Words Worth Noting - May 18, 2026

[This family profiled in a bleating story] “are fond of placing interesting quotes on the wall, and there is one they could really use that my teenage daughter’s competitive ringette team follows: ‘Don’t wish it was easier, make yourself better.’”

Letter from David McGruer in Ottawa Citizen Feb. 4, 2007 [the family in question had all sorts of sob stories about how the difficulties in making ends meet but in the letter writer’s opinion were not making some obvious efforts that would help]