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Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of December 10, 2023
Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of December 10, 2023
December 10, 2023
Life doesn’t make any sense without interdependence. We need each other, and the sooner we learn that, the better for us all.
December 11, 2023
People who are aware of, and ashamed of, their prejudices are well on the road to eliminating them.
December 12, 2023
An illusion shared by everyone becomes a reality.
December 13, 2023
He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
December 14, 2023
Dying is nothing. What’s terrible is not to live.
December 15, 2023
Against a stupidity that is in fashion, no wisdom compensates.
December 16, 2023
Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.
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Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of December 10, 2023
Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of December 10, 2023
December 10, 2023
“My pain may be the reason for somebody’s laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody’s pain.” – Chaplin
December 11, 2023
“If you are afraid of loneliness, don’t marry.” – Chekhov
December 12, 2023
“I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.” – Disraeli
December 13, 2023
“He who fears suffering already suffers from his fear.” – de Montaigne
December 14, 2023
“What worries you, masters you.” – Locke
December 15, 2023
“Meaningful silence is better than meaningless words.” – Pythagoras
December 16, 2023
“If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.” – Spinoza
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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of December 3, 2023
Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of December 3, 2023
December 3, 2023
Haberdasher – N. – Dealer in menswear
December 4, 2023
Caveat emptor – n. – “Let the buyer beware.”
December 5, 2023
Patronize – V. – Visit as a customer
December 6, 2023
Mercantile – Adj. – Related to buying and selling
December 7, 2023
Haute Couture – N. – High fashion
December 8, 2023
Millinery – N. – Related to women’s hats
December 9, 2023
Floorwalker – N. – Roving sales person
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Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of December 3, 2023
Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of December 3, 2023
December 3, 2023
When a man is a prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
December 4, 2023
Nothing is so dull as logic, and nothing is so important.
December 5, 2023
People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.
December 6, 2023
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance – it is the illusion of knowledge.
December 7, 2023
Forgetting is the great secret of strong and creative lives.
December 8, 2023
If the literature we are reading does not wake us, why then do we read it?
December 9, 2023
In quoting others, we cite ourselves.
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Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of December 3, 2023
Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of December 3, 2023
December 3, 2023
“Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.” – Gray
December 4, 2023
“For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up!” – Eisenhower
December 5, 2023
“There are only two things to remember. Number one…Don’t Stop, and number two…Keep Going!” – Zappa
December 6, 2023
“To find yourself, think for yourself.” – Socrates
December 7, 2023
“The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.” – Astaire
December 8, 2023
“Where your fear is, there your task is.” – Jung
December 9, 2023
“Every deep thinker is more afraid or being understood than of being misunderstood.” – Nietzsche
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So, Let’s consider: National Park Passports
So, Let’s consider: National Park Passports
Several years ago, the National Park System(NPS) started a really nice hobby item for those that like to travel and visit parks. It’s referred to as the “passport”. (You can find more info at https://shop.americasnationalparks.org/store/department/30/Passport-Program/).
A set of additional stamps honoring specific parks is issued every year, and every year I order the year’s new passport stamp set for my National Park “passports”. Now before you go getting confused on me, these passports aren’t the kind that are issue by the state department that you need to travel between countries, or to New Jersey. They’re actually more like a scrap book of stamps that are issued for parks in the NPS system. A new stamp set is issued each year. And, yes, some parks have yet to get their stamp, but you can still get the passport “stamped” when you visit them. When you visit a park and their visitor’s center, you can get the “cancelation” stamp for you passport stamp. And if there’s not one yet issued, you can still collect the cancelations. It’s a really nice scrapbook log of your trips and visits. And it makes for a nice consolidation of memories to look back on later.
I started this with my kid back when she was young as a fun side item when our family traveled as a way for her to have a book of memories of our trips. And each year when I order my new set I still get her a copy as well.
I just got my new set of stamps for next year and this morning I updated my passports with them. I’ve been doing this long enough that I’ve had to expand to 2 volumes with several sets of additional inserts.
