Author: Dr. Thomas Maples
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Inspiration: Put the Fun in Dysfunctional
Daily Inspiration “Silence is golden. Unless you have kids, then… silence is just suspicious.” (Anonymous) The quickest way for a parent to get a child’s attention is to sit down and look comfortable. (Anonymous) Practical Parenting Dysfunction anyone? Wow, who would of thought that work would be such a welcome and novel idea. Week one…
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Inspiration: The Magical World of Parenting
Daily Inspiration Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk. Carl Jung At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child’s success is the positive involvement of parents. Jane D. Hull Practical Parenting One day into a California Coronavirus lockdown, but one week into my new…
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Inspiration: Struggle, Strength, Courage, & Faith
Daily Inspiration Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force. Franklin D. Roosevelt The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave. Ronald Reagan The Philosopher’s Corner Day one of becoming a home school teacher. My wife handled the duties for the last two days as my children are…
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Inspiration: Faith… A Direction of Simplicity
Daily Inspiration God always takes the simplest way. Albert Einstein Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. Mother Teresa The Philosopher’s Corner Dr. Wayne Dyer once said that the Sun never asks the earth for homage for its life giving force. We should be grateful that it does…
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Inspiration: The Private Door of Faith
Daily Inspiration Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson God enters by a private door into every individual. Ralph Waldo Emerson The Philosopher’s Corner I am not a skeptic in the true power that the simple act of listening can do for the giver and the receive…
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Inspiration: Faith… We Will Weather the Storm
Daily Inspiration If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm. Mahatma Gandhi A man of courage is also full of faith. Marcus Tullius Cicero The Philosopher’s Corner At times like this, we need a little faith to…
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Inspiration: A Leap of Faith
Daily Inspiration Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Faith can move Mountains Matthew 17:20 The Philosopher’s Corner At times we enter into dark places. But there exists a light, somewhere in the distance. That light is a beacon of hope, a small…
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Inspiration: The Courage to Lose Sight of What Was
Daily Inspiration You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore. William Faulkner It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. E.E. Cummings The Philosopher’s Corner As a philosopher writes, so must he be attuned to the paradoxical pulls that move his or her…
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Inspiration: Courage? You Got This!
In today’s inspiration, Dr. Tom explores the core virtue of courage and its effect on all other values to importance.
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Inspiration: In Essence of Character
Daily Inspiration Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. Helen Keller The Philosopher’s Corner As in life we strive, so shall we arrive. Why not practice a psychology of arriving versus striving? Today’s quote comes from an…
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Inspiration: Courage in the Face of Fear
In this daily inspiration, Dr. Tom explores the power that courage and perseverance has in breaking the mindset of fear.
