Tuesday Thoughts
Thoughts of an Optimistic Writer
Tuesday Thoughts
Thoughts of an Optimistic Writer
Tuesday Thoughts: Friends? Who Needs ‘Em?
“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.”
—Khalil Gibran, author and poet
Three years ago, then Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy announced his concern about a rising epidemic. It wasn’t hypertension, heart disease, cancer, or the re-emergence of Covid-19. It was loneliness.
Even before the Covid pandemic of 2020-2021, adults in the U.S. were reporting loneliness as a personal problem at a […]
Tuesday Thoughts: What’s Your One Shining Moment?
“Class is striving hard to be the best at what you do while taking the needs of others into consideration.”
—Roger Staubach, NFL Hall of Fame quarterback
I neither have, nor ever will, experience the emotion, intensity, and adrenaline bundled in one’s pursuit of a national championship. But Geno Auriemma, coach of Connecticut’s Lady Huskies basketball team, has. It was on full display once again during the Huskies’ semi-final game with South Carolina’s Lady Gamecocks week before last. And the coach didn’t […]
Tuesday Thoughts: When We Ask, “Why?”
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”
the Apostle Paul (Romans 8:28 NIV)
First, let me ask for a little grace from my non-Christian friends and readers. This being Passion Week, leading up to Resurrection Sunday, it warrants a post about events of that time. But if you’ve ever asked, “Why?”, this post is for you too.
Jesus’ resurrection is the seminal event in […]
Tuesday Thoughts: When the Slipper Doesn’t Fit
“If you keep on believing, the dreams that you wish will come true.”
–from Cinderella (Charles Perrault, 1697)
Well, folks, it’s here: “March Madness.” The term was first used in the midwest to describe the craziness and excitement of high school state basketball tournament play. CBS borrowed it in the 1980s for the men’s college tournament and the name stuck–now probably as recognizable as The Kentucky Derby’s “The Fastest Two Minutes in Sports” and the Masters’s “A Tradition Unlike Any Other.”
Counting […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Friends? Who Needs ‘Em?
“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.”
—Khalil Gibran, author and poet
Three years ago, then Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy announced his concern about a rising epidemic. It wasn’t hypertension, heart disease, cancer, or the re-emergence of Covid-19. It was loneliness.
Even before the Covid pandemic of 2020-2021, adults in the U.S. were reporting loneliness as a personal problem at a […]
Tuesday Thoughts: What’s Your One Shining Moment?
“Class is striving hard to be the best at what you do while taking the needs of others into consideration.”
—Roger Staubach, NFL Hall of Fame quarterback
I neither have, nor ever will, experience the emotion, intensity, and adrenaline bundled in one’s pursuit of a national championship. But Geno Auriemma, coach of Connecticut’s Lady Huskies basketball team, has. It was on full display once again during the Huskies’ semi-final game with South Carolina’s Lady Gamecocks week before last. And the coach didn’t […]
Tuesday Thoughts: When We Ask, “Why?”
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”
the Apostle Paul (Romans 8:28 NIV)
First, let me ask for a little grace from my non-Christian friends and readers. This being Passion Week, leading up to Resurrection Sunday, it warrants a post about events of that time. But if you’ve ever asked, “Why?”, this post is for you too.
Jesus’ resurrection is the seminal event in […]
Tuesday Thoughts: When the Slipper Doesn’t Fit
“If you keep on believing, the dreams that you wish will come true.”
–from Cinderella (Charles Perrault, 1697)
Well, folks, it’s here: “March Madness.” The term was first used in the midwest to describe the craziness and excitement of high school state basketball tournament play. CBS borrowed it in the 1980s for the men’s college tournament and the name stuck–now probably as recognizable as The Kentucky Derby’s “The Fastest Two Minutes in Sports” and the Masters’s “A Tradition Unlike Any Other.”
Counting […]