Tuesday Thoughts
Thoughts of an Optimistic Writer
Tuesday Thoughts
Thoughts of an Optimistic Writer
Tuesday Thoughts: When Did Compromise, Concession, and Common Sense Become Bad Words?
“But if you look at the data…the fact that we shut down when we did and the rest of the world did, has saved hundreds of millions of infections and millions of lives.”
–Dr. Anthony Fauci, NIH (June 2020)
Two things I think we can all agree on: Covid has been a very bad actor, and we know so much more now than we did in the first […]
Tuesday Thoughts: How Do We Define Allegiance?
“Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love.”
–Morihei Ueshiba (Japanese martial artist)
Two articles on Olympic sports, both in the Wall Street Journal (January 11, 2022), and both on the same page. Both articles related to allegiance, or loyalty.
For me, one was a head-scratcher, the other uplifting. […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Why Doesn’t Conformity Work?
“Conformity is a cage that confines our ability to think. It is a cage that hinders growth and deters individualism.”
— Yahya Mohamed
“People’s minds are changed through observation, and not through argument.”
–Will Rogers
Do you remember? A Covid vaccine was to be rolled out, we would all opt to get it, and the pandemic would be over. Not so fast, my friends.
Tuesday Thoughts: What Do We Do Now That Christmas is Over?
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future…I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.”
—A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens, 1843)
“Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas perhaps…means a little bit more!”
—How […]
Tuesday Thoughts: When Did Compromise, Concession, and Common Sense Become Bad Words?
“But if you look at the data…the fact that we shut down when we did and the rest of the world did, has saved hundreds of millions of infections and millions of lives.”
–Dr. Anthony Fauci, NIH (June 2020)
Two things I think we can all agree on: Covid has been a very bad actor, and we know so much more now than we did in the first […]
Tuesday Thoughts: How Do We Define Allegiance?
“Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love.”
–Morihei Ueshiba (Japanese martial artist)
Two articles on Olympic sports, both in the Wall Street Journal (January 11, 2022), and both on the same page. Both articles related to allegiance, or loyalty.
For me, one was a head-scratcher, the other uplifting. […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Why Doesn’t Conformity Work?
“Conformity is a cage that confines our ability to think. It is a cage that hinders growth and deters individualism.”
— Yahya Mohamed
“People’s minds are changed through observation, and not through argument.”
–Will Rogers
Do you remember? A Covid vaccine was to be rolled out, we would all opt to get it, and the pandemic would be over. Not so fast, my friends.
Tuesday Thoughts: What Do We Do Now That Christmas is Over?
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future…I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.”
—A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens, 1843)
“Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas perhaps…means a little bit more!”
—How […]