plan, you are equally wise.
Whatever you choose, choose with intention.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Begin Today in a New Way

Unlimited Opportunity

Your Life has Just Begun

Let Go of Your Attachment to Your Plans
      

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
    

Be Open - Welcome the New

Minds are like parachutes.
They only function when they are open.
- James Dewar

Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea,
never regains its original dimensions.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Only when we realize that there is no eternal,
unchanging truth or absolute truth, can we arouse in
ourselves a sense of intellectual responsibility.
- Hu Shih

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

Today's affirmation:
I approach life with an Open Mind,
Clean Hands, and a Loving Heart.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Perspective on Tradition: An Open Mind

Being Open to Change

A wonderful gift may not be wrapped as you expect

Cultivate Awareness

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

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