“Ideas won’t keep…” #45

Fashion says, “Me, too,” and style says, “Only me.”

-Geraldine Stultz quoted by Sarah Gold

If you had an unlimited budget, which would you choose: dressing to be in fashion or dressing to express your own personal style? Why?

If you chose style, describe what your personal style would be like. What would you want your style to say about you?

“Ideas won’t keep…” #46

Change is one form of hope; change is to believe in tomorrow.

-Linda Ellerbee

Some people thrive on change. To them, something new means adventure and challenge. other people find change difficult. To them, new means uncertainty and the loss of familar things.

Do you welcome change? Or do you try to avoid it? Explain your feelings, using examples from your life. What helps you adjust to change?

“Ideas won’t keep…” #47

Many things are lost for want of asking.

-English proverb

Some people won’t ask. They’d rather go without than take the chance of being told “no.” But if they had asked, the answer might have been a “yes.”

Sometimes the loss is simple, like a day off or a free pass. Other times, the loss can be heartbreaking.

Write about a real-life or imaginary situation in which a person lost or went without something because he or she didn’t ask for it.

“Ideas won’t keep…” #51

Friendship with oneself is all-important, because, without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

-Eleanor Roosevelt

The remarkable thing is that we really do love our neighbor as ourselves… We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant toward others when we tolerate ourselves.

-Eric Hoffer