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Thought For the Day: No Praise Or Compliment Is As Rewarding As Affection
“Praise is well, compliment is well, but affection – – that is the last and final and most precious reward that any man can win, whether by character or achievement.” – Samuel Clemens aka Mark Twain I stumbled across this … Continue reading
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Tagged Affection, Compliment, Daughters, Praise, Samuel Clemens, Thought For the Day, Turkey Run State Park
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Thought For the Day: Each of Us Is Created For A Particular Work
“Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.” – Rumi What then shall I do with my life, I once wondered. The problem was that every time I … Continue reading
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Tagged Avocation, Created, Desire, Everyone, Heart, Rumi, Thought For the Day, Vocation
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Thought For the Day: Serve Others
“The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people.” – Leo Tolstoy, in What Is To Be Done? (1886) While there is certainly a lot that I disagree with Tolstoy on, there is this in common. I believe … Continue reading
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Tagged Avocation, Leo Tolstoy, Love, Others Orientation, Service, Thought For the Day, Vocation, What Is To Be Done?
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Thought For the Day: Seek First To Understand
“I am not bothered by the fact that I am not understood. I am bothered when I do not know others.” – Confucius, in The Analects To master life with grace it must be that you seek to understand others more and … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day – Weekly Photo Challenge – Windows
Windows I Don’t Mind (Tentative Title) Sitting by the windows reading A curious sunrise was bleeding All the thoughts for the day Were put on a vivid display Across the pages of thought In the book I had bought The … Continue reading
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Tagged Book, Curious, Digest, Display, Impressions, Margin Notes, Reading, Thought For the Day, Thoughts, Weekly Photo Challenge, Windows
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Thought For the Day: The Rule of Law Is What Makes Society Stable
“I believe that the main lesson which our generation has learnt is that we must find a new limit for the activities of government, a limit which leaves ample scope for sensible experimentation but which secures the freedom of the … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Time Is A Fluid Condition
“Time is a fluid condition which has no existence except in the momentary avatars of individual people. There is no such thing as was — only is. If was existed, there would be no grief or sorrow. I like to … Continue reading
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Tagged Condition, Existence, Fluid, Is, Keystone, Thought For the Day, Time, Universe, Was, William Faulkner
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Thought For the Day: Miracles Are Proud Creatures
Miracles are proud creatures; they will not reveal themselves to those who do not Believe. – Yahia Lababidi You say you don’t believe in miracles. I get that. Maybe you’ve just forgotten that you are one?
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Sonic Gems: Café Tacvba
Café Tacvba is a band from Mexico City, Mexico. Long ago, I knew a girl who was the girlfriend of the singer in this band. Their music is a blend of many genres but is essentially a blend of Latin … Continue reading
Sonic Gem: The 1950s – Ten For Ten
This decade’s music was dominated by rock-n-roll; doo-wop, pop, swing, rhythm and blues, blues, country and rockabilly. The playlist below offers the top ten songs in the United States for each year of this decade. Enjoy!!
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Tagged Blues, Country, Doo-Wop, Music, Pop, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Rockabilly, Sonic Gem, Swing, Ten For Ten, The 1950s, Thought For the Day
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