Wouldn’t it be nice if on your worst days, someone could remind you of who you are on your best days? How the people who love you see you, always.
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Posts Tagged ‘Thoughts’
Wouldn’t It Be Nice?
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, bad days can get better too, Thoughts on November 14, 2025| Leave a Comment »
Ripple Effects
Posted in Holidays, Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, inspiration, kindness, Thoughts on November 13, 2025| Leave a Comment »
Happy Kindness Day! Not that you should limit kindness to just one day, but a little reminder can be useful. And knowing that people around you are more predisposed to be kind today?
That’s a good thing, and it’s catching!
If you’re going to be kind to another human, today is the day to do it!
Some hardhearted souls may even question whether small acts of kindness really matter. Spoiler alert: They do!
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“And here’s the beautiful part: When someone receives kindness, they don’t just feel better, they become better.”
The bonus is that a little kindness is good for both the recipient and the giver. Win win!
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
— William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice
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Let’s Go With Always
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, creativity, think positive, Thoughts, Writers, writing on November 12, 2025| Leave a Comment »
“It was never the right time or it was always the right time, depending on how you looked at it.”
— Ann Patchett, Bel Canto
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Future Memories
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, inspiration, live well, Thoughts on November 11, 2025| Leave a Comment »
We held two memorials this weekend, both opportunities to come together around happy memories and shared stories. It also got me thinking (in a positive way!) about what comes after—not in terms of heaven (or that other place) but how to live and the world you leave behind.
Today is also Veterans Day in the US and Remembrance Day in Canada, an ideal time to think about those who came before and what they did for their world, and ours.
Given that, this quote seemed like a good fit for today.
Decide what you would like your obituary to say and live the life to deserve it.
— Warren Buffett
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To the Light and Beauty
Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, #BeFrodo, conviction, courage, ethics, J.R.R. Tolkien, morality, Thoughts on November 10, 2025| Leave a Comment »
“To become the shadow to defeat the shadow only extends the shadow’s reach and its reign. In one of the great ironies of our international moment, it appears that many of the people who’ve read “The Lord of the Rings” the most understand it the least. They perceive an emergency – a world in crisis – and grasp for the ring.
But Tolkien’s message is profoundly different. You must demonstrate courage to defend against evil, but to defeat it, you cannot rely on your own strength. It is to the “light and high beauty” that we must turn, even when we cannot see a way through.”
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Writing Time
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, creativity, Thoughts, Writers, writing on November 8, 2025| 1 Comment »
“The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.”
— Henry James
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Another Type of Magic
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, inspiration, Thoughts on November 6, 2025| Leave a Comment »
“The closest thing we can get to a crystal ball is history.”
— Jennifer Lawrence
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Sally Forth!
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, citizenship, community, election day, Thoughts, voting on November 4, 2025| Leave a Comment »
It’s Election Day in the US! Want to have a say in your community and its policies, in who represents you and for what? Voting is all this and more.
Haven’t voted yet? There’s still lots of time.
Need info on where or how to vote? These sites have you covered:
And if you have additional questions or run into issues, there’s also this election protection hotline (complete with memorable phone numbers!): 866ourvote.org
- English 866-OUR-VOTE: 866-687-8683
- Spanish/English 888-VE-Y-VOTA: 888-839-8682
- Asian Languages/English 888-API-VOTE: 888-274-8683
- Arabic/English 844-YALLA-US: 844-925-5287
Sally forth, citizens, and be heard!
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(I’ll Try to) Use Wisely
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, creativity, Thoughts, Writers on November 3, 2025| Leave a Comment »
“The gifts you possess can lift you up or pull you down; it all depends on how you use them.”
— Arthur C. Brooks
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Nothing, and Everything
Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, #WhereDoIdeasComeFrom, creativity, inspiration, Thoughts on November 2, 2025| Leave a Comment »
My office is filled with random yet interesting items. Maybe a color caught my eye, or a puzzle, or a map (or a bit of pottery, a magic wand, a decoder ring, a set of travel watercolors, or or or). All things that spark my creativity or capture an experience I want to remember.
For example: Mr Man and I had a special dinner a while back.
Appetizer: mussels steamed with a great deal of garlic and a perfectly reasonable amount of white wine.
Flavor: excellent.
Bonus: an unexpected gift, the tiniest pearl I have ever seen.
Taking a picture of it was a challenge, it’s that small.
I keep it in memory of that night. It’s worth nothing, and everything.
“But the pearls were accidents, and the finding of one was luck, a little pat on the back by God or the gods both.”
– John Steinbeck
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