“Character – the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life – is the source from which self respect springs.” ~Joan Didion In your journal, ponder today’s quote.? Is the source of self respect a willingness to accept responsibility for your own life?? Or is there more to it?? Does that willingness to accept responsibility [...]
“When a miracle happens, even if not to you, it’s nature is to naturally expand.? You can almost feel the warmth on your face.” ~Hugh Elliott In your journal, consider the topic of miracles.? Do you believe that miracles really exist?? Or are they a folklore-ish remnant of days long gone?? What constitutes a miracle [...]
“Blaze with the fire that is never extinguished.” ~Luisa Sigea In your journal, consider today’s quote.? Have you experienced blazing with a fire that is never extinguished (I suppose, if we are taking this more technically, that would mean that you are still experiencing this)?? Have you ever blazed with a fire that *felt* like [...]
“The secret of all success is to know how to deny yourself. Prove that you can control yourself, and you are an educated man; and without this all other education is good for nothing.” ~R. D. Hitchcock In your journal, write about today’s quote.? Do you agree or disagree? Is success really all about denial [...]
“Every day we do things, we are things, that have to do with peace.? If we are aware of our life…, our way of looking at things, we will know how to make peace right in the moment, we are alive.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh In your journal, recount your day (or recount yesterday if you [...]
“The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence.” ~Robert J. Shiller? ? ? Today’s journal writing prompt seems pretty straightforward.? In a society where so many people seem to have multiple warning signs of ADHD, what do you think?? Is the ability to focus attention on important things a [...]
“Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him.” ~George Santayana It’s not uncommon, in our society, to (at least occasionally)? quit listening to opposing viewpoints – no matter who’s view it is – in defense of our own views.? What seems to be quite uncommon (at times) is [...]
“It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy.” ~Dr. Howard Murphy In your journal, consider today’s quote.? Do your experience with walking rapidly seem to confirm Dr. Murphy’s assertion?? What about walking rapidly due to lateness – what sort of effect does that have on your mood (if any)?? Do you make an effort [...]
“A ship in port is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.” ~Grace Murray Hopper In your journal, consider today’s quote in the framework of your life.? Sometimes, we are encouraged to play it safe – in work, in life.? However, we must weigh the security of that safety with what we were [...]
“But pain… seems to me an insufficient reason not to embrace life.? Being dead is quite painless.? Pain, like time, is going to come on regardless.? Question is, what glorious moments can you win from life in addition to the pain?” ~ Lois McMaster Bujold Today’s quote provoked some mixed feelings for me.? As someone [...]
“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage.? The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.” ~William Ellery Channing In your journal, write about a recent difficult that arose.? Did it rouse your spirit or did it discourage you?? Why or why not? Daily journal writing prompt bonus:? I know with some difficulties, particularly when [...]
“The secret of happiness is not in what one likes to do, but, in what one has to do.” ~ James M. Barrie In your journal, explore today’s quote. What do you think James Barrie means when he says that the secret of happiness is is in what one has to do? Do you think [...]
“If you don’t run your own life, somebody else will.” ~John Atkinson In your journal, consider today’s quote.? Who do you give up control of your own life to?? Your boss?? Your spouse?? Your children?? Your pets?? Your business? Your circumstances? Are you aware of when you give up the duty of running your own [...]
“Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there.” ~Eric Hoffer I believe that it’s a well-accepted fact that everyone carries on some sort of pretense.? I’m not sure I completely agree with that [...]
“Walking is also an ambulation of mind.” ~Gretel Ehrlich In your journal, think about the times when you are walking – whether it’s to and from a specific destination, for physical fitness, or to nowhere-in-particular.? Because our mind is always on, walking (no matter what the purpose) seems to bring on a state which? allows [...]
“Cynicism is not realistic and tough.? It’s unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don’t have to try.” ~Peggy Noonan In your journal, explore your outlook on life.? Would you define your outlook on life as that of a cynic or an optimist?? What about your friends and family, how would they define [...]
“This is pretty much what journals are all about, at least to me.? I knew as I wrote them that even though they provided an excellent place for brain (and heart, and psyche) dump, they were mainly a map of me.” ~Colleen Wainwright As I’m sure you would agree, everyone journals for similar yet different [...]
I am so excited to announce that I was named a finalist for the Idea Cafe Small Business “Al Marks Inventive Mind Grant”. There were 762 applicants who were narrowed down to 128 (for the semi finals), which was further narrowed to a field of 40, and I’ve been named as one of the finalists! [...]
“We may go to the moon, but that’s not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.” ~Charles de Gaulle In your journal, consider today’s quote.? What do you think it means when the author says that the greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us?? Do you [...]
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