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What Today Brings....

What Today Brings.... is a weekly column in the Woodford Sun Newspaper in Versailles, Kentucky. 

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What Today Brings

“No thief, however skillful can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.” – L. Frank...

What Today Brings

“Activism is my rent for living on the planet.” – Alice Walker What today brings is a profound appreciation for literary activism. The...

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“For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice.” ― T.S. Eliot It is now another year,...

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“Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a God.” - Aristotle Emily Dickinson’s famous poem, “There Is No Frigate...

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“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.” – Toni Morrison, Beloved There was a poem framed in...

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“There is no great genius without some touch of madness.” - Aristotle Authors and creative spirits are always on my mind but never so...

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“Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.” –Henry David Thoreau The atmosphere was as...

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“...people with nothing to declare carry the most.” – Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Sometimes spirituality...

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“Love one another, but make not a bond of love. Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.” – Kahlil Gibran Kahlil...

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“Do you really want to look back at your life and see how wonderful it could have been had you not been afraid to live it?” – Caroline...

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“Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde I had a bit of an emotional hangover the day after this Sunday’s Golden...

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"It is only with the heart that we can see rightly, as the essence of things is not visible to the eye..." Antoine de Saint Exupery- Le...

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“What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.” Haruki Murakami Who among us is blessed enough to be touched with a truly...

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“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning...

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“The most important thing in the world is family and love.” John Wooden I have been reading Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg....

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“Life to you is a bold and dashing responsibility.” – Fortune Cookie We all recognize, accept and even agonize about all of the many...

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“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anais Nin I have been thinking a lot about Dr. Jane Gentry Vance, a resident...

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"For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.” - Khalil Gibran We are all aware that one day this will end. Our...

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“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill Enthusiasm is something I come by...

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“Look within… the secret is inside you.” – Huineng Buddhist Monk Huineng, the Sixth and last Patriarch of Chan Buddhism was born in 638...

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