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Read more: Lincoln’s moral understandingI am reading Jon Meacham’s new book about Abraham Lincoln—and Meacham stresses the story of Lincoln has messages for us today. I haven’t finished the…
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Read more: What we talk aboutWhat do you talk about? “The best things can’t be told because they transcend thought,” Joseph Campbell once said. “The second best are misunderstood, because…
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Read more: Patriotism“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it,” Mark Twain once said.
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Read more: Ghastly goblinsHere’s my message for this year’s Halloween. “Be sure to vote to keep the ghastly goblins out of government!” –Joy
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Read more: Vote for hopeI saw a sign at a church in Tulsa. It said something like this—although my version has more words, I think. “Your vote is a…
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Read more: Everyone elseIn my last two posts, I shared two quotes about being yourself. This has always been my favorite quote about being yourself. It’s from Oscar…
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Read more: Keep being yourselfIn my last post, I mentioned the Emerson quote about being yourself. This is another quote that I like—a lot. “You change the world by…
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Read more: Be yourself!I have lots of favorite quotes, but this is one of my most favorite. And, I heard it repeated recently while I was watching a…
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Read more: They give me joyI returned from a trip and then welcomed company who arrived just a couple of days later. Finally, this morning, I went for my morning…
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Read more: The emotions of morons?Fredrik Backman, the Swedish author of The Winners, says that he writes about emotions. “I’m interested only in emotions—the things that people feel that make…