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All I ever needed to know about life, I learned from working at Starbucks, part V

Posted in kindess, starbucks, tagged compassion, patience, starbucks on August 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I have two words for this week – patience and compassion.
“Patience is a virtue.” - Proverb
“Patience, n. a minor form of a dispair, disguised as a virtue” – Ambrose Bierce, American Writer
I think the summer heat has finally gotten to people, because patrons this week have been exceptionally rude! And it hasn’t been just [...]

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All I ever needed to learn about life, I learned from working at Starbucks (Part 2)

Posted in kindess, life, starbucks on May 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »

“It is the characteristic of the magnanimous man to ask no favor but to be ready to do kindness to others.”-Aristotle
Last night while working at the SBUX, a woman came in. This woman comes in often enough that I knew her drink off the top of my head (mostly because she yelled at me [...]

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Otium Cum Dignitate

It means "leisure with dignity". It's a concept taken from the ancient Romans - that even though you're having leisure time, that doesn't mean that you aren't still learning or thinking. Imagine sitting in a villa overlooking the mediterranean on your vacation from the hustle and bustle of a crowded city. Not only are you enjoying the view, sleeping late, and drinking some really great wine, but you're also reading philosophy and The Aeniad.
I am Michelle

a 20-something wife to the best husband ever. Barista by trade, dreamer by hobby, with a lot of crafting on the side. Crocheting calms me. Compulsive reader, music listener and beginning to find the "place" and "purpose" I've been trying to find for years.
Currently Reading

"Dead until Dark" - Charlaine Harris
"Plum Spooky" - Janet Evanovich
"You Suck" - Christopher Moore
To be read

"Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell" - Susanna Clarke
"The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" - Max Weber
"The Upanishads"
What takes up my time, now.
There are four questions of value in life... What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.
--Don Juan DeMarco
Grace in Small Things!
Beautypedia – I love Paula Begouin!
Currently Crafting (I think I have craft ADD):

Knitting Socks
Knitting a kitty bed
Crocheting baby blankets
crocheting socks
crocheting granny squares
making cards
learning to use a sewing machine
Like digging up that embarrassing old journal

Leisure with Dignity – Peace, Love and Starbucks, y’all

A girl trying to find balance between the complicated and simple, stressful and calm, consumerism vs zen

Archive for the ‘kindess’ Category

All I ever needed to know about life, I learned from working at Starbucks, part V

All I ever needed to learn about life, I learned from working at Starbucks (Part 2)

Otium Cum Dignitate

I am Michelle

Currently Reading

To be read

What takes up my time, now.

Grace in Small Things!

Beautypedia – I love Paula Begouin!

Currently Crafting (I think I have craft ADD):

Like digging up that embarrassing old journal