People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character. | |
― Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Dozing In The Backyard Hammock |
10 (40) | |
2021 | Still Learning (And Practicing) Guitar |
Still Ain’t Quite Right | |
More Changes… | |
2020 | Remembering… |
You KNEW That Man Was Trippin’ | |
2019 | Kingslanding |
2018 | I’d Bet On Taxes |
Ooops! I Spoke Too Soon | |
2017 | A Cautionary Wish |
2016 | Slogging |
It’s About… | |
Man / Man | |
2015 | Memorial Day – 2015 |
Content People Love To Share | |
2014 | I Resemble That Remark |
2013 | Long Range Exploration |
2012 | UBI |
2011 | Opportunity |
Posts Tagged ‘Ralph Waldo Emerson’
Everybody Has One…
Posted in Guitar Stuff, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Character, Confession, Opinion, Philosophy, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson on May 25, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Wishes For You…
Posted in Family and Friends, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Birthday Wishes, Family, Happy Birthday Sarah, Master's Degree, New York City, Philosophy, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson on March 13, 2023| 1 Comment »
This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, Love to complete your life. | |
― Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
[Sarah, Happy Birthday!! | |
Congrats on your recent transfer / new job in New York City! Despite the distance, you are never more than a memory (or phone call) away. Reach out any time you feel lonely or miss home. You’re never too far away from a virtual hug… | |
And another BIG congrats on completing your Master’s Degree program. As always, we are very proud of you!! | |
Love Always, | |
Mum & Dad] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Finding Your Strength |
2021 | Step By Step Find Strength |
Keep Searching | |
2020 | Giving Thanks |
2019 | One A Day |
2018 | Try |
2017 | You’re Starting To Make Us Feel Old |
2016 | Focus |
2015 | Challenging Legacy |
2014 | Happy 21st Birthday! |
2013 | Expectations |
2012 | Trust Him Smile |
2011 | Why Change? |
Almost
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Philosophy, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson on January 28, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Make the most of yourself. For that is all there is of you. | |
― Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | A Happy Realization |
2021 | Is Science Cumulative? |
We’re Aging With Time | |
2020 | Where #45 Is Leading The Republican Party |
2019 | Your Own Blog Posts |
The Man With A Code | |
2018 | Choose Goodness |
2017 | Developing Translations |
2016 | Think Like A Hero |
2015 | Reductionism |
2014 | Gravitation, n. |
2013 | Ups And Downs |
2012 | Nerd Heard – And Good-Bye |
Your Continuum | |
2011 | Career Tips (Part 2) |
Start By Living This One
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Actors, Days, Events, Moments, Philosophy, Quality, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson on December 28, 2022| 2 Comments »
It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or of actors, that imports. | |
— Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Almost, But Not Quite |
Just Messin’ | |
2020 | The Definition Of A Modern Republican Senator |
#45 Has Got To Go | |
2019 | Just Rewards |
2018 | Diet Resolutions For The New Year |
Day 3: Late December Diet / Fast | |
2017 | Daily, Mr. President, Daily |
2016 | We Did This |
2015 | I’m Talking To You |
Forced (Again) | |
2014 | We Are Not A Fearful Nation! |
2013 | Risking Truth |
2012 | Working On Reality |
2011 | Massive Contradictory Changes |
Why I Always Favor A Free Marketplace Of Ideas
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged A Free Market, Flowers, Ideas, Parents, Philosophy, Plants, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Replacements, Seeds, Trees, Vegetable Life on December 2, 2022| Leave a Comment »
The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent. | |
— Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Unnoticed Perfection |
You Just Don’t Realize | |
2020 | Maybe After A Couple Of Hundred Years I Think About It |
Worth The Time I’ve Waited | |
2019 | Courage Facing Temptation |
2018 | I Can’t Laugh At #45 |
2017 | Release, Harmonize, Illuminate |
