Tag Archives: Idle

Thought For the Day: Idleness, Like Kisses, To Be Sweet Must Be Stolen

Posted on May 2, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do. Wasting time is merely an occupation then, and a most exhausting one. … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Determine Never To Be Idle…It is Wonderful How Much May Be Done, If We Are Always Doing

Posted on December 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Determine never to be idle. … It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.” – Thomas Jefferson (1787)

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Sailing An Impersonal Apocalypse

Posted on May 14, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

I heard an interesting global reading of Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. From this contrasted with the pandemic lockdown came: Sailing An Impersonal Apocalypse by Michael Doyle As is the way of many a hero’s journey Enduring the … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Idleness, Like Kisses, Must Be Stolen To Be Sweet

Posted on May 3, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Exhausting, Fun, Idle, Idleness, Impossible, Jerome K Jerome, Kisses, Nothing, Occupation, Sweet, Thought For the Day, Wasting Time, Work | Leave a comment

First Principles: Being Industrious and Well Employed Leads to Contentment

Posted on August 4, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“When Men are employ’d they are best contented. For on the Days they work’d they were good-natur’d and chearful; and with the consciousness of having done a good Days work they spent the Evenings jollily; but on the idle Days … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Idle

Thought For the Day: Idleness, Like Kisses, To Be Sweet Must Be Stolen

First Principles: Determine Never To Be Idle…It is Wonderful How Much May Be Done, If We Are Always Doing

Sailing An Impersonal Apocalypse

Thought For the Day: Idleness, Like Kisses, Must Be Stolen To Be Sweet

First Principles: Being Industrious and Well Employed Leads to Contentment

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