A Commonplace Book
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Collecting insights for moral/life guidance. I’m just trying to be a person that would make Mister Rogers proud.
We’re all valuable and fallible. My goal is to be charitable in thoughts and acts. (It’s hard a lot of the time. I try.)
We’re all valuable and fallible. My goal is to be charitable in thoughts and acts. (It’s hard a lot of the time. I try.)
Pinned
“All we’re ever asked to do in this life is to treat our neighbor - especially our neighbor who is in need - exactly as we would hope to be treated ourselves. That’s our ultimate responsibility.”
From Life’s Journeys According to Mister Rogers
From Life’s Journeys According to Mister Rogers
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from our January's book club pick, An Altar to the World by Barbara Brown Taylor.
"Joy is as abundant as sorrow in this beautiful and broken world."
#exhalationsbyea #expandwithelizabethann #spirituallife #januaryread #booksforrecovery #bookclub2025 #joy #sorrow #abundance
"Joy is as abundant as sorrow in this beautiful and broken world."
#exhalationsbyea #expandwithelizabethann #spirituallife #januaryread #booksforrecovery #bookclub2025 #joy #sorrow #abundance
January 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
from our January's book club pick, An Altar to the World by Barbara Brown Taylor.
"Joy is as abundant as sorrow in this beautiful and broken world."
#exhalationsbyea #expandwithelizabethann #spirituallife #januaryread #booksforrecovery #bookclub2025 #joy #sorrow #abundance
"Joy is as abundant as sorrow in this beautiful and broken world."
#exhalationsbyea #expandwithelizabethann #spirituallife #januaryread #booksforrecovery #bookclub2025 #joy #sorrow #abundance
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A reminder, from a wise pastor friend:
“Beliefs are only as good as the behaviors they engender.
How we show up in the world is a better indicator of our convictions than any creed could hope to be.”
(@pastortrey05.com)
“Beliefs are only as good as the behaviors they engender.
How we show up in the world is a better indicator of our convictions than any creed could hope to be.”
(@pastortrey05.com)
December 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A reminder, from a wise pastor friend:
“Beliefs are only as good as the behaviors they engender.
How we show up in the world is a better indicator of our convictions than any creed could hope to be.”
(@pastortrey05.com)
“Beliefs are only as good as the behaviors they engender.
How we show up in the world is a better indicator of our convictions than any creed could hope to be.”
(@pastortrey05.com)
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"My own experience and development deepen every day my conviction that our moral progress may be measured by the degree in which we sympathize with individual suffering and individual joy." — George Eliot
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November 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
"My own experience and development deepen every day my conviction that our moral progress may be measured by the degree in which we sympathize with individual suffering and individual joy." — George Eliot
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If you have a working heart, these days are hazardous to your health.
Don't let the cruelty around you rob you of your compassion.
Take care of yourself and those around you.
Fight to stay human despite the inhumanity so many are choosing.
Love, for the win...
Don't let the cruelty around you rob you of your compassion.
Take care of yourself and those around you.
Fight to stay human despite the inhumanity so many are choosing.
Love, for the win...
September 16, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If you have a working heart, these days are hazardous to your health.
Don't let the cruelty around you rob you of your compassion.
Take care of yourself and those around you.
Fight to stay human despite the inhumanity so many are choosing.
Love, for the win...
Don't let the cruelty around you rob you of your compassion.
Take care of yourself and those around you.
Fight to stay human despite the inhumanity so many are choosing.
Love, for the win...
“All we’re ever asked to do in this life is to treat our neighbor - especially our neighbor who is in need - exactly as we would hope to be treated ourselves. That’s our ultimate responsibility.”
From Life’s Journeys According to Mister Rogers
From Life’s Journeys According to Mister Rogers
September 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
“All we’re ever asked to do in this life is to treat our neighbor - especially our neighbor who is in need - exactly as we would hope to be treated ourselves. That’s our ultimate responsibility.”
From Life’s Journeys According to Mister Rogers
From Life’s Journeys According to Mister Rogers
“There’s a part of all of us that longs to know that even what’s weakest about us is still redeemable and can ultimately count for something good.”
From Life’s Journeys According to Mister Rogers.
From Life’s Journeys According to Mister Rogers.
September 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
“There’s a part of all of us that longs to know that even what’s weakest about us is still redeemable and can ultimately count for something good.”
From Life’s Journeys According to Mister Rogers.
From Life’s Journeys According to Mister Rogers.
The whole speech touches on the most important values and actions (in my opinion). Worth listening to.
September 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The whole speech touches on the most important values and actions (in my opinion). Worth listening to.
From Fred Rogers’ 2002 commencement address at Dartmouth
September 17, 2025 at 12:18 PM
From Fred Rogers’ 2002 commencement address at Dartmouth