Question of the Day: What is something that used to be easy but is now difficult? Thought of the Day: I would agree with you, but then we’d both be wrong. _________ Some changes announce themselves. Most don’t. They show up quietly. In the background. In the moment you realize something that once took no effort now takes patience. Or planning. Or a deep breath before you begin. We usually joke about those moments first. Humor gives us cover. It lets us acknowledge the shift without fully...
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Question of the Day: What words, instead of curse words, do you say in front of children? Thought of the Day: I am to please, but my aim ain’t that good. __________ Most days, I am not trying to impress anyone. I am trying not to make things worse. That is especially true when children are nearby and something unexpected happens. A spill. A loud noise. A frustrating moment that arrives without warning. My brain scrambles, my mouth hesitates, and out comes a phrase that is absolutely not what...
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Question of the Day: What’s something you do to make cold days feel less annoying? Thought of the Day: “The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.” — Mark Twain __________ Cold days don’t usually inspire big thoughts. They inspire survival strategies. How fast can I get warm? How little effort can I spend getting through this? What can I do to make today feel less irritating than it already does? That’s what today’s Thought of the Day and Question of the Day circle...
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Question of the Day: What is the best thing about January 29? Thought of the Day: “Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.” - John Keats __________ Some days don’t ask for much. January 29 is one of them. It’s a date without ceremony. No fresh start energy. No dramatic turning point. Just a regular winter day that shows up whether you’re ready or not. And that’s exactly why it matters. Today’s Thought of the Day comes from John Keats, who reminds us that nothing ever becomes real...
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Question of the Day: What choice keeps resurfacing no matter how often you ignore it? Thought of the Day: Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! Admiral David Farragut __________ Some thoughts arrive gently. This one doesn’t. Today’s Thought of the Day showed up with a little urgency and no interest in being polite. It’s a line that gets quoted a lot, often for the wrong reasons, and it made me stop and think about how often we confuse waiting with wisdom. Because sometimes waiting really is...
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Question of the Day: How cold is it where you are? Thought of the Day: "A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it." G. K. Chesterton __________ Most of us assume the tiredness comes from time passing. From getting older. From having more on our plates than we used to. But sometimes it’s not time at all. Sometimes it’s repetition. Tonight’s Thought of the Day and Question of the Day sit with a quieter idea. That what wears us down isn’t usually the big...
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Question of the Day: How cold is it where you are? Thought of the Day: "A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it." G. K. Chesterton __________ Some questions sound harmless until you sit with them for a minute. “How cold is it where you are?” feels like small talk. Something you ask while waiting in line or making conversation. A number. A shrug. Move on. But winter has a way of turning easy questions into honest ones. Cold doesn’t negotiate. It doesn’t...
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Question of the Day: Will you be a Ghost or an ancestor? Thought of the Day: “When you’re a kid, they tell you it’s all… grow up, get a job, get married. But the truth is, the world is so much stranger than that.” The Doctor __________ When you were younger, someone probably handed you a script for adulthood. Grow up. Get a job. Get married. Figure it out. And maybe parts of that happened. Or maybe they didn’t. Or maybe they did, but not in the order you were told they would. Lately, I’ve...
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Question of the Day: What is the most annoying type of small talk? Thought of the Day: When you admire all the wars you stopped, remember to look back at all the wars you started. __________ There are wars we point to proudly. The arguments we avoided. The conflicts we cooled down. The moments where we chose not to escalate. Those matter. They deserve credit. But today’s Thought of the Day landed somewhere less comfortable for me. It asked me to look backward instead of forward. Not at the...
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