Community Connections Newsletter Archive

"I don't buy many individual stocks. For one thing, I don't have the time to do all the research necessary and for another, I tend to get hopelessly attached to the ones I buy, even after common sense tells me I should sell." -- Paul B. Brown in Want an Idea of How Far Bank Stocks Have Fallen?

From Lynn Anderson: "Meditation is the method we use to reach a place of quietude and this place of quietude leads to awareness of our inner world."

"What has gone pretty much unnoticed is that many traditional cars today now get the same mpg as hybrids on the highways." -- Paul B. Brown in Maybe You Don't Need a Hybrid.

From Paul B. Brown: "Why is it you know all about your best friend's sex life, but nothing about her salary? Why will your brother reveal intimate details about the house he's building -- complete with the cost of every last fixture -- but not tell you his income or the size of his last bonus? And why are your parents hiding their money secrets along with the other skeletons in that closet?"

"As a therapist I talk to many men and women where pornography has become a problem in their lives. ... Sarah, thinks it is. 'I know if I did something like that, it would be the end of the marriage,' she told me. 'I know men are different and have different sexual drives, but if I can't trust him to be honest where will it end?' " From Why Do Men Use Porn? by Jed Diamond.

From Lynn Anderson: "We have all felt the deep need for friendship and the sadness that comes from losing a friend. Sometimes we need to let go of relationships and move on in order to improve our lives. Not all relationships and friendships are good for us."