Maddie's Mom Writes

Category: Thought for the Day

  • The Agreeable Cat

    The Agreeable Cat

    I think that cats will always say “yes” to everything at the outset because they know they can say “no” later. And that’s my thought for the day. Photos courtesy of Days of the Year, You Tube and Cool Funny Quotes respectively

  • Weather

    Weather

    Courtesy of Thesaurus.com I stand in awe of the weather. It has the power to delight. And the power to terrify. In the middle of it all is amazement. Always amazement. Courtesy of L3Harris And that’s my thought for the day. Courtesy of Brainy Quote

  • Initial Conditions

    Anyone who crochets and uses multicolored yarn knows about initial conditions. In my photograph, the coaster on the left is the first one I made. The one in the middle is the second. They both have a relatively small amount of white in the bottom right hand corner. Then there is the third one in…

  • Aren’t Hardly

    Courtesy of Shutterstock This morning, I caught myself saying “Today there aren’t hardly as many crows as yesterday.” And I wondered where “hardly” came from. Like saying “Do you prefer these ones or those ones?” the word “hardly” is akin to the word “ones.” It’s totally unnecessary. I could make a case that “hardly” in…

  • The Cynical Optimist

    Courtesy of BrainyQuote. While looking for good images to include here, I encountered a lot of quotes and images that seemed to indicate that cynicism is akin to prejudice and bias and a very negative thing. The above quote is more how I feel about it. It’s a tool. “The Cynical Optimist” seems like it…

  • 575-1

    I am not clueless I am very perceptive I can see the world And that is my thought for the day courtesy of Fearless Motivation

  • Happiness

    I’m not sure I know what happiness is. When I think about it, I’m not sure I’ve ever experienced it. I don’t mean that I am sad all the time. It’s just that I think happiness is a concept and not necessarily a reality. I think I am more likely to be content. Or satisfied.…

  • Life

    Life is not like a box of chocolates. It is more akin to a piñata. In both cases, however, you never know what you will get. But the manner of the getting is vastly different. And that’s my thought for the day.

  • Good Enough

    Some days, I feel totally inadequate. Like I can’t do anything well or right or at all, for that matter. Other days, I think I can do anything. I rejoice in those kinds of days. Unfortunately, lately the other kind seem to be more predominant. So what do I do when I feel inadequate? I…

  • A Bother and a Burden

    I believe that there are three things that every living creature deserves: contentment, health and comfort. Yes, it sounds like entitlement until you take it apart a little further and acknowledge that what each individual needs in order to have these things is very different. And, in my opinion, entitlement is a matter of degrees…