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Sunday Inspiration: The Soul
The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.
—Marcus Aurelius
Black Friday?
On this Black Friday, I’d like to simply remind you that Bookshop.org is a fine way to buy books while supporting local bookstores. If that’s something you’d be interested in doing.
Sunday Inspiration: Be the Reason
Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness of people.
—Roy T. Bennet
Sunday Inspiration: You Shall Know the Truth
You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd.
—Flannery O’Connor
Sunday Inspiration: Reading
Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school.
—Beverly Cleary
Sunday Inspiration: Stand Up for Others
Do not accept brutality and cruelty as normal even if it is sanctioned. Protect the vulnerable and encourage the afraid. If you are brave, stand up for others. If you cannot be brave—and it is often hard to be brave—be kind.
—Sarah Kendzior
Sunday Inspiration: Hope
Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
—Pliny the Elder
Sunday Inspiration: The Truth
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.
—Flannery O’Connor
Sunday Inspiration: Lighthouses
Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.
—Anne Lamott
Sunday Inspiration: Being Human Together
My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.
—Desmond Tutu
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