Dec
15
I believe being open minded is a good thing. I use to believe there was a reason behind being open minded. It was so you could find the truth. Once you found the truth, whether in science, religion, relationships, etc. then you didn’t need to have that part of your mind open any longer. You could close that door while continuing to be open minded in other areas. And I still believe there is some truth to that at times. I just no longer believe it is THE reason. It’s just one of many reasons.
Another great reason to be open minded is so you can experience joy and wonder. No other reason is necessary in that case. You don’t have to have a plan or a purpose or an agenda to exploit the joy and wonder into the future. You can just experience it.
What reasons do you have for being open minded? What have been the results for you, both good and bad?
Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman, the most talented left-handed man he knows.
Quote by Gerry Spence, 1929-not dead yet, American attorney and writer
Dec
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Day #4 of Work Week at The Napkin Dad Daily
It’s easy to mistake thinking about doing something with doing it. It takes up a lot of mind power, mind time and mind energy to think through something. The mind work make you feel as if you have already done it, so it can be hard to get up the enthusiasm to actually go and do that thing.
But taking action is the only way to make your thoughts real so best go do it!
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Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
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May
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This idea is important for parents, grandparents or anyone working or living with people substantially younger than they are.
As is obvious to people who have read the Napkin Story I tried to impart all sorts of substantial ideas to my daughters over the years. But those ideas aren’t like food. Put in front of them and eaten immediately. They are more like a seed that is planted. It needs to germinate and grow at its own pace, depending on the soil, weather and other plants it encounters, not what the parent plant encountered. Just as in evolution there is variation and mutation over the generations so to with ideas and thoughts.
The key for the older person is to show respect for the thoughts and ideas the younger people have. Even if they sound similar to your ideas it is essential for the growth of the next generation that you accept that their ideas are their own, new and fresh, for the world they live in. If you do that you empower them to continue thinking and exploring and you give them the right example for how they should respond to the next generation when they are your age, many years from now.
Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Alexander Pope, 1688-1744, British author and wit. By the way, you think you have good excuses to not produce good work? Pope contract spinal tuberculosis as a child and had stunted growth as a result. He also had severe headaches, spasmodic fits and respiratory problems. He eventually had to wear an iron corset to simply sit upright.
Thanks to one of my favorite quote books for that information, Geary’s Guide to the World’s Great Aphorists.
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Greetings to yesterday’s visitors from Qatar, Chili, Israel, France, Germany, India, Canada, and the UK! Hope to see you again soon.
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I believe in freedom of speech. But it is best if one learns freedom of thought and practice it BEFORE indulging in all that much speech. This is especially true in relationships, but it’s also true in politics, media, education and religion as well.
But what is freedom of thought? License to think whatever? Well, yes it is that. But it is more about being free to think through something clearly. To be free from a warped heritage for example, or an angry, habitual response mechanism, or a obsession with being witty, funny and attention getting instead of thoughtful and helpful.
It’s not just what you are free to do, it is also what you are free from.
Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Soren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855, Danish philosopher
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In honor of Earth Day I just want to say that Earth is my favorite planet of all time! By the way, did you know that if the earth were just one foot farther from the sun….I would be wearing a sweater right now!
