Tag: Dr. Thomas Maples
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Inspiration: Parenthood… Building a Strong Future Together
Daily Inspiration It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. Frederick Douglass We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future… Franklin D. Roosevelt The Philosopher’s Corner There is a philosophy present in the art of parenting children. We dream life forward,…
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Inspiration: Parenting… A Season of Change
Daily Inspiration Childhood is a short season. Helen Hayes Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. Plato Practical Parenting There is some wisdom here. After 10 day in home lock-down, I look at my children and realize the wonder that still lies behind their eyes. This is a wonder…
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Inspiration: Hugs… A Warm Welcome to Life!
Daily Inspiration Hugs can do great amounts of good – especially for children. Princess Diana Oh the things you can find, if you don’t stay behind! Dr. Seuss If you never did you should. These things are fun, and fun is good. Dr. Seuss Practical Parenting I honestly don’t know how much more I can…
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Inspiration: The Sweet Taste of Triumph
Daily Inspiration Most things are good, and they are the strongest things; but there are evil things too, and you are not doing a child a favor by trying to shield him from reality. The important thing is to teach a child that good can always triumph over evil. – Walt Disney The Philosopher’s Corner…
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Inspiration: Parenting… The Power of Belief
Encourage and support your kids because children are apt to live up to what you believe of them. Lady Bird Johnson Behind every young child who believes in himself is a parent who believed first. Matthew Jacobson Practical Parenting What do you want to be when you grow up? Perhaps the greatest question that should…
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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…
