Mrs Ellis’ Notes

Mrs Ellis' Notes

Every Tuesday at 3 p.m., Mrs. Ellis, the silver-haired librarian, would slide a handwritten note into a random book before reshelving it. No one knew it was her. “You’re braver than you think,” she’d scribble on lemon-yellow paper, tucking it into a thriller. “The world needs your laugh,” nestled inside a joke book. She’d done this for 12 years, since her husband passed…

One rainy afternoon, 14-year-old Marco flipped open a dusty atlas and found a note: “Someone out there is proud of you.” He stuffed it into his pocket. That week, his mom had been laid off, and he’d been hiding lunch money in her purse. The note stayed with him, creased but unthrown, like a secret friend…

He started visiting the library daily, hunting for more notes. Mrs. Ellis watched him quietly, noticing how he’d linger in the cookbook aisle (his mom’s dream was to open a bakery). One day, she “accidentally” dropped a note near his feet: “Follow the recipe, kid. You’ve got the ingredients.”

Marco baked her a lumpy banana loaf the next week. “For the note person,” he mumbled, pushing the tin across the desk. Mrs. Ellis smiled. “They’ll love it.”

Years passed. Marco’s mom opened her bakery, “Yellow Note Cakes,” with recipes pinned beside customer orders. Graduation day, Marco left a note in the atlas: “Thank you for seeing me.”

Mrs. Ellis retired last month. At her farewell party, the library displayed a clothesline strung with hundreds of yellow notes—found in textbooks, romance novels, even a gardening guide. A nurse wrote: “This got me through night shifts.” A single dad: “I kept your ‘You’re enough’ note in my wedding ring box.”

Now, the library’s new intern, Marco’s little sister, starts her mornings the same way: watering plants, shelving books, and hiding scraps of sunshine…

Mrs. Ellis still comes in on Tuesdays. “Found one!” she’ll say, waving a fresh note someone left for her…

Funny, isn’t it? How words meant to heal others somehow heal us too…

Credit: SYJ
Photo by RDNE Stock project

Definition Of Government

Had this on my mind when I woke so I thought to pen it for you.

Definition Of Government

So, if that’s the problem, what’s the solution?

The interlocking pieces of the jigsaw puzzle of government help to explain why it is hard to accomplish systemic change or improvement. Every piece fights to hold the system in place. If one element within the system tries to rise above their delegated functionality, the eight surrounding pieces act to enforce the existing system.

That makes it near impossible to change the system.

As Buckminster Fuller once so wisely opined, “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”

What continues to persist is what we tolerate. We tolerate the existing nature of government because collectively, the individuals in this society are less aware, less intelligent, less competent, less ethical and less responsible than the level required to create a better reality.

If we focus our efforts on addressing this problem then many others will automatically resolve.

If you would like to change or improve something about yourself, to increase your awareness, intelligence, competence etc., reach out to me. I would love to help you do so.

Create A Life You Love

Create A Life You Love

It does not have to happen all at once. Most progress is made incrementally. Pick one aspect of your life you want to eliminate, add or improve. One you have done that, pick another.

A person can learn a lot from a dog…

A person can learn a lot from a dog, even a loopy one like ours. Marley taught me about living each day with unbridled exuberance and joy, about seizing the moment and following your heart. He taught me to appreciate the simple things-a walk in the woods, a fresh snowfall, a nap in a shaft of winter sunlight. And as he grew old and achy, he taught me about optimism in the face of adversity. Mostly, he taught me about friendship and selflessness and, above all else, unwavering loyalty. – John Grogan

Stay Above Fear

Stay Above Fear

Wise words. I have been reading a manual on brain-washing – Psychopolitics and this very point was made in it.

If you are feeling afraid, depressed or just down, take a walk and look at things until you feel better. Taking a walk is very therapeutic!