2016 | One Trouble With Television |
2015 | I Am Lucky And I Am Grateful |
2014 | Future Envy |
2013 | We Do Not Want To Learn That |
2012 | Social Inhibition |
2011 | Studying Chinese Food |
Are You Bored, Too? | |
2010 | Rant, Pant, Deep Breath – Reality |
Sits Loose
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Anarchy, Chance, God, Gradation, Philosophy, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Satchel Paige, Systems, Universe on December 1, 2022| Leave a Comment »
There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere. | |
— Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
[“When I works, I works hard. | |
When I sits, I sits loose. | |
And when I thinks, I falls asleep.“ | |
… I always thought this was a Satchel Paige quote, but I’ve not been able to find any direct attribution. I welcome any reader’s input. — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | My Fear Is She Loses This Bet |
Gotta Stay Hungry | |
2020 | Still On The Obstacle Course? |
Thunder | |
2019 | Expecting A December Correction |
2018 | Dominoes II (Update From Last Year’s Post) |
2017 | Dominoes |
2016 | Itchin’ |
2015 | In The Not So Distant Future |
2014 | Sources |
2013 | Three Essentials |
2012 | Just Looking |
2011 | Religious Lessons |
2010 | View From Under The Bus… (A mid-term report card on the Obama Administration. Long, but still worth reading for historical perspective.) |
If Only I Could…
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Contentment, Intellectual Life, Knowing, Knowledge, Philosophy, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson on November 29, 2022| Leave a Comment »
People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing, if only I could know. | |
— Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Become Daily |
Just Pickin’ | |
2020 | So, You Think You Know The Answer? |
The One You Come Running To | |
2019 | His Promises, OUR Hopes |
2018 | Where I Write |
2017 | At Last, An Honest Philosopher… |
2016 | Fake It ‘Til You Make It |
2015 | Hell Toupée |
2014 | Corrected And Amended |
2013 | Too Few |
2012 | Three Characters |
2011 | Universal Payment |
2010 | Privatizing the TSA? (An old – and long – post, but still relevant!!) |
To My Wife, My Love, My Friend
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Friendship, Happy Birthday Hil, Inspiration, Philosophy, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Trust on October 29, 2022| 2 Comments »
The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship. | |
― Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
Happy Birthday, Hil!! May we forever hold hands on our walks… | |
All my love, | |
Always! | |
Your Kev | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | It Also Helps To Marry Well |
Holding Hands And Thinking | |
2020 | A Mandelbrot Set |
I Still Can’t… | |
2019 | Proposing A Happy Birthday |
35 Years Later | |
2018 | Forever |
2017 | Too Good To Be True |
Plain Speaking | |
2016 | She Is Still Singing |
2015 | Don’t Complain |
2014 | Nothing Is The Same |
Orange October (XII) – Giants Win Game 7 (3 To 2) And World Series (4 To 3) | |
2013 | Hours, Days, And Years |
2012 | In Kev Are In Hil |
2011 | No Game, Didn’t Really Happen |
A Good Post | |
Why I Keep Posting…
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Actions, Blogging, Philosophy, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Words on September 4, 2022| 1 Comment »
Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words. | |
— Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | A Little Forgetfulness |
Thoughts While Driving To Work | |
2020 | Making Potential Come True |
Predating / Predicting Nerdhood | |
2019 | Duration Unknown |
Day 6: Almost There | |
2018 | Just Trying To Be Me |
Day 39: Half This Game Is 90% Mental | |
2017 | A Letter To 45 |
Some Small Place | |
2016 | REDs |
2015 | Cities |
2014 | Still |
2013 | Dare = Hope |
2012 | Check My Math |
2011 | Just Asking |
True For All Arts
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Art, Books, Freedom, Philosophy, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson on September 3, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Some books leave us free and some books make us free. | |
— Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
