Courage is like love, it must have hope for nourishment. | |
― Napoléon Bonaparte | |
[…with courage, love and hope. — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Too Heavy A Burden |
I Don’t Mind At All | |
2020 | Compare, Contrast And Learn |
Some Dreams Do Come True | |
Just In Case | |
2019 | Can I Get A Witness? |
2018 | I’d Still Like To Try It Out |
2017 | In Every Thing |
2016 | Future Halo |
2015 | The Hard Way Every Time |
2014 | Indispensable Wits |
2013 | I’d Like To |
2012 | 2012 National League Champions – San Francisco Giants!! |
2nd Viewing – No Change | |
Light Shining Out of Darkness | |
2011 | Just Kickin It |
Are These The “Real” Protectors Of America’s Constitution? | |
2010 | Giants Advance To 2010 World Series!!! |
Posts Tagged ‘Hope’
Nourish Others
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Courage, Hope, Love, Napoléon Bonaparte, Nourishment, Philosophy, Quotes on October 23, 2022| 2 Comments »
Choose Hope Today
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Choice, Fear, Hardship, Hope, Nelson Mandela, Philosophy, Quotes, Thich Nhat Hanh, Tomorrow on September 22, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today. | |
— Thich Nhat Hahn | |
May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears. | |
— Nelson Mandela | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | What Will You Become? |
Life’s Illusions | |
2020 | Rules Of Morality |
Tempting Fate | |
2019 | Good People On Both Sides? |
2018 | Schedule, Please |
2017 | No Hope For #DumbDonald |
2016 | Do Something |
2015 | What Are You Making Now? |
2014 | Like Fire Burning In My Heart |
2013 | Oh Yes He Can! |
2012 | Enquiries |
2011 | The Prize: Understanding |
2010 | Can You Tell My Scanner Works? |
Rebecca – The Early Years | |
James – The Early Years | |
Brothers By Another Mother | |
Back To First Principles
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Bram Stoker, Dracula, Enjoyment, Hope, Human Nature, Obstructions, Philosophy, Principles, Quotes, Resilience on August 21, 2022| 3 Comments »
It is really wonderful how much resilience there is in human nature. Let any obstructing cause, no matter what, be removed in any way, even by death, and we fly back to first principles of hope and enjoyment. | |
— Bram Stoker | |
From his book: “Dracula“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Full Value Division |
EWF On Ice | |
Strung Along | |
2020 | The Responsibility Side Is On The Right |
Where Clear Winds Blow | |
2019 | Define Your Life… |
2018 | It Is No Secret |
Day 25: When 4 or 5 equals 2 | |
2017 | Cowardly Defamation |
2016 | With No Allowance For Chance? |
2015 | Details |
2014 | Here’s One… |
2013 | Non-Fungible Commodities |
2012 | Hope And Tears |
2011 | Just Long Enough |
Meaningful Thoughts | |
I Remember…
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Good Things, Hope, Memory, Philosophy, Quotes, Stephen King on July 1, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Remember. Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. | |
— Stephen King | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Biden Won By Almost 7 Million Votes |
Waiting Outside My Door | |
2020 | The Tragedy Of Trump Republicanism |
2019 | What Do Your Children See You Doing? |
2018 | Is #45 STILL Losing America |
2017 | We Sleep To Remember And We Sleep To Forget |
2016 | Useful Gift |
2015 | Who’s The Boss? |
2014 | What Counts In The Future |
2013 | Improper Sequence? |
2012 | Two Gems |
2011 | A True Test |
Is Normal Just Routine?
