"People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically... No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in." Rosa Parks With Steemit

Is this thing on?

"Heroes represent the best of ourselves, respecting that we are human beings. A hero can be anyone from Gandhi to your classroom teacher, anyone who can show courage when faced with a problem. A hero

"If hurricane Florence comes here, I'm leaving and not coming back" the-witty-waiter a few days ago It's been just over a year since the last storm hit my little island community. Hurricane Irma

"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world." Harriet Tubman I've come

"Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It's the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone else's pain is as meaningful as your own. " Barbara

"It only takes one voice, at the right pitch, to create an avalanche." Dianna Hardy I'm grateful for my voice and I wish it was louder, figuratively speaking. I've been having a little bit of

"In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself" Laurence Sterne I really do enjoy and appreciate my job and the great people that I work with and get to meet. That being

"Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” – Anonymous ✶⊶⊷⊶⊷❍⊶⊷⊶⊷✶ Yes, you are reading the title correctly. I'm thankful for being thankful. No, I'm not suffering a stroke. LoL In the month or so

"Get closer than ever to your customers. So close that you tell them what they need well before they realize it themselves.” – Steve Jobs I realize I discuss my regular guests to the restaurant a

"If we shadows have offended, Know but this and all is mended. That you have but slumbered here, While these visions did appear, And this weak and idle theme, No more yielding, but a dream."

"It's impossible to explain creativity. It's like asking a bird, 'How do you fly?' You just do" Eric Jerome Dickey ✶⊶⊷⊶⊷❍⊶⊷⊶⊷✶ I'm going to keep it simple and sweet again today. I have really

Just thought I'd share the photos of the latest dinner specials. I had the fresh catch for dinner. Grilled Monchong over black beans and saffron basmati rice and topped with pico de gallo. These plates

Summer Daze As the days start to ebb Like the tides from the shore The warmth of relaxing times Soon to be no more Like a cherished friend From a simpler existence Come and gone again As I ponder the distance

This will be my first time entering the Pay it Forward Contest. I was nominated last round by @rentmoney and I was very honored. He's a great guy with a wicked sense of humor and a generosity for the newbies.

"I've been working here for 15 years, I'm like a bad habit they can't get rid of " Quoting myself (actual line I tell my guests on a regular basis) August 18, 2003 was the day I started at this

"Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow" Melody Beattie A huge thanks to @rentmoney for teaching me some cool tips and tricks on making your

"Humanity has unquestionably one really effective weapon—laughter. Power, money, persuasion, supplication, persecution—these can lift at a colossal humbug—push it a little—weaken it a little, century

I have a buddy that is completely obsessed with 💩. I'm not sure where his fascination comes from but he likes to drop it into the conversation all the time. I think he needs to pinch it off, wipe it away,

"I don't think that anything happens by coincidence... No one is here by accident... Everyone who crosses our path has a message for us. Otherwise they would have taken another path, or left earlier