Category Archives: The Thought for the Day
Selections from Gaylon’s personal quotebook! Plus exciting commentary from Gaylon
The Thought for the Day – March 5, 2016
All teachings are mere references. The true experience is living your own life. … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – March 3, 2016
Bernard was drawing with charcoal on a piece of driftwood when his mother returned home…He was busy at nothing, his energy humming, ready for a focus. … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – March 2, 2016
Whether it is the time or the method, true labor is half initiative and half knowing how to let things proceed on their own. – Deng Ming Dao, 365 Tao Life is funny. We talk regularly here about utilizing our … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – March 1, 2016
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – February 29, 2016
If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him. – Emerson Our instincts are one of the most valuable resources nature gave us. We see this in nature … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – February 28, 2016
If we fail, we fall. If we succeed – then we will face the next task. – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings Failure and success are interesting animals. Both are fundamental aspects of our human experience. Both our … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – February 26, 2016
Michelangelo saw the art of sculpture as, crucially, a process of self-discovery, of self-actualization. – Miles Unger, Michelangelo: A Life in Six Masterpieces In some respects, Michelangelo was no different than any other artist through the ages: he worked his … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – February , 2016
We choose to go to the moon in this decade, and do other things, not because they are easy but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills. … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – February 23, 2016
Everyone has it within his power to say, this I am today, that I shall be tomorrow. – Louis L’Amour, The Walking Drum Our introduction to L’Amour came in our 40’s. We had never bother to read him before because … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – February 22, 2016
You will have seen that this life is…something produced by the self. – Gore Vidal, Creation Our life. Our results. When it comes down to it, what we get out of our life is dependent on what we put into … Continue reading