Posted in Health, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Choice, COVID-19, Did I Point My Kids To The Wrong North Star?, Faith, Health, Hope, Nicole Chung, Parenting, Philosophy, Quarantines, Quotes, The New Normal, The View Essay, Time Magazine on June 21, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I would say that I don’t know how we got through that first shaky week of this third pandemic-impacted school year, hugging our kids and checking to make sure their masks were secure before they left each morning, except that I do know: We had no choice. We still don’t. Though we’re grateful to their teachers and glad that our kids are once again learning alongside their peers, the worry persists, an undercurrent to which we’ve been forced to adapt as we settle into routines both familiar and new. | |
Each week brings more pediatric infections, more student quarantines. Each day, I’m conscious of the fact that I’m allowing my children to assume a risk from which I, working at home, am protected, and this feels hopelessly backward. I read every update to the school COVID-19 guidelines so I know what to expect after the inevitable exposure, but I can’t tell my kids what they have long wanted to know: When will things go back to the way they remember? | |
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Over the past 18 months, a common refrain has been that this pandemic should compel all of us to recognize our interdependence, the inescapable fact that we will not address this or any of the other grave threats we’re facing without collective action. This is a lesson that I expect many of our children are also learning, though the cost and the danger to them feels too high. I know I don’t want my kids to conclude that they are or forever will be powerless, or that there is no one who will fight with and for them. There are many things I still have to hope for to get through each day, and while our children’s survival and health top the list, I also want them to retain their faith in themselves and in their ability to look forward to something better than this — to find, as they so often do, their own reasons to hope. | |
— Nicole Chung | |
From: “The View Essay: Parenting – Did I point my kids to the wrong North Star?” Appearing in: Time Magazine; 11/18 Oct 2021 |
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Also online at: https://time.com/6102019/covid-19-hope-for-kids/ | |
The online version appears as: “There’s No End in Sight for COVID-19. What Do We Tell Our Kids Now?“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | The Rush Is On |
Another Rerun | |
2020 | It Is Still About Sharing And Cheering |
2019 | Sounds Like #LyingDonald |
2018 | Start Building |
2017 | Woof! Woof! |
2016 | Cast Out |
2015 | Small Pieces |
Happy Father’s Day! | |
2014 | Uncertain Work |
2013 | Unpatriotic And Servile |
2012 | What Price Freedom? |
2011 | Particular Importance |
Three From Bette… | |
Prayers For Mariupol
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Hope, Incentive, Mariupol, Orison Swett Marden, Philosophy, Quotes, Tonic, Ukraine on April 25, 2022| 2 Comments »
There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow. | |
— Orison Swett Marden | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Prayers For Mariupol |
2021 | Assumptions Are Fatal In Science |
Starting To Look Back | |
2020 | Down On Earth |
2019 | Are You Moving? |
2018 | We Can Only Pray |
2017 | Heavier At That End |
2016 | The Difference Is Craftsmanship |
2015 | However Vast The Darkness |
2014 | The Omnipresent Teacher |
2013 | Don’t Waste |
2012 | Earning Thanks |
2011 | Fuzzy Vision |
2010 | Movies and Book |
The Grand Essentials
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Allan Chalmers, Essentials, Happiness, Hope, Love, Philosophy, Quotes on April 24, 2022| Leave a Comment »
The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. | |
— Allan Chalmers | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | The Grand Essentials |
Second 40 | |
2021 | Adding Spice |
Be Who You Must | |
2020 | Mo, Cilla, Mushy Peas And Rain |
No New Wars | |
2019 | An Epitaph For #45 (#LyingDonald) |
2018 | Before And After |
2017 | Verbs |
2016 | Not Too Tidy |
2015 | Little Understanding |
2014 | Open Early |
2013 | Movies And A Lifetime Of Lyrics |
This Truth | |
2012 | Cheaper To Hold |
2011 | Resistance Is Futile |
One Great, One Enjoyable, One Terrible… | |
Unfortunately, No Approval Is Required | |
And Do The Right Thing…
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Anne Lamott, Darkness, Dawn, Hope, Philosophy, Quotes on April 9, 2022| 2 Comments »
Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and do the right thing, the dawn will come. | |
— Anne Lamott | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | And Do The Right Thing… |
2021 | Rational Response |
This Can’t Go On | |
2020 | A Different Premise |
2019 | Can Too |
2018 | To Get Strength |
Drip, Drip, Drip | |
2017 | Bricolage Art |
2016 | Just A Shame |
