Believe it or not, today is World Turtle Day. In honor of turtles everywhere, today’s Thursday Thought comes from “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.” It’s good for all of us who sometimes have a hard shell…
Splinter: You will listen now. My Master Yoshi’s first rule was ‘Possess the right thinking’, only then can one receive the gifts of strength, knowledge, and peace. I have tried to channel your anger, Raphael, but more remains. Anger clouds the mind. Turned inward it is an unconquerable enemy.
Today’s Thursday Thought goes back hundreds of years, to Socrates, but is possibly even more relevant in today’s social-media-sharing environment.
Well,” concluded Socrates, “if what you want to tell me is neither True nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me at all?”
We ALL have problems. Big ones. Little ones. Medium ones. But they’re all things we want to be rid of. Today’s Thursday Thought sheds light on why many of those problems just won’t go away.
If you aren’t disabled, you probably will be some time in your life, whether temporarily or permanently. That’s just part of life. Today’s Thursday Thought quote is something you you to remember.
Will you be driving to the post office just before midnight tonight? Facing a long line of traffic at the drop-off box? And everyone grumbling and complaining? In honor of TAX DAY, this week I move my Thursday Thought quote to Monday, April 15. It’s a gentle reminder of what we’re paying for.
“I like to pay taxes. With them I buy civilization.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Today’s Thursday Thought reminds us how much good expressing care, concern, sympathy, and even righteous indignation do…and about how we act.
“All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.” — James Russell Lowell
Today’s Thursday Thought–an Irish proverb–is short but packed with meaning.
“People live in each other’s shelter.” – Irish proverb
I love Mark Twain. His writings are full of humanity, humor, and little life-lessons–like the one I offer you for today’s Thursday Thought:
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” — Mark Twain .
Today’s Thursday Thought concerns words and how we use them. Anything that doesn’t make it through these three gates should never be spoken.
This struck me because of the artists I know. Some paint, some sculpt, some write, some are simply artists of life. Here’s today’s Thursday Thought.
