Tuesday Thoughts
Thoughts of an Optimistic Writer
Tuesday Thoughts
Thoughts of an Optimistic Writer
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: What’s the True Meaning of Christmas?
“Then shall He answer them, saying, ‘Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.'” (Matthew 25: 45 KJV)
“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” (Hebrews 13:2 KJV)
I stopped at an intersection the other day and stared straight ahead. No eye contact meant no need […]
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: What’s the True Meaning of Christmas?
“Then shall He answer them, saying, ‘Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.'” (Matthew 25: 45 KJV)
“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” (Hebrews 13:2 KJV)
I stopped at an intersection the other day and stared straight ahead. No eye contact meant no need […]