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Category Archives: Thought For the Day
Thought For the Day: Choose Positive Over Negative
“Believe in yourself. Believe you can be happy. Choose faith over doubt; choose love over hate; choose forgiveness over vengeance; choose honesty over deceit; choose positive thoughts over negative, and allow God to take control of things you can’t.” – … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Faith, God, Happiness, Honesty, Peace, Positive Thinking, Self Confidence, Terry Mark, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: We Live On the Planet Ocean
“How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is clearly Ocean.” – Arthur C. Clarke Something like 75% of our world is covered in water. Most of it in oceans, seas and lakes. Yet, so few of us realize this … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur C. Clarke, Earth, Ocean, Planet, Terra Firma, Thought For the Day
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World Lion Day 2017
Today is the day to celebrate the king of the jungle. Sadly, due to poachers and encroachment, there are at best approximately 20,000 lions left in this world of ours. The goal of this memorialization is to increase awareness of … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservation, Endangered Species, Extinction, Lions, Poacher, Success, Thought For the Day, World Lion Day
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – Reflections On the Revolution In France – Edmund Burke
On July 14th, we first spoke on Reflections On the Revolution In France as a criticism of the outcomes of the French Revolution. This was fitting because that date is celebrated as Bastille Day. August 10th is the anniversary of the … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Some Notes You Have To Find For Yourself
“We all do ‘do, re, mi’, but you have to find the other notes yourself.” – Louis Armstrong In Western music, it really does come down to the fundamentals of a 12 tone scale. The Sound of Music is not … Continue reading
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Tagged Bend, Louis Armstrong, Microtone, Notes, Originality, Ownership, Phrasing, Scale, Thought For the Day, Voicing, Whole Tone
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – The Life of Dr. Donne – Izaak Walton
Izaak Walton is best known as the author of The Compleat Angler. He also wrote a series of short biographies. These have been established as a collection called Walton’s Lives. Among these is The Life of Dr. Donne. An interesting aspect about his … Continue reading
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Tagged Biography, Harvard Classics, Izaak Walton, Poet, Poetry, Prose, Study, The Life of Dr. Donne
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Thought For the Day: Daring to Be A Little Crazy Is A Great Business Plan
“The day when people start telling you that you’re crazy, you just might be on to the most important innovation in your life.” – Larry Ellison, Co-Founder and CTO of Oracle
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Tagged Business, Computer, Daring, Image, Innovation, Larry Ellison, Oracle, Thought For the Day
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Odyssey, Book 10 – Homer
We have discussed the Odyssey and Homer on a previous post. Due to pending evening visitation with the two princesses and a need to spend time with Ally prior to this, please enjoy the reading and the listening linked below. Promise … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancient Greece, Epic, Harvard Classics, Homer, Journey, Literature, Odyssey
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Thought For the Day: Natural Law Is Source of All Value Judgments
“The Tao, which others may call Natural Law or Traditional Morality or the First Principles of Practical Reason or the First Platitudes, is not one among a series of possible systems of value. It is the sole source of all … Continue reading
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