[…And blog sites. — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Driving To Your Destiny |
Angels | |
2020 | It Almost Certainly Will If #45 Is Re-elected |
Sssshhhh | |
2019 | Deciding, Doing, Done |
Day 5: Getting Easier | |
2018 | Thought Experiments |
Day 38: Going Crazy | |
2017 | Which Did You Learn? |
2016 | Shape And Limit |
2015 | Me Either |
2014 | Just Business |
2013 | Beautiful Adventure |
2012 | Precedence |
2011 | Ya Think? |
Hold That Thought
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Life, Philosophy, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thoughts on September 2, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day. | |
— Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | The Same Goes For Countries And Elected Leaders |
Just Beginning… | |
2020 | Your True Standard |
But When The Smoke Had Cleared Away… | |
2019 | Ooh, Shiny |
Day 4: Surprised | |
2018 | We Are Approaching Default |
Running On History | |
Day 37: Blended Not Juiced | |
2017 | Today Is Not Lost |
Day 8 | |
2016 | Paying Attention |
2015 | An Awful Ordeal |
2014 | What Are You Doing? |
2013 | Lives > 1 |
2012 | Strange To All The World |
2011 | Unnecessary Stagefright |
Who Wins
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Bravery, Courage, Critics, Difficulties, Peace, Philosophy, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Temptations, Victory on July 23, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them. | |
— Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | 6/1 Capitol Riot Commission |
Walkin’ And Talkin’ | |
2020 | Fact Check: Presidential Memories |
Vote In November! | |
2019 | Where Today’s Republican Party Is Failing America (And The President) |
2018 | Either / Or |
2017 | Redemptive Power |
2016 | On Calls To Renew Waterboarding / Torture |
2015 | Still Struggling |
2014 | How To Become A Saint |
2013 | Not Much Change |
Our Biggest Fear | |
2012 | Brain, n. |
2011 | Styles Of Leadership |
2010 | Face Front! |
What You Know
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Philosophy, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Success on March 30, 2022| Leave a Comment »
The good news is that the moment you decide that what you know is more important than what you have been taught to believe, you will have shifted gears in your quest for abundance. Success comes from within, not from without. | |
― Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | What You Know |
2021 | Some Doctors Are Better Than Others |
Lessons | |
2020 | A Liar As President Corrupts Us |
2019 | Is It Dark And Quiet For You? |
2018 | Undeniable Requirement |
2017 | Orange Corrosion |
2016 | Both Particle And Wave |
2015 | Deep In Debt |
2014 | The Difference |
2013 | My Heart Is Described |
2012 | Keen To Be Alone |
2011 | The Ideal Business… |
2010 | 55 |
Understanding True Achievement
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Peace, Philosophy, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Understanding, Violence on March 25, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding. | |
― Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Understanding True Achievement |
2021 | Avoiding Corners |
Nobody Knows | |
A Novel War | |
2020 | First Buds |
To Fly | |
2019 | What If Nobody Believes Them Either |
2018 | It’s About Heart Not Skill |
2017 | Winning So Much I’m Already Tired Of It (Not) |
2016 | Punishing Red Binge |
2015 | Bits In The Soup |
2014 | More Beef, Less Bull |
2013 | Where Are Your Mountains |
2012 | Spherical Knowledge Of Hamsters |
2011 | Taking Stock Over Time |
Be Someone For Somebody
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Inspiration, Philosophy, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson on March 19, 2022| 5 Comments »
Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be. | |
— Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Be Someone For Somebody |
2021 | Genius (And Other Details) |
I Don’t Know Why | |
Going Into The Deep End | |
2020 | Repercussions For Health |
2019 | Chained To #45 |
2018 | Some Men Make Their Office As Small As Themselves |
2017 | Too Many |
2016 | Not Yet, Anyway |
2015 | On Pornography |
2014 | Nudge, Nudge |
2013 | The Journey Will Be Joy |
2012 | Hopeful Flights |
2011 | Irrationally Predictable |
Lawful Restraint | |