March 8, 2026, a thought for today, A wise man, a strong man. German Proverb
Photos in my live yesterday
The first challenge is “my choice,” one of my series of “still life.” It is some artificial red leaves set in a pure black bowl against a large black plate.
today. As you can see they weren’t spectacular as some are but still as gift of once in a time few of our miraculous space.
Life today. We or, at least, I am having another gorgeous day. Church was great. We had a “new” visiting pastor giving the message. I had concerns as I was doing her bulletin but they were gone today. I think I am going to like her. One sad thing about today’s service, it was “Girl Scout” Sunday. We were planning on having them at our service and to stay for a “donut reception” afterward. It turned out that their leader and assistant leader had serious health issues come up that prevented them from coming. Maybe we can have them for a special Sunday we create. I had to have three more photos to complete the annual report so I was shooting photos to the point of being a pest. One other nice surprise, my next door neighbor showed up. He lost his wife a couple of weeks ago so it was another reason for me to be happy to see him there. We did have our monthly fellowship hour today. The extra donuts for the Brownie Troop got mostly eaten anyway.
As is my habit for Sunday there is very little on the agenda for today. I worked on getting the photo uploads for today when I for home. Once I finished the uploads, I have a few things to get out of the way since my cleaning lady is coming tomorrow.
The word today is shine. Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air. Ralph Waldo Emerson. The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity. Walt Whitman. Do not hold as gold all that shines as gold. Alain de Lille. Neither can embellishments of language be found without arrangement and expression of thoughts, nor can thoughts be made to shine without the light of language. Cicero. Among the attributes of God, although they are all equal, mercy shines with even more brilliancy than justice. Miguel De Cervantes. I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumn sunshine by staying in the house. So I spend almost all the daylight hours in the open air. Nathaniel Hawthorne. How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. William Shakespeare. What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable. Joseph Addison. The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy. Henry Ward Beecher. An evil person is like a dirty window, they never let the light shine through. William Makepeace Thackeray. The earth is supported by the power of truth; it is the power of truth that makes the sun shine and the winds blow; indeed all things rest upon truth. Chanakya. I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal. Emily Bronte. Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate. Thomas Aquinas. Be grateful for your life, every detail of it, and your face will come to shine like a sun, and everyone who sees it will be made glad and peaceful. Rumi. Someday perhaps the inner light will shine forth from us, and the we'll need no other light. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Those who show off do not shine. Laozi. The memory of an absent person shines in the deepest recesses of the heart, shining the more brightly the more wholly its object has vanished: a light on the horizon of the despairing, darkened spirit; a star gleaming in our inward night. Victor Hugo. Follow then the shining ones, the wise, the awakened, the loving, for they know how to work and forbear. Gautama Buddha. Time will bring to light whatever is hidden it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor. Horace. Pride thinks it's own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others. Thomas More.
Article summary. Picking an article to share is a matter of other things that come up in the free thinking that happens in a given time space has an effect in the outcome. Today I am in a pet way of thinking and yet another way to find a paired comfort, so this article presented itself for review and food for building wisdom. The title is Your dog’s nose knows no bounds – and neither does its love for you. Ellen Furlong, Associate Professor of Psychology, Illinois Wesleyan University. At theconversation.com. It begins by examining what your pet may be thinking as he/she sniffs the air or as they look at you. You way wonder, are they happy? During the pandemic that many of us experienced a while back in time hours were spent at home with companion animals. Showing how pets can be a special place in your life. I found while reading the article that research has looked into the “cognition” of animal’s feelings. One thing that was considered was the how and why they have and use the sense of smell. As they go for a walk with their owner they may smell the odor of another dog, or one your friends who may has passed that way. It has been shown that dogs can smell our cancer and weapons. The first dog reported to sniff out cancer was in the form of a mole and by sniffing his owners leg. The owner eventually saw a doctor and was told she had cancer. A dogs sense smell “is estimated to be 10,000 to 100,000 times better than that of a human.” Here is a comparison noted in the article, humans have about six million smell receptors, dog 300million. The composition of their nose cavity is larger than ours. The article relates that we can make dogs happier by allowing them to smell often by taking them on walks for that purpose. In adding to their “happy” state is allowing them to know the world around them better. Research has shown that dogs while some of their “thinking” is “alien” to us appreciate you as much as we do them . I was interested in reading that dogs “attach” themselves to their owners compared to the way infants do to their parents. They feel strange and tense when left with someone else. They become happier when they “smell” their owner. Here’s another thing the article mentioned, when the dog’s eyes meet the human’s eyes both brains “release oxytocin, also know as the “cuddle hormone.” In ending the article it is recommended that you use the eye contact thing more and use it to cuddle. Touch the pet more pats may be “better than treats!”. They even passed on that “baby talk” may “strengthen your bond”.
I am a light dinner, vegetable soup, toss salad, a deli chicken sandwich and fruit for dinner.
Photos in my life today
This assignment is “feet”. Well, the most handy ones at the moment I needed it were my own. Actually I shot it while I was I my car on the way home from church.
of “still life”.
Joy
dreams
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