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  • No Excuses, Only Work

    ByRichard Olsen

    April 24, 2026 — No Excuses, Only Work — I never gave or took any excuse. — Florence Nightingale ABOUT THE AUTHOR Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) is remembered as the founder of modern nursing, but that title flattens her. She was also a pioneering statistician, a hospital reformer, a public health theorist, and one of the…

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    The Light Within

    ByRichard Olsen

    May 19, 2026 “People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within.” Elisabeth Kübler-Ross About Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926–2004) was born in Zürich, Switzerland, one of triplet daughters weighing barely two pounds…