tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post56564300995731500..comments2024-03-19T05:26:04.770-04:00Comments on A Year of Reading: Poetry Friday -- Think For YourselfMary Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-15889123954735748532013-05-28T22:15:06.901-04:002013-05-28T22:15:06.901-04:00I love all these wonderful inspiring words. Here ...I love all these wonderful inspiring words. Here is one of my favorite quotes about thinking for yourself and, in a larger sense, coloring your own destiny:<br /><br />“The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.” — Marcus Aurelius<br /><br /><br />Michelle Heidenrich Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02051827857519159837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-33629178702518538382013-05-28T22:06:23.773-04:002013-05-28T22:06:23.773-04:00I love this idea! Just the kind of thing I like t...I love this idea! Just the kind of thing I like to do with my Girl Scout troop too.Michelle Heidenrich Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02051827857519159837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-41955562235159474772013-05-28T21:45:04.531-04:002013-05-28T21:45:04.531-04:00What a great idea and I love how you are going to ...What a great idea and I love how you are going to use all the comment offerings. Have a great close to the year!Betsy Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10492340502962987362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-70710789361166050972013-05-26T23:12:14.675-04:002013-05-26T23:12:14.675-04:00Amazing post, Mary Lee! Your students are lucky to...Amazing post, Mary Lee! Your students are lucky to have you presenting them with this valuable life lesson and creative exercise - fun! Bridget Mageehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185985167366724404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-30064632538648387182013-05-26T10:32:23.951-04:002013-05-26T10:32:23.951-04:00At first I thought I'd use the THINK FOR YOURS...At first I thought I'd use the THINK FOR YOURSELF books and all of this PF deliciousness to kick off the school year next year (and I still might)...but we have 7 days of school left, and this is the perfect time of year for a personally meaningful (and ungraded) project. Something a creative person does as a matter of fact, but that children need some practice with so that they can discover for themselves the joy of creativity.<br /><br />SOOooo...I'm thinking I'll type up all your quotes and the poems, share the three books I reviewed, and then invite my 5th graders to make an illustrated booklet on the theme of THINK FOR YOURSELF. Sort of a letter to themselves for all those times when they're going to get into sticky situations in middle school (and beyond).<br /><br />Thank you, all, for your contributions!!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-2695017386316432762013-05-26T10:05:29.572-04:002013-05-26T10:05:29.572-04:00Just came across a quote and thought of you -- gla...Just came across a quote and thought of you -- glad I came back for more wisdom I missed -- Dori's Wordsworth and others! Thanks for all the affirmation of free thinking. The quote:<br /><br />“Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.” – Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Jeannine Atkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12886966069866356470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-42762850198941247732013-05-26T10:03:29.124-04:002013-05-26T10:03:29.124-04:00Tabatha, I love all those quotes, but Clara Barton...Tabatha, I love all those quotes, but Clara Barton, maybe because I've been reading about nurses, brought tears to my eyes. Thank you!Jeannine Atkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12886966069866356470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-44730717286325044952013-05-26T06:49:35.081-04:002013-05-26T06:49:35.081-04:00Hoo, boy! Flannery cracks me up, Emily is wise, an...Hoo, boy! Flannery cracks me up, Emily is wise, and Gerard is joyful. Thanks for this trio of poetry goodness!Renee LaTulippehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13520719663052253627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-36001373548098741332013-05-25T18:20:33.277-04:002013-05-25T18:20:33.277-04:00Wonderful post. I ran across this from William Wo...Wonderful post. I ran across this from William Wordsworth recently and I think it fits the question perfectly. <br /><br />How does the meadow flower it's bloom unfold?<br />Because the lovely little flower is free<br />Down to its root, and in that freedom, bold. Dorainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04421672075192660319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-65859915039809299522013-05-25T16:20:47.998-04:002013-05-25T16:20:47.998-04:00Terrific post, Mary Lee!! I am looking forward to ...Terrific post, Mary Lee!! I am looking forward to checking out Word Eyes. Some quotes: “Dare to love yourself<br />as if you were a rainbow<br />with gold at both ends.”