Author: Dr. Thomas Maples
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Practical Parenting… Iced Coffee and Good Conversation!
Inspiration If you want your children to listen, try talking softly to someone else. – Ann Landers Recipe for iced coffee: Have kidsMake coffeeForget you made coffeeDrink it cold (Anonymous) Practical Parenting… An Unforgettable Journey Have some fun with you kids. They express their stress not in words but in behaviors. Take them out, get…
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Be Happy… Laughter is the Best Medicine
The Philosopher’s Corner Be Happy… Spread Some Light in Someone’s Life. Smile… It brings good Feelings to mind. Hug a Friend… They just may need one. Laugh Out Loud… It’s the Most Powerful Medicine. Thinking Of You Guys… Make it a Grateful Day! Prayers and Blessings to everyone. Believe… Achieve… Advance Confidently in the Direction…
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Chart the Course… For Love’s Intent Is…
Inspiration There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The course of true love never did run smooth. William Shakespeare The Philosopher’s Corner What Is Your Faithful Intent? Today… I choose Love! Prayers and blessings friends. I hope you are staying healthy, strong, and filled with…
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Love Is… A Secret Unto Itself
Inspiration I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love. Mother Teresa Love is the beauty of the soul. Saint Augustine The Philosopher’s Corner In the aftermath of this Easter Sunday, and at the doorstep of the Eastern Orthodox Holy Week, I have…
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Live… Laugh… Love… A Harmony of Happiness
Inspiration Where there is love there is life. Mahatma Gandhi Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. Mahatma Gandhi The Philosopher’s Corner The most elusive of emotion that I see enter my room as an analytical psychotherapist is the emotion of happiness. We all seek to…
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Hugs… The Best Things In Life are Free
Inspiration The best thing to hold onto in life is each other. Audrey Hepburn The Philosopher’s Corner Through all the noise we submit ourselves to on a daily basis, sometimes it is just good to get back to simplicity. Hug someone that you love, its a true gift that gives twice. Many prayers and blessings…
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Love: An Act of Soulful Intent
Inspiration Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. Aristotle The Philosopher’s Corner To love… What is true Love? That single question has perplexed the greatest of minds yet moved the most poetic of souls throughout human history. At its core, it is simplistic. To love is to give. To give all that…
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Resurrection: A Day for New Hope and New Beginnings
Inspiration God loves each of us as if there were only one of us. Saint Augustine What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine. Oprah Winfrey The Philosopher’s Corner Happy Easter Everyone. Today we celebrate the resurrection. Whether one is Christian or not, the idea behind resurrection is paramount to the…
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Doubt: A Pain Too Lonely to Know Its Intent is Love
Inspiration Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother. Khalil Gibran Our intention creates our reality. Wayne Dyer The Philosopher’s Corner Define your reality with intent. To doubt it, is to lose faith in your capacity to live life to its full extent. Khalil Gibran and Dr. Wayne Dyer…
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Forgiveness: A Fragrant Blossom that Ignites the Soul
Inspiration Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. Mark Twain Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. Henry Ward Beecher. The Philosopher’s Corner Happy Good Friday everyone. I am not here to preach, but to offer philosophical and psychological insight into the nature of…
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Love… The Nature of Hope
Inspiration To love another person is to see the face of God. Victor Hugo As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Jesus Christ The Philosopher’s Corner Today, I will explore the nature of hope through love. No, both terms on not synonymous with one another, but both seem to stand at…
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Inspiration: The Inner Journey Called Faith
Inspiration What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you. Ralph Waldo Emerson Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man. Victor Hugo The Philosopher’s Corner Hope is an integral part of our human journey. It’s nature is…