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Meditation for Wednesday – March 10, 2010
The Future Belongs To The Risk Takers, Not The Security Seekers.

Future – Time that is to be or come hereafter.  Something that will exist or happen in a time to come.
Belongs – To be the property of.  To be a part or adjunct of.
Risk – Exposure to the chance [...]

Meditation for Tuesday – March 9, 2010
Great Achievements Involve Great Risk.

Great – Unusual or considerable in degree, power, intensity.  Wonderful.  Notable; remarkable; exceptionally outstanding.
Achievement – Something accomplished, especially by superior ability; special effort; great courage; etc.  Accomplishments.
Involve – Included as a necessary circumstance, condition or consequence.  Associated with.
Risk – Exposure to the chance of injury [...]

Meditation for Monday – March 8, 2010
A Problem Well Stated Is A Problem Half Solved.

Problem – Any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.  A question proposed for solution or discussion.
Well – In a good or satisfactory manner.  Thoroughly, carefully, or soundly.  In a moral or proper manner.
Stated – Explicitly set forth.  Declared as [...]

Meditation for Sunday – March 7, 2010
One Way To Eliminate The Effect Is To Eliminate The Cause.

One – Being a person, thing, or individual instance or member of a number, kind, group, or category indicated.
Way – Manner, mode, or fashion.  A method, plan, or means for attaining a goal.
Eliminate – To remove or get rid [...]

Meditation for Saturday – March 6, 2010
The Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living.
(Socrates)

Unexamined – Not inspected or scrutinized carefully.  Not observed; not tested; not investigated.
Life – The animate existence or period of animate existence of an individual.  The corresponding state, existence, or principle of existence conceived of as belonging to the soul.
Not – Used [...]

Meditation for Friday – March 5, 2010
Individuals Are Disappearing In Our Society.
The “Public” Has Replaced The Individual.

Individual – A single human being, as distinguished from a group.
Disappear – To cease to exist or be known.  To cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
Society – An organized group of persons associated together.  A body of human [...]

Meditation for Thursday – March 4, 2010
Persons Are Not Things
And Therefore Not To Be Used As Things.

Person – A human being, as distinguished from an animal or a thing.  A self-conscious or rational being.
Not – In no way; to no degree.  Used to express negation, denial, refusal or prohibition.
Thing – A material object without life [...]

Meditation for Wednesday – March 3, 2010
Do Or Do Not. There Is No Try.
(Yoda – Star Wars)

Do – To perform (an act, duty, role, etc.).  To execute.  To accomplish; finish; complete.  To put forth; exert.
Not – In no way; to no degree.  Used to express negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition.
No – Not in any [...]

Meditation for Tuesday – March 2, 2010
It Is Out Of Dreams That Reality Is Made.
Encourage Dreaming.

Out Of – Used to indicate the source.  Used to indicate the origin.
Dreams – An aspiration; goal; aim.  A vision.
Reality – Something that exists independently of ideas concerning it.  Something that constitutes an actual thing, as distinguished from something that [...]

Meditation for Monday – March 1, 2010
Age And Treachery Will Often Defeat Youth And Skill.

Age – The particular period of life at which a person becomes naturally or conventionally qualified or disqualified for anything.  Advanced years.
Treachery – Violation of faith; betrayal of trust.  Faithlessness.  Willful betrayal of confidence or trust.
Often – Many times.  Frequently.  In [...]