<br />― Aberjhani<br />"The door that nobody else will go in, seems always to swing<br />open widely for me."<br />- Clara Barton <br />"One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever come to sit by it. Passersby see only a wisp of <br />smoke from the chimney and continue on the way.<br />- Vincent Van Gogh Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-16833675260556566162013-05-25T11:41:26.685-04:002013-05-25T11:41:26.685-04:00Thank you for all you have shared this week, on th...Thank you for all you have shared this week, on this very important topic! The comment section has more great wisdom on the subject--thank you, audience : ) <br /><br />The first thought that came to my mind, is on a red bumper sticker in my office: "What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right.” I'm not sure who said this, though, for correct attribution.<br /><br />Carol, Thanks for reminding me about the wise words from Shel Silverstein.<br /><br />Lisa<br />www.stepsandstaircases.tumblr.comLisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03608709109853440492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-10342555343123593862013-05-25T09:05:36.878-04:002013-05-25T09:05:36.878-04:00Mary Lee,
Love the poems that you shared, especia...Mary Lee,<br /><br />Love the poems that you shared, especially, "The truth must dazzle gradually, or every man be blind."<br /><br />Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but a poem I have used for years is from Shel Silverstein.<br /><br />“The Voice<br /><br />There is a voice inside of you<br />That whispers all day long,<br />"I feel this is right for me,<br />I know that this is wrong."<br />No teacher, preacher, parent, friend<br />Or wise man can decide<br />What's right for you--just listen to<br />The voice that speaks inside.”<br /><br />― Shel Silverstein Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294455230627182656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-49126090386741755112013-05-24T21:27:17.593-04:002013-05-24T21:27:17.593-04:00I love the poets you gathered, and was so happy to...I love the poets you gathered, and was so happy to spend some recent time with Emily Dickinson. I love when poets and scientists mix, so I’m inviting Albert Einstein: “Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.”Jeannine Atkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12886966069866356470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-79057295261518317492013-05-24T20:33:11.593-04:002013-05-24T20:33:11.593-04:00I'm with Jama, swooning over all of this goodn...I'm with Jama, swooning over all of this goodness in one post. <br /><br />This is perhaps a very "slant" connection, but I've been mulling over this quote today:<br />"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass." ~Anton Chekhov <br />More about showing vs. telling, perhaps, but it's about truth when you get down to it.Robyn Hood Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07279289715664168026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-23359369048469824092013-05-24T17:38:16.251-04:002013-05-24T17:38:16.251-04:00Wonderful selections. Mary Oliver tells me that I...Wonderful selections. Mary Oliver tells me that I don't have to be good. To let the soft animal of my body love what it loves. "Wild Geese" comforts me when I am not feeling worthy. Does that qualify as thinking for yourself?Margaret Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04434866104385187658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-67952701324826335562013-05-24T15:18:23.947-04:002013-05-24T15:18:23.947-04:00I love this, and I am curious about WordEyes but I...I love this, and I am curious about WordEyes but I keep getting the broken link message. <br /> :-( Might be my ancient laptop. Loved the Odd Duck review too!Cathy Ballou Mealeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07925815654400078026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-9922869660552084332013-05-24T12:11:13.100-04:002013-05-24T12:11:13.100-04:00Swoon -- Dickinson, O'Connor and Hopkins all i...Swoon -- Dickinson, O'Connor and Hopkins all in the same post! Enjoyed your THINK FOR YOURSELF series. Thanks for the link to WordEyes too. :)jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-23072282037741518632013-05-24T11:47:02.546-04:002013-05-24T11:47:02.546-04:00Love the Flannery O'Connor quote - she certain...Love the Flannery O'Connor quote - she certainly lived the message! Eleanor Roosevelt once said:<br />Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.<br />The older I get, the better I understand what she meant.Tara @ A Teaching Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07195982194362559883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-29273803860832582262013-05-24T10:27:43.611-04:002013-05-24T10:27:43.611-04:00Yay, independent thinkers!
Yay, Emily, especially...Yay, independent thinkers!<br /><br />Yay, Emily, especially.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com