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February 2025
February Thought for the Month
"Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare."
~ Japanese proverb
From the day each of us realizes we have a say in our future, we set out to accomplish good, great, even magnificent things in our lives. But not enough of us live up to those goals. Some never get passed the dream stage. Others take up the dream and run with it but with no clear plan to accomplish it. With no vision of how to achieve it, a dream is practically guaranteed to fail.
January 2025
January Thought of the Month
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."
~ Steve Jobs
As we get older, it's almost inevitable that we look back with regret on time wasted, decisions made, and the paths not taken. No one wants to have such regrets in their lives. But too many of us make decisions - big and small - to make others happy rather than with our own best interests in mind.
December 2024
December Thought of the Month
"You are never too old to set a new goal or dream a new dream."
~ C.S. Lewis
At this time of year, we're usually focused on holiday tasks: shopping for presents, decorating, travel plans, etc. But it should also be a time of begin preparing for a new year. Without a plan, we are at the mercy of Life's currents.
November 2024
November Thought of the Month
"I have found that, rather than dwelling on the negative, if we will take a step back and consider the blessings in our lives, including seemingly small, sometimes overlooked blessings, we can find greater happiness."
~ Thomas S. Morrison
October 2024
October Thought of the Month
"To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there."
~ Kofi Annan
September 2024
September Thought of the Month
"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."
~ Andy Griffith
I was watering my porch plants the other day when someone pulling out of the parking lot across the street called out to say how beautiful they are. I smiled and thanked her. It wasn't a huge deal for her, only a few seconds of her time and consideration. But those few words really brightened my day.
August 2024
August Thought of the Month
"You gotta write your own hymms or they ain't worth singing."
~ Ray Bradbury from The Day it Rained Forever
Rod Serling, famous for his series, The Twilight Zone and Night Gallery, recognized the evil of stifling individuality. He has multiple episodes in both shows depicting how wrong conformity can be, even if wrapped in an appealing package. Dictator characters praise and enforce conformity, anyone who is different is either forced to comply or cast out, even killed. That is the death of a society.
July 2024
July Thought of the Month
"Few will have the greatness to bend history, but each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope...."
~ Robert "Bobby" F. Kennedy, Sr.
June 2024
June Thought of the Month
"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot."
~ Michael Altshuler
The year is nearly half over already. While time moves pretty much at the same pace it always has, we perceive it as flying by. We spend too much of our present dealing with the future. This has made us hyperaware of time and its passing.
May 2024
May Thought of the Month
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
It's a sad fact of life that other people will try to pigeonhole us, telling us what life paths we should follow and which dreams aren't for us, all without bothering to take the time to know us. Our desires and preferences take a distant second place to their opinions. We waste time, in some cases years, trying to be what we aren't to make others happy.
