Category Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: Christmas Is Not A Time Or A Season But A State of Mind

“To the American People: Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. If we think on … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Blessed Is the Season Which Engages the Whole World In A Conspiracy of Love

“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.” – Hamilton Wright Mabie    

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Thought For the Day: You Can Learn A Lot About A Person By the Way They Handle Rainy Days, Lost Luggage and Tangled Christmas Tree Lights

“I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.” – Maya Angelou      

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Thought For the Day: What If Christmas Doesn’t Come From A Store But Is Perhaps A Little Bit More

“What if Christmas, he thought, didn’t come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, was a little bit more.” –Narrator from ‘Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas’      

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Thought For the Day: The Truths of Christmas Condenses To Three Words, “God With Us”

“If we could condense all the truths of Christmas into only three words, these would be the words: “God with us.” We tend to focus our attention at Christmas on the infancy of Christ. The greater truth of the holiday … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Christmas Frame of Mind Has Been Changing. Let’s Do Something About it!

“Oh, Christmas isn’t just a day, it’s a frame of mind and that’s what’s been changing. That’s why I’m glad I’m here, maybe I can do something about it.” – Kris Kringle from ‘Miracle on 34th Street’       … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Stacks of Books From the Past Provide Guidance and Perspective When Viewing the Present World

“The walls of books around me, dense with the past, formed a kind of insulation against the present world and its disasters.”  – Ross Macdonald, novelist (13 Dec 1915-1983)      

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Thought For Today: There Can Be No Public Or Private Virtue Unless the Foundation of Action Is the Practice of Truth

“There can be no public or private virtue unless the foundation of action is the practice of truth.” – George Jacob Holyoake (1817-1906) I disagree with most of what this man stood for without some compromise of his root beliefs … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Everything You Add To the Truth, Substracts From the Truth

“Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.” – Alexander Solzhenitsyn, novelist, Nobel laureate (11 Dec 1918-2008) This why a person should be very careful around such things as A Course In Miracles that purports to be a … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: It Is Christmas Every Time You Let God Love Others Through You

“It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you.” – Mother Teresa      

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