Our family has changed in recent years, but even still, as I add the new stamps and flip through the pages of trips gone by, the memories come back like the noon day sun.
If you’re looking for a fun memory building hobby for your kid(s) and family, I really recommend that you check out this little known fun part of traveling the national park system. It’s affordable and something that grows as they do.
I’m Don Rima and that’s the view From Where I Stand.
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So, Let’s consider: Are we really thankful?
So, Let’s consider: Are we really thankful?
It’s the weekend after the Thanksgiving holiday. I’m sure that the stores are packed with all those materialists looking for the best sales of things that they think they need but haven’t got. I guess they call it Black Friday for a reason. Then there’s Cyber Monday when I’m sure the internet will be crammed with the same people buying yet more stuff they think they need. I’m reminded of the George Carlin skit on people and their “stuff” – I’m sure you can find it on youtube.
You really have to hand it to marketing types that excel at convincing people to part with their hard earned cash for things they really don’t need, or in many cases break out that well worn credit card for the same.
During seasons that have are being redefined by monetarization and gifting, do we ever get back to the real reasons for Thanksgiving? That of giving thanks.
Of all the holiday seasons, I find that I appreciate Thanksgiving the most. Unlike many other religious centric holiday seasons (Easter, Christmas, etc.), it’s one that actually has a solid base in actual history and fact. No, I’m not doubting the birth, death and resurection of the Christ child, but celebrating it on a formerly pagan feast for Nimrod or the winter solstice, etc, or His resurrection during the Feast of Ishtar are events that I personally find problematic.
I don’t think I have to recount the origins of Thanksgiving. It’s well known that it was a time when peoples of different faiths, nationalities, personal and social priorities, and many other diffentiating aspects of life, gathered together to give thanks. They gave thanks to each other, they were thankful for what they had, they were thankful to their God and his beneficence. It was a time of positive celebration, of coming together in commonness. It would appear they set aside what divided them and concentrated on that which unified them.
So, in this ever increasing materialistic centric world, let’s be reminded to be thankful for the simple things. For friendship. For freedom. For our country, and if you’re not a US citizen I would presume that you’re also thankful for things where you live and are from. For our God and his benevolence. For family. For the so many things that we’ve grown to take for granted as givens.
During this season, I would also invite you to extend your thanks to others that you may not even know. The homeless person on the street or local organizations that help others in need, and other peoples and groups. By helping them, you share the spirit of thanksgiving in ways that you may never realize or understand.
In these times of strife and mayhem, there’s so many reasons to give thanks.
Be thankful.
I’m Don Rima and that’s the view From Where I Stand.
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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of November 26, 2023
Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of November 26, 2023
November 26, 2023
Bark – V. – Bump or scrape
November 27, 2023
Lore – N. – Space between a bird’s eye and bill
November 28, 2023
Pulse – N. – Plants like peas and beans
November 29, 2023
Rote – N. – Sounds of the surf.
November 30, 2023
Meretricious – Adj. – Falsely or tawdrily attractive
December 1, 2023
Bodega – N. – Wineshop
December 2, 2023
Queue up – V. – Form a line
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Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of November 26, 2023
Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of November 26, 2023
November 26, 2023
Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.
November 27, 2023
Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there.
November 28, 2023
Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people.
November 29, 2023
There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself – an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly.
November 30, 2023
There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought.
December 1, 2023
People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.
December 2, 2023
Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.
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Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of November 26, 2023
Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of November 26, 2023
November 26, 2023
“The Eyes are the window to your soul” – Shakespeare
November 27, 2023
“A home without books is a body without soul.” – Cicero
November 28, 2023
“If they spit at you behind your back it means you’re ahead of them.” – Confucius
November 29, 2023
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Tzu
November 30, 2023
“Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” – Twain
December 1, 2023
“In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.” – Kazantzakis
December 2, 2023
“Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.” – Douglas
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