Thought for Today

“The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so; but we ask the reason of all evil, of pain, and hunger, and mosquitoes and silly people.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thought for Today

“None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.’ — Pearl S. Buck

Freedom for One Requires Freedom for All

This is sometimes a difficult concept for even Americans to understand. No one is free, unless everyone is free. I know how difficult it can be to listen to people stirring up fear, mistrust and hatred and want them to have the freedom to continue to do so, especially when they seem to want toContinue reading “Freedom for One Requires Freedom for All”

Thought for Today

“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” — Nelson Mandela

Thought for Today

“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and it there be any praise, think on these things.” — Philippians 4:8, The Bible

Thought for Today

“Whenever you’re in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.” — William James

Thought for Today

“If you want to be creative, stay in part a child, with the creativity and invention that characterizes children before they are deformed by adult society.” — Jean Piaget

Thought for Today

“Blessed are the weird people-poets, misfits, writers, mystics, painters, troubadours-for they teach us to see the world through different eyes” -Jacob Nordby

Women’s Heart Thought for June

“Heart disease is the number one killer of men and women in the United States, claiming the lives of more than 600,000 people each year, half of them women. And yet many women — and their health care providers — still believe heart disease is less serious in women than in men. This is simplyContinue reading “Women’s Heart Thought for June”