Clean Up Your Own Garbage
Some great lessons come to us not as long, drawn out ordeals born in pain, tears and suffering, but in moments of comic relief where we’ve been made the butt of a cosmic joke.
Category Archives: Meaning Making
Holding Vigil — Together
To read today’s post in its optimal format, please go to the Just A Thought website. Please click here. Our new grandson William was born on May 25, 2025. I dedicate this post to all our children and grandchildren who are trying to move forward with their lives. “What I seek to convey,” Franklin Roosevelt said, at the beginning of an address to the seventh … Continue reading Holding Vigil — Together
Principles Matter
To read today’s post in its optimal format, please go to the Just A Thought website. Please click here. “Ideology knows the answer before the question has been asked. Principles are something different: a set of values that have to be adapted to circumstances but not compromised away.” – George Packer Without principles, whatever moral governor one might have stops working, and with it — … Continue reading Principles Matter
Timeless Wisdom
To read today’s post in its optimal format, please go to the Just A Thought website. Please click here. Be careful how you live… …“Your life may be the only Bible some people read.” ~ William Toms “Knowledge speaks, wisdom listens.” ~ Jimi Hendrix These days it seems like our ship is badly listing and the waters around us are rising fast. Generations of humane … Continue reading Timeless Wisdom
Learning from Pain (by Eileen)
To watch the video included in today’s post please go to the Just A Thought website. Please click here. “Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh When I was about 23, I was dropped off from work by a friend and rushed across the street without looking because … Continue reading Learning from Pain (by Eileen)