Category Archives: Failure

Holistic Living

September 16, 2008 – 10:28 pm

Here is a quote about holistic living: “A person is like a house with four rooms; mental, spiritual, physical, and emotional. Unless one goes to each room everyday, even if only to keep it aired, one is not a whole person.” — Anonymous My sister read this quote to me just the other day and [...]

By Gregory Allen Butler | Also posted in Purpose, Time Management | Comments (0)

The Significance of Failure

June 13, 2008 – 1:52 pm

The other day I watched online the Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling give this year’s commencement address at Harvard. The title was “The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination.” Here is an excerpt that resonated with me: So why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping [...]

By Gregory Allen Butler | Also posted in Consciousness | Comments (0)