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Category Archives: Thought For the Day
Thought For the Day: Reading Allows You To More Fully Experience the Other
“Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another’s skin, another’s voice, another’s soul.” – Joyce Carol Oates I do not know that I fully agree with Ms. Oates on this one. But, I do … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: We All Have A Little Devil Inside
“No matter how an individual views Satan, whether they believe that he is a real character or that he is just the product of literary scholars and imaginations, no one can deny that each one of us has an aspect … Continue reading
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Tagged Adversary, Better, Nwaocha Ogechukwu, Satan, Study, Thinking
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Thought For the Day: The Purpose of Life Is to Make A Difference
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Over and over, … Continue reading
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Tagged Compassionate, Honorable, Life, Live, Make the Difference, Purpose, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Useful
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Thought For the Day: Read A Lot; Write A Lot
“If you want to be a good writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” – Stephen King Any questions? 😉
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Thought For the Day: Begin Now
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” – Anne Frank in Anne Frank’s Tales From the Secret Annex Every time I felt the least discouragement about writing or other projects … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Paint the Truth In Broad Strokes (and In Fine Detail Too)
“There is room enough for a natural painter. The great vice of the present day is bravura, an attempt to do something beyond the truth.” – John Constable The way this quote actually read in context before shortened to accommodate … Continue reading
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Tagged Bravura, Falsehood, Integrity, John Constable, Natural, Truth
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Thought For the Day: A True Friend Is More Esteemed Than Family
“What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is to be more esteemed than kinship.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero You can read … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: The Free Man Owns Himself
“The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he … Continue reading
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Tagged Fool, Free Man, GK Chesterton, Self Damage, Self Governance, Thought For the Day, Wisdom
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World Oceans Day 2017
This year, World Oceans Day is today, June 8, 2017. But, when you’re a surfer like I grew up being the ocean is a central focus every day and for good reason. It’s been my home away from home for … Continue reading
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Tagged Aloha Promises Forever, Beauty, Conservation, Food, Inspiration, Journey, Medicine, Oceans, Surf, Surfing, World, World Ocean Day
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Thought For the Day: We Need Diversity of Thought
“We need diversity of thought in the world to face the new challenges.” – Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor of the World Wide Web In reading through some interesting thoughts from Mr. Berners-Lee this morning, I found much to think on. Two … Continue reading
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