2015 | Treasures Of The Mind |
2014 | Not Quite Exceeded Reach |
2013 | Who’s Side? |
2012 | Why I Joined The Army And Not The Navy… |
2011 | Is It Your Turn Yet? |
Just Trippin’ | |
There Is No Fate But What You Make
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Albert Schweitzer, Civilization, Fate, Future, Hope, Philosophy, Quotes on January 30, 2022| Leave a Comment »
The future of civilization depends on our overcoming the meaningless and hopelessness that characterizes the thoughts of men today. | ||
— Albert Schweitzer | ||
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On This Day In: | ||
2022 | There Is No Fate But What You Make | |
2021 | The Silent Word | |
Touched My Hand | ||
2020 | Releasing Their Fears | |
2019 | 17 Days Until The Next Government Shutdown | |
2018 | Disciplined Models | |
2017 | We Cannot Afford Enemies | |
2016 | Love Is Just A State Of Mind | |
2015 | Waiting? | |
2014 | Big C, Little B (II) | |
Where God Has Not | ||
2013 | Chasing His Dragon | |
Shaped And Molded | ||
2012 | Believe In Yourself | |
2011 | Cultural Equivalence | |
Why Not? | ||
Books About Books | ||
The Basis For Adult Continuing Education | ||
Choose Possible
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Attitude, Choice, Christopher Reeve, Hope, On What Is Possible, Philosophy, Quotes on January 13, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Once you choose hope, anything is possible. | |
— Christopher Reeve | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Choose Possible |
2021 | Thousands |
Where Did All The Blue Skies Go? | |
2020 | A Profound Source |
2019 | Sad Words |
2018 | Self-Sorted |
2017 | Right |
2016 | At Least One Step |
2015 | Month To Month Rental |
2014 | Professional Beliefs |
2013 | Books Are… |
2012 | True Distinguishing Marks |
2010 | Sub-300 |
Eye On The Prize
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Acceptance, Disappointment, Hope, Loss, Martin Luther King Jr, Philosophy, Quotes on November 28, 2021| Leave a Comment »
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. | |
— Martin Luther King, Jr. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Eye On The Prize |
Everything That’s Precious | |
2020 | And Most Adults Don’t Either |
And It Burns, Burns, Burns | |
Just Dessert | |
2019 | Happy Thanksgiving (2019) |
2018 | And Smiles… |
2017 | Or Savor A Little Longer… |
2016 | Sometimes I Just Want To Smell The Flowers |
2015 | One Truth – Done Well |
2014 | Now In Imagination, On The Other Hand… |
2013 | No Plan, No Map |
2012 | Singing About Love |
2011 | The Awesome Power Of Truth |
Why I Play The Lottery
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Arnold H. Glasow, Expectations, Hope, Lottery, Philosophy, Quotes on October 31, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Expecting something for nothing is the most popular form of hope. | |
— Arnold H. Glasow | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Why I Play The Lottery |
C’mon And Dream Along | |
2020 | #45 In A Nutshell |
Old Man Wishin’… | |
2019 | Three Down, Three To Go |
2018 | Too Significant |
2017 | Shadows |
2016 | Still Blurry |
2015 | For Awhile Anyway |
2014 | By Contrast |
2013 | A Very Long Time… |
2012 | Raise And Support |
2011 | Naturally |
2010 | A Quick Sunday Morning Read |
Giants Win Game 4 In Shutout 4 to 0!!! | |
Surrender With Hope
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Alain de Botton, Attitude, Control, Despair, Hope, Philosophy, Quotes, Surrender on April 17, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Don’t despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don’t – surrender to events with hope. | |
— Alain de Botton | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | For An Extended Period |
2021 | Surrender With Hope |
A Little Grace | |
2020 | Two Midway |
Invisible Hands | |
2019 | Speaking Of #45 |
2018 | A Higher Loyalty |
RIP – Our Silver Lady | |
2017 | Slowly Cutting Their Own Throats |
2016 | Man’s Advantage Over God |
2015 | Deeply |
2014 | Hi-Yo Silver, Away! |
2013 | Warning: |
2012 | Thinking About Beauty |
2011 | A Founding Father’s Argument Against Public Funding Of Religious Education |
Weekend Update | |
So Far, So Good | |
Maybe Faith Is Based On Hope
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Faith, Happy Birthday Mom, Hope, Optimism, Philosophy, Quotes, Václev Havel on April 3, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out. | |
— Václev Havel | |
[Happy Birthday, Mom! | |
You raised me with optimism, hope and faith… Love, Kevin] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Guitar Music |
Yesterday | |
2021 | Maybe Faith Is Based On Hope |
I Want To See You Smile | |
2020 | Thank You (To Those Who Serve) |
Hanging In There | |
2019 | Her Job, Too |
2018 | Just Another Song I Like |
Earlier Still | |
2017 | Ten To Go |
2016 | Unstable Emergence |
2015 | 88 |
2014 | Some One-Liners Are Too Easy |
2013 | Greatness |
2012 | Memories Of Arlington |
2011 | Wake Up |