Tag Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: One Cannot Be Deeply Responsive To the World Without Being Saddened Very Often

Posted on March 23, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often.” – Erich Fromm, psychoanalyst and author (23 Mar 1900-1980)

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Thought For the Day: Kings Had Always Been Involving and Impoverishing Their People In Wars, Pretending Generally, If Not Always, That the Good of the People Was the Object

Posted on March 22, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object.” – Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

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Thought For the Day: It’s Not Enough To Do Your Best; You Must Know What To Do, and Then Do Your Best

Posted on March 21, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and THEN do your best.” – W. Edwards Deming (1900-1993)

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Happy First Day of Spring

Posted on March 20, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Welcome to Spring 2022! Today is Spring Equinox 2022 in a continuation of those traditional blessings each of us used to embrace by heading outdoors and starting to live large. With the Covid experience behind us now, maybe we can … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: We Live In A World In Which We Need To Share Responsibility…There Are Those Who See the Need and Respond. I Consider Those People My Heroes

Posted on March 20, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say “It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.” Then there are those who see the need and respond. I … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Special Note To the RNC: Now’s A Good Time To Open Up Mobile Voter Registration Sites – At Gasoline Stations

Posted on March 19, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Special note to the RNC: Now’s a good time to open up mobile voter registration sites — at gasoline stations!” – Gary Bauer

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Thought For the Day: We Cannot Solve Our Problems With The Same Thinking We Used When We Created Them

Posted on March 18, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“We Cannot Solve Our Problems With the Same Thinking We Used When We Created Them” Albert Einstein

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Thought For the Day: A Judge Has A Duty To Decide Cases Based Solely On the Law…Empathy Should Not Play A Role In A Judge’s Consideration of A Case

Posted on March 16, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“A judge has a duty to decide cases based solely on the law … [T]o the extent that empathy is defined as one’s ability to share what another person is feeling from the other person’s point of reference, empathy should … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Beware of the Stories You Read Or Tell; Subtly, At Night, Beneath the Waters of Consciousness, They Are Altering Your World

Posted on March 15, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Beware of the stories you read or tell; subtly, at night, beneath the waters of consciousness, they are altering your world.” -Ben Okri, poet and novelist (b. 15 Mar 1959

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Thought For the Day: The Ideals Which Have Lighted My Way, and Time After Time Have Given Me New Courage To face Life Cheerfully, Have Been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth

Posted on March 14, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth.” – Albert Einstein, physicist, Nobel laureate (14 Mar 1879-1955)

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