In reference to Cervantes’ Don Quixote, patience in adversity and joy in prosperity are key. Life’s highs and lows are inevitable, but perseverance and learning provide balance.
Category: Thinking Out Loud
Thinking Out Loud: Defending the Defenseless
Today’s reflection on Cervantes’ Don Quixote discusses its relevance to today’s society where weak, “invisible” people need someone to stand up for their defense.
Thinking Out Loud: Become a Prospector of Good
Today’s reflection considers Cervantes’ Don Quixote and his unique perspective of women, urging readers to look deeper and discover the obscured goodness in others.
Thinking Out Loud: Dream on Dreamers
The passage reflects on Cervantes’ Don Quixote, emphasizing the importance of pursuing dreams despite skeptics’ criticisms, and encourages individuals to bravely chase their aspirations to instigate changes.
Thinking Out Loud: Love is All
Today’s reflection on Cervantes’ Don Quixote emphasizes the necessity of love for a knight-errant, likening it to a soul in a body.
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Today’s reflection on Cervantes’ Don Quixote challenges us to embrace dreams and idealism, despite potential criticism from those who lost their ability to envision a better world.
Thinking Out Loud: There are Consequences to Our Actions
This reflection on Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” emphasizes Atticus’ belief that it’s a sin to harm innocents, equating it to shamefully condemning others and destroying habitats for monetary gain.
Thinking Out Loud: What Have You Done Today to Earn Another’s Trust?
Today’s reflection focuses on trust as discussed in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”, emphasizing its importance and fragility in character building.
Thinking Out Loud: Discovering Real Courage
The reflection on Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” underscores real courage as standing alone, asserting what’s right despite opposition, facing consequences, and discovering inner strength.
Thinking Out Loud: Who Are You?
Today’s reflection relates Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird to the author’s efforts to understand their father’s experiences as a child of immigrants, a factory worker, a WWII veteran, and a parent amid hardship.
