Author: Dr. Thomas Maples
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Simple Blessings
Inspirational Quote Reflect upon your present blessings — of which every man has many — not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. Charles Dickens To Reflect Upon Blessings To be conscious. We awaken one day with a new set of skills, ready to take on the brevity of challenges the world…
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To See Through the Eyes of a Child… What Dreams May Come?
Inspirational Quotes Children see magic Because they look for it… Christopher Moore History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children. Nelson Mandela Parenting through Magical Means We are all teachers. We bare this title because if we have made it this far, we have done something that only…
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Rediscover the Fire Within
Inspirational Quote Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire. ― Pierre Teilhard De Chardin To Rediscover Passion Hello Friends. I hope this article finds you…
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The Spirit Within
Inspirational Quote You are not a human being in search of a spiritual experience. You are a spiritual being immersed in a human experience. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin A Father’s Guide to Wisdom To take part in the forbidden fruit. To understand the secret between good and evil, as God had only known before. It…
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To Be… What a Beautiful Gift!
Inspirational Quotes I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity. ― Eleanor Roosevelt Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you! ― Dr. Seuss A Father’s Guide…
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The Beauty of What Will Become… What Can You Do with a Little Faith?
Inspirational Quote We become what we love and who we love shapes what we become. Clare of Assisi A Father’s Guide to Wisdom Love is an adventure. Choose wisely, for it will shape the entirety of your life moving forward. As a young boy, my mother gave me priceless advice, a bit of age-old wisdom…
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An Infinite Intelligence… Let Go and Realize What Will Become!
Inspirational Quote What you are is God’s gift to you, what you become is your gift to God. ~ Hans Urs von Balthasar A Father’s Guide to Wisdom We are planning creatures. Our consciousness calls upon us to dream life forward. Yet, in its eternal battle to create stability, it also reminds us of those…
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Inner Passion… Seek and You Will Find!
Inspirational Quote If you are what you should be, you will set the whole world ablaze. St. Catherine of Siena A Father’s Guide to Wisdom To set the world on fire. Not in a sense portrayed by traditional and social media about the evils surrounding us. Instead, let us examine the road where dreams of…
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To New Beginnings… Instruments of God’s Way
Inspirational Quote You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. ― C.S. Lewis A Father’s Guide to Wisdom In today’s quote, we will examine the concepts of perseverance and the need to overcome the odds that life throws our way. For adults, life has afforded…
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A Seed of Hope… What will Tomorrow Bring?
Inspirational Quotes Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see. John F. Kennedy Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven. Henry Ward Beecher A Father’s Guide to Practical Parenting In this week’s inspiration, I turn my focus to the next generation. For it is in…
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Oh… What a Winding Road It Is: Beauty in Nature’s Intent
Inspirational Quotes Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day. ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh I’m not lost for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost. ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh A Father’s Guide to Wisdom Usually, I write these posts with a fresh mind at 4 am. But even…
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Sometimes a Little Bravery Is All That We Need
Inspirational Quote You are braver than you believe, smarter than you seem, and stronger than you think. Winnie-the-Pooh (A. A. Milne) AUTHOR A Father’s Guide to Wisdom I think we all need a little bravery in life. Wouldn’t you agree? This single emotion forms the basis from which effective parents raise the next generation. Let’s face…