Marcus Aurelius #FridayPhilosophy This week has been a doozy. We seem to save all of the big events for the end of the school year: right when all of the energy has left our bodies. My fellow teacher has been reading his Marcus Aurelius lately, so I figured I would piggyback off of that for … Continue reading Marcus Aurelius #FridayPhilosphy
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#Friday Philosophy 05/16/2025
I haven't done one of these #FridayPhilosophy posts in a very long time, and I don't have a specific theme as I normally would. We have fourteen school days left (including today), so it is safe to say that the only driving thought is that I'm hanging on by a thread! 😀 Today also marks … Continue reading #Friday Philosophy 05/16/2025
Current Events #FridayPhilosophy
Current Events #FridayPhilosophy I'm not writing about global or political current events. In fact, the dire tones of the daily American news feeds have me committed to limiting my intake. Instead, I am selecting some darker quotes today, as we head to the funeral of one of our friends. We have been in a strange … Continue reading Current Events #FridayPhilosophy
Rebuild #FridayPhilosophy
"The building of the true and beautiful means the destruction of the good enough.” - Glennon Doyle “Just like a tree that loses branches and dead leaves in the Autumn, I will rebuild anew. I will rebuild new branches and leaves. I will rebuild and maintain only what bears me fruits.” - Mitta Xinindlu "There … Continue reading Rebuild #FridayPhilosophy
Sartre #FridayPhilosophy
Sartre #FridayPhilosophy "Every word has consequences. Every silence, too." "We are our choices." “Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.” "Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees." "The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you do best." "We … Continue reading Sartre #FridayPhilosophy
Ease #FridayPhilosophy
Ease #FridayPhilosophy "What we hope ever to do with ease, we must first learn to do with diligence." - Samuel Johnson "Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear." - Ovid "Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you." - Eckhart Tolle “Being content … Continue reading Ease #FridayPhilosophy
For National Poetry Month #FridayPhilosophy
For National Poetry Month #FridayPhilosophy “We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry.” - William Butler Yeats “If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.” - Emily Dickinson “Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and … Continue reading For National Poetry Month #FridayPhilosophy
Resilience #FridayPhilosophy
Resilience #FridayPhilosophy “The human capacity for burden is like bamboo—far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance.” - Jodi Picoult “As much as talent counts, effort counts twice.” - Angela Duckworth “A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a person perfected without trials.” - Chinese Proverb “Resilience is very different than being … Continue reading Resilience #FridayPhilosophy
The Ides of March #FridayPhilosophy
The Ides of March #FridayPhilosophy This post has nothing to do with the whole "beware the Ides of March." I have always struggled with titles for what I write, whether it's a poem, essay, novel, or blog post. So, I took the easy route for this week's #Friday Philosophy, and went with the date. I … Continue reading The Ides of March #FridayPhilosophy
A Bookworm’s View #FridayPhilosophy
"Books are the mirror of the soul." - Virginia Woolf “The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.” - Eleanor Roosevelt "Think before you speak. Read before you … Continue reading A Bookworm’s View #FridayPhilosophy