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Episode 233: Listen & Learn →

Recently, I read a book by H. Jackson Brown Jr. entitled, "Live and Learn and Pass it On." In the book, people, ages 5 to 95 share what they have discovered about life, love, and other good stuff. Some of the thoughts are a bit humorous, but somehow we can get the message. I've personally discovered throughout my years that if we really listen, we can learn so much.

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tags: learned, age, thoughts, slopes, humorous, good, self pity, Werner, H. Jackson Brown Jr., rocky, warm, prairie, Marion, cultivation, perfection, Jackson, encouragement, deserve, live, entitled
categories: quote, reflection, generation, intention, meditation, memories
Tuesday 08.06.24
Posted by Trina Harger
 

Episode 205: 10 Tips for Educational Success →

Every parent has a dream that their child will succeed in school. And the question they may ask is, "How can I help my children succeed in getting a great education?" As a mother and grandmother, this has been a real concern for me. I found it very interesting to learn about research that Judith Ann Hillard did for her doctorate. Her research is based on a sampling of more than 1,800 students. I believe you will appreciate the following 10 tips Judith found, which are backed up by statistics and her research.

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tags: students, children, grades, tips, failing, parents, activities, Judith Ann Hillard, positive role model, read, hint, absenteeism, involve, encourage, research, Werner, moderation, good, track, grandmother
categories: intention, family, friends, home, education, quote
Tuesday 11.21.23
Posted by Trina Harger
 

Episode 103: If Teacups Could Talk →


Episode 103 - If Teacups Could Talk

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Summertime. Good, ole' summertime. It is a good time to get in some summer reading. My grandchildren from Ohio sent me the book, "If Teacups Could Talk" by Emily Barnes. I have enjoyed reading the many warm thoughts in this book over a cup of tea. I have also had many special moments with the grandchildren, as we have our tea party. I have learned some interesting lessons about tea cups. China dishes recovered from shipwrecks are often good as new, long after the ship itself has dissolved in the salt water. Porcelain is fragile, but it is also remarkably durable, like us, like life. Humans are beautiful and breakable, like china cups. Humans can heal and grow and move beyond disaster, we can reach out to one another and encouragement and comfort. Nancy Reagan has stated that a woman is like a tea bag. It's only when she's in hot water that you realize how strong she is. Tea Time offers so many wonderful possibilities for nurturing friendships, and if tea cups could talk, they would say so much about the past, and also about the future. For hundreds of years "come for tea" has been another way of saying, "Come, let's share a little bit of our lives together." If tea cups could talk their message no doubt would be "Use Me."

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tags: tea cups, tea, William Gladstone, teacup, cup, talk, warm, good, Nancy Reagan, shipwrecks, Marion, thoughts, china, book, humans, grandchildren, salt water, encouragement, porcelain, stated
categories: reflection, generation, memories
Tuesday 08.10.21
Posted by Trina Harger
 

Episode 47: Love Anyways →

Now, before we leave heart month and the extra day of the year, thoughts seem to linger on recipes for the heart and many warm thoughts. Great minds have given us many thoughts from the heart on love.

How deep is love? What is love? When I have quiet thoughts from the heart, I am reminded of the poem which was decided by Dr. Carl A. Meneinger at the literary symposium on October 27th, 1981 at the Dag Hammarskjold auditorium, United Nations. It is entitled, “Anyway.”

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tags: thoughts, heart, good, underdogs, gently, harsh words, mar, tea, frankness, accuse, spea, speak, home, honesty, success, illogical, symposium, literary, people
Monday 02.24.20
Posted by Trina Harger
 

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