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Thanksgiving 2015
I’m thankful for…
- The constant, overwhelming, amazing grace of God.
- Family who love me.
- Friends who care about me.
- A warm home to live in.
- The turkey in the oven.
- The theory of general relativity.
- Panda Express.
- Sale prices at academic conferences.
- The music my daughter has brought into my life.
- Friends and colleagues I know both in real life and merely digitally.
- Reunions with beloved mentors.
- The smell of baking bread.
- Babies’ giggles.
- Kentucky basketball.
- Freedom.
- Faith.
- Hope.
- Love.
What are you thankful for?
Sunday Inspiration: Perseverance
Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.
—Walter Elliott
Sunday Inspiration: Peace
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
—Mother Teresa
Sunday Inspiration: Educating the Heart
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.
—Aristotle
Sunday Inspiration: Intentions
A truth that’s told with bad intent
Beats all the lies you can invent.
—William Blake
Sunday Inspiration: Meaning and Purpose
The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.
—Pablo Picasso
Sunday Inspiration: The Majority
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
—Mark Twain
Sunday Inspiration: Goodbye
How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.
—A. A. Milne
Sunday Inspiration: Seeing Rightly
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Sunday Inspiration: Story
We are, as a species, addicted to story. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling itself stories.
—Jonathan Gottschall