Tuesday Thoughts
Thoughts of an Optimistic Writer
Tuesday Thoughts
Thoughts of an Optimistic Writer
Tuesday Thoughts: What are Friends For?
“Keep smiling and keep shining, knowing you can always count on me, for sure; that’s what friends are for. In good times and bad times, I’ll be on your side forever more; that’s what friends are for.”
–“That’s What Friends Are For” (by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager; 1982)
Maybe it’s an age thing. The older I get, the more I cherish my friends. Perhaps some of you, now […]
Tuesday Thoughts: A Belated Happy Birthday Wish!
“With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds…to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.”
–President Abraham Lincoln (Second Inaugural Address; March 4, 1865)
Due to the biweekly schedule of this […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Have We Lost Our Work Ethic?
“You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours.”
–Psalm 128:2 (NIV)
Those of you as long in the tooth as I were blessed with parents of the greatest generation. Tens of thousands of young men and women, some not even out of high school, went to war to protect our freedom and our country’s sovereignty.
Considering that their effort put their lives […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Pet Peeves and Sleeves: A Few of My (Least) Favorite Things?
“Cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudels; Door bells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles*…These are a few of my favorite things.”
–“My Favorite Things,” from The Sound of Music.
Okay, I admit it up front: I’ve got some pet peeves–things that really bug me. But, hey, we all do! Right? Think about it. What are the things that just make you want to scream?
I don’t […]
Tuesday Thoughts: What are Friends For?
“Keep smiling and keep shining, knowing you can always count on me, for sure; that’s what friends are for. In good times and bad times, I’ll be on your side forever more; that’s what friends are for.”
–“That’s What Friends Are For” (by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager; 1982)
Maybe it’s an age thing. The older I get, the more I cherish my friends. Perhaps some of you, now […]
Tuesday Thoughts: A Belated Happy Birthday Wish!
“With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds…to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.”
–President Abraham Lincoln (Second Inaugural Address; March 4, 1865)
Due to the biweekly schedule of this […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Have We Lost Our Work Ethic?
“You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours.”
–Psalm 128:2 (NIV)
Those of you as long in the tooth as I were blessed with parents of the greatest generation. Tens of thousands of young men and women, some not even out of high school, went to war to protect our freedom and our country’s sovereignty.
Considering that their effort put their lives […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Pet Peeves and Sleeves: A Few of My (Least) Favorite Things?
“Cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudels; Door bells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles*…These are a few of my favorite things.”
–“My Favorite Things,” from The Sound of Music.
Okay, I admit it up front: I’ve got some pet peeves–things that really bug me. But, hey, we all do! Right? Think about it. What are the things that just make you want to scream?
I don’t […]