Category: Thought for Today

Thought for today: ‘We have no right to consume happiness without producing it.’ — George Bernard Shaw #thoughtfortoday #happiness #share

Thought for today: ‘Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.’ — Guillaume Apollinaire #thoughtfortoday #happiness #behappy I had a lovely catch up call this morning with my therapist friend Emma, I’ve missed our chats which have been disrupted by the lockdown. We nattered away quite happily…

Thought for today: ‘The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.’ — Terry Pratchett #thoughtfortoday #openmind #positivity #lovepratchett #fridayforfun If you’ve followed along with my posts you will realise I am for something more lighthearted on a Friday. My…

Thought for today: ‘Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.’ — Rumi #thoughtfortoday #wisdom #change

Thought for today: ‘It is not what happens to you but how you react to it that matters.’ — Epictetus #thoughtfortoday #events #anxiety #youchoose Today marks one month since I started posting Thought for Today – initially on Facebook and then a bit later on LinkedIn. No pictures, just words. I think about the quotation…

Thought for today: ‘I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught me that if you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it at full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it.…

Thought for today: ‘Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.’ — Francis Bacon #thoughtfortoday #stayalert #abrogationofresponsibility #passthebuck #guidedontguide

Thought for today: ‘New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.’ — Lao Tzu #thoughtfortoday #newbeginnings #lockdown

Thought for today: ‘I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m not sure you realise that what you heard is not what I meant.’ — Robert McCloskey, US Secretary of State during the Vietnam War #thoughtfortoday #politician #comprehension

Thought for today: Natsu-gusa yaTsuwamono-domo gaYume no ato. Summer grass:Of stalwart warriors splendid dreamsThe aftermath. — Matsuo Bashō #thoughtfortoday #forthefallen #VEday