Category: Thought for Today

📅 Thought for today: ‘The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbours and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere.’ — HM Queen Elizabeth II #thoughtfortoday #jubilee #royalty #TheQueen #ElizabethII #70years How can…

📅 Thought for today:   ‘Years of research in psychology has shown that rewards and punishments can be very effective in changing behavior. But, at the same time, they can create an addiction to rewards and punishments.’   — Barry Schwartz   #thoughtfortoday #choice #tyranny #paradox #decisions #property   In 2004 Barry Schwartz wrote a…

📅 Thought for today: ‘The traveller sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.’ — G K Chesterton #thoughtfortoday #travel #tourism #travelling #writing #reportage Today a trip to the Cotswolds to look at houses. English countryside at its finest, and English weather at its most capricious. There is something about…

📅 Thought for today: ‘A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.’ — Jonathan Swift #thoughtfortoday #spending #saving #money #head #heart #piggybank #MartinsBank This picture is of my very first “piggybank”. Clearly, it is not a pig, it is a grasshopper. I doubt many of my connections remember Martins…

📅 Thought for today: ‘There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition.’ — Rod Serling #thoughtfortoday #twilight #zone #mystery #Serling #middleground #superstition #science Rod Serling…

📅 Thought for today: ‘Art wasn’t supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.’ — Rainbow Rowell #thoughtfortoday #art #artist #artistry #meaning #looking #feeling #moved In keeping with my commitment to Julia Cameron’s “The Artist’s Way”, I had an Artist’s Date yesterday. And just for good measure, I shared it with…

📅 Thought for today: ‘A friend is a gift you give yourself.’ — Robert Louis Stevenson #thoughtfortoday #gift #giving #coach #mentor #friend #friendship Clive Weston and I have known each other for more than 30 years. When we first met, I was a young manager, and he was an almost as young coach and educator.…

📅 Thought for today: ‘Life presents you with so many decisions. A lot of times, they’re right in front of your face and they’re really difficult, but we must make them.’ — Brittany Murphy #thoughtfortoday #life #decision #decisions #difficult #scary #decide Life is indeed full of decisions. Some seem obvious, and some seem difficult. We…

📅 Thought for today: ‘The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.’ — Dolly Parton #thoughtfortoday #rain #rainbow #unique #storms #sunshine We had some big rain showers and even a thunderstorm yesterday. I had to walk into town to collect my car from a repair and…

📅 Thought for today: ‘Everything is in an attitude of mind, and at this moment I am in a comfortable attitude. I will sit still and let the marvels and the adventures settle on me like flies. There are plenty of them, I assure you. The world will never starve for want of wonders, but…