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"When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around.

Recently our local NPR station re-broadcast a show featuring Ellyn Spragins. The show featured her book entitled "Letters to My Younger Self." At that time, I was asked to write a letter to my younger self, that would be featured in a local publication entitled "Charlotte Parent." This led me to re-read the letter. As I've suggested, something about the holidays seems to lead me to a space of memory...certainly to an array of emotions that are deeply felt. In honor of that space I'm re-delivering the previous blog (from a couple of years ago) entitled Letter to My Younger Self.

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"Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable." Dr. Joyce Brothers

“When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek the new. The restless craving within our soul spurs us to climb, and to seek the mountain view.” Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“She realized as a girl of eight that if she sat down and wrote her stories, she could escape the parts of life she did not like, embroider the parts she did and thus control the life she had.” Dudley Clendinen

“Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.” Henry Ward Beecher

“I know not how I seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with.” Plato

“A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.” M. Gandhi

“Eventually you will see that the real cause of problems is not life itself. It's the commotion the mind makes about life that really causes problems.” Michael Singer

“The most common way people give up their Power, is by thinking they don’t have any.” -Alyce Walker

Hey friends...so...as you may have noticed I haven't been contributing much to this blog. I seem to be journeying into another realm. Please visit me and if you want come along to my new blog entitled www.wanderingthroughnothingness.com.We could have some fun and learn along the way.Molly B.

”To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Eleanor Roosevelet

I don’t talk or write about my Dad much. I think for a while, it hurt too much…or maybe there was some unfinished business there.But lately, I’ve been thinking about him a lot.

Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.Veronica A. Shoffstall

“Experience has taught me how important it is to just keep going, focusing on running fast and relaxed. Eventually it passes and the flow returns. It’s part of racing.” Frank ShorterI’m in route to Washington D.C., enjoying a night’s stay at a Hampton Inn in Henderson, NC. Today’s it’s a full day at a conference sponsored by Ashoka. That means the attention my weekly blog entry typically receives is limited. I’m feeling a bit fragmented. Which leads me to the topic of this week’s commentary…FLOW.

“I exist as I am. That is enough.” Walt Whitman

“The best proof of love is TRUST.” Dr. Joyce Brothers

So...just so you know...Batman Bill has brought an entirely new audience to www.mollyontherun.blogspot.com. If you don't know who Batman Bill is, read the blog entry just ahead of this one. He is fast becoming a Girls on the Run Legend.I think THIS picture says it all! (Please note, that not only is the man sporting a pink shirt, but pink hair as well.)