Tuesday Thoughts
Thoughts of an Optimistic Writer
Tuesday Thoughts
Thoughts of an Optimistic Writer
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: A Turn of the Seasons
“To everything, turn, turn, turn
There is a season, turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under heaven.”
–Turn! Turn! Turn! (The Byrds; 1965)
First, an admiring nod to the stamina of our friends in the northeast, as well as our fellow North Carolinians in the mountains. For you, I’m preaching to the choir with this post. No sympathy expected! Nevertheless, we in the Piedmont region are sick of winter and ready for spring. Well, I should speak just for […]
Tuesday Thoughts: For the Life of Me or You
“Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?”
–Luke 15:4 (NIV)
Like many of you, I was saddened to learn of the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, and have followed the search for her. The notion of anyone kidnapping an eighty-four-year-old is disturbing. What’s more, the depravity of those who submitted gaslit ransom notes is beyond the comprehension of […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Of Great Expectations . . . and Disappointments
“The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire, the size of your dream, and how you handle disappointment along the way.”
–Robert Kiyosaki, American entrepreneur
The week before last, excitement built in the greater Charlotte area as ten to twelve inches of snow were predicted for the weekend. In a scientific poll of one (me), taken for the purpose of this post, most adults disclaim any interest in seeing snow, but secretly hope for it. As the […]
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: A Turn of the Seasons
“To everything, turn, turn, turn
There is a season, turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under heaven.”
–Turn! Turn! Turn! (The Byrds; 1965)
First, an admiring nod to the stamina of our friends in the northeast, as well as our fellow North Carolinians in the mountains. For you, I’m preaching to the choir with this post. No sympathy expected! Nevertheless, we in the Piedmont region are sick of winter and ready for spring. Well, I should speak just for […]
Tuesday Thoughts: For the Life of Me or You
“Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?”
–Luke 15:4 (NIV)
Like many of you, I was saddened to learn of the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, and have followed the search for her. The notion of anyone kidnapping an eighty-four-year-old is disturbing. What’s more, the depravity of those who submitted gaslit ransom notes is beyond the comprehension of […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Of Great Expectations . . . and Disappointments
“The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire, the size of your dream, and how you handle disappointment along the way.”
–Robert Kiyosaki, American entrepreneur
The week before last, excitement built in the greater Charlotte area as ten to twelve inches of snow were predicted for the weekend. In a scientific poll of one (me), taken for the purpose of this post, most adults disclaim any interest in seeing snow, but secretly hope for it. As the […]