Treasures of My Mind

Keith C. Simmonds PhD

Description

This book gives the reader an opportunity to pause, reflect and capture the high/low or in between moments of his or her life, whether it’s about love, family, friends, marriage, social relationships, careers, to name a few aspects of life. I’ve tried primarily to rely on my own understanding of life, but I don’t stop there. I’ve benefitted from sharing in the joys, sadness and anxieties of many ordinary human beings whom I’ve met in my capacity as parent, teacher, professor, Sunday school teacher and community worker.
Many years of active engagement in these capacities have provided me with many insights about life, and as an educator, I’ve taken time out to reflect on the implications obtained from other people’s life experiences, as well as mine. I’m a better person, because of invited engagement in discussions pertaining to the life experiences of others.

Sujets

• Anecdotes
• Quotations
• Humor
• Form
• Quotation
• Life
• Inspiration

Informations

• Publié par: Xlibris US
• Date de parution: 09 octobre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669849919
• Langue: English

Extrait

Treasures of my Mind
 
Book of Quotations Volume III
 
 
 
 
Keith C. Simmonds, PhD
 
 
Copyright © 2022 by Keith C. Simmonds, PhD.
 
ISBN:
Softcover
978-1-6698-4992-6

eBook
978-1-6698-4991-9
 
 
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.
 
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Rev. date: 10/06/2022
 
 
 
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Contents
Foreword
Inspiration
Secrets to Happy Living
Life
Politics
Culture
Religion and Culture
Women
Gender Views on Marriage
Self-reflection
The Vulnerable Among Us
Knowledge and Understanding
Rising Generation
Transitioning
Final Refreshers
 
Foreword
Several themes in our life experiences govern our daily behavior. They create the energy that causes us to be positive or negative about occurrences in our lives, happy or sad, angry or tolerant of the circumstances in which we find ourselves. But at the end of the day most of us simply wish to feel hopeful, inspired and uplifted in our sojourn through this experience called life.
This book, the third in a three part series wishes to invite its readers to hold hands with me and walk through the clouds, sunshine, rain, heat, cold of the day and say, no matter what the circumstance I’ll remain hopeful, inspired and uplifted. May my family members, friends and well-wishers, to whom I dedicate this book, along with the expanding body of readers, join me in adopting the three themes of this book; they are stay hopeful, stay inspired and stay upli fted.
As you will see, I’ve covered several themes of our daily lives; they are listed in the CONTENTS page of the book. Choose your favorite themes first, and reflect on my perspectives (quotations) associated with each of those themes. I will always be open to having a conversation with you, the reader, on any of the quotations in this book.
As a teacher/professor I’ve always viewed myself as an occupant on the learning curve with my students. I wish to see myself similarly with my readers. In my effort to understand life and its complexities, I regard myself as a work in progress, struggling to comprehend what life is really all about. Engagement with my readers will mutually benefit both author and reader!
Naturally, not every thought expressed in this book will encourage you to smile, nod your head in agreement or even laugh (I expect some of the quotations will displease you), yet in the end it is my hope that the book as a whole would have energized you to be hopeful, inspired or uplifted. Happy reading!

Inspiration

Let your voice articulate your passion; let your message be its drumbeat. Let the world hear it and be inspired by it.
Be careful, you can be a robber of your own joy. My suggestion is that you expand your joy one day at a time.
Personal success must not be measured solely by the number of dreams accomplished but also by the attitudes you maintained while accomplishing those dreams. Ultimately, attitudes are the true measure and definition of who you really are.
We can lose much depending on the attitude we choose. Be aware!

Secrets to Happy Living

Live and let live; be contented with what you have; serve rather than be served.
As you awake to see another day let these four thoughts inspire the start of your day: Be thankful, inhale and exhale emotionally, be mindful of others, and enjoy what life offers you.
Power of faith
Faith gives us the inspiration to face another day and enables us to put our trust in others.
Life challenges