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July 2023
July Thought of the Month
"God gave us all wings, it's up to us to choose to fly."
~ Unknown
Flying is one of the most common dreams people have. Interpreters say it symbolizes freedom and power, or the desire to escape the things troubling us in our waking lives. From childhood we watched birds winging their way through the skies above us, maybe even wishing we could join them.
June 2023
June Thought of the Month
"Forget your troubles, come on get happy. You'd better chase all your cares away."
~ Judy Garland
In the face of almost daily mass shootings, wars and threats of war, toxic politics, and worse, it's hard to find a reason to feel good about what's ahead for us. I always try to balance the negative input I get every day with something lighthearted or fun. The other day I came across the song Get Happy from the musical Summer Stock.
May 2023
May Thought of the Month
"Open your mind a little, don't believe everything you hear, see, or read. The world is so caught up in trying to avoid the topics that matter that you'll lose yourself trying to become like it."
~ Nikki Rowe
April 2023
April Thought of the Month
"You were born unique. Do not let the world make you conform to the limitations present in the prevailing winds of thought. Be the unique breeze with no limits or destination and keep on flowing!"
~ Avijeet Das
March 2023
March Thought of the Month
"Day by day begin to stand out. Be a difference maker. Fitting in with the crowd is robbing you of your destiny."
~ Hiral Nagda
February 2023
February Thought for the Month
"With compassion one becomes courageous. Compassion brings triumph when attacked; it brings security when maintained."
~ Tao Te Ching
We have all seen moments of compassion that inspire us thanks to the reality of camera phones everywhere. Rarely do these moments come from the people we elected to govern us. How many times have we thought or said, why won't they stand up for what's right? Why aren't they doing what we elected them to do?
January 2023
January Thought of the Month
"I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed."
~ Robert H. Schuller
We're starting a brand new year, and people are making resolutions for the things they want to accomplish in 2023. Some probably haven't because resolutions never worked for them before. Whatever way you've chosen, I hope you'll reconsider. Not making the traditional New Year's resolutions, but something hopefully better and more effective — take steps toward the goals you were born to achieve.
December 2022
December Thought of the Month
"However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light."
~ Stanley Kubrick
November 2022
November Thought of the Month
"Know what's important and what isn't. Have the wisdom to know the right thing to do, the integrity to do it, the character to stand up to those who don't, and the courage to stop those who won't."
~ Mark Goulston
October 2022
October Thought of the Month
"Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else."
~ Judy Garland
In an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buffy tells her friend Willow that Halloween is the one day when you can be whoever you aren't. But that isn't exactly true. Every day of our lives we play roles to fit in, wearing a different mask for each situation. We are taught from childhood to be what people expect us to be, in some cases demand that we be.
