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		<title>Best Thoughts Ever on Why Words Matter</title>
		<link>https://whatwillmatter.com/2025/06/best-thoughts-ever-on-why-words-matter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tragic stories and new data on the prevalence and harmfulness of bullying have made us all more sensitive to the ways our words can hurt others — merciless criticism, nasty sarcasm, hurtful nicknames, malicious rumors, and careless gossip. In Words That Hurt, Words That Heal, Joseph Telushkin writes about the moral implications of what we say. He points out that most people ... <div><a href="https://whatwillmatter.com/2025/06/best-thoughts-ever-on-why-words-matter/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Best Thoughts Ever on What Makes Us Happy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Josephson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 19:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There is an ever-growing body of knowledge about the nature and causes of happiness. For one thing, it’s clear that happiness is a feeling, not a circumstance. Happiness is more than just fun or pleasure. It’s a more durable sense of well-being. Our happiness depends not on what happens to us, but what happens in us. In other words, it’s ... <div><a href="https://whatwillmatter.com/2025/05/best-thoughts-ever-on-what-makes-us-happy/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Best Thoughts Ever on Shaping Our Own Character</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Josephson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2025 21:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Character may determine our fate, but character is not determined by fate. There’s no doubt that our character has a profound effect on our future. What we must remember, however, is not merely how powerful character is in influencing our destiny, but how powerful we are in shaping our own character and, therefore, our own destiny. It’s a common mistake ... <div><a href="https://whatwillmatter.com/2025/05/best-thoughts-ever-on-shaping-our-own-character/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Best Thoughts Ever on Truth and Trustworthiness</title>
		<link>https://whatwillmatter.com/2025/03/best-thoughts-ever-on-truth-and-trustworthiness/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Josephson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 17:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Truth Matters. Trustworthiness Matters. Truth matters and it’s your moral responsibility to find it. Trustworthiness matters and it’s your moral duty to insist on it. Never in my lifetime has truth been more important or more elusive. Though hard to find, within every mountain of careless claims, unsubstantiated assertions, fallacious reasoning and outright lies there are true facts and credible ... <div><a href="https://whatwillmatter.com/2025/03/best-thoughts-ever-on-truth-and-trustworthiness/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Best Thoughts Ever on Making a Difference - Being Nice &amp; Talking to People</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Josephson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 17:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What can be more meaningful and fulfilling than making a positive difference in this world by making a difference in the lives we touch? It is the essence of living a life that matter. As the following story illustrates it is so much easier than we might think and it’s something we all can do every day of the year. ... <div><a href="https://whatwillmatter.com/2025/03/best-thoughts-ever-on-making-a-difference-being-nice-talking-to-people/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Best Thoughts Ever on the Essentials of Ethics Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 15:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Whether one calls it values education, moral education, character education or ethics education, the goal is to help young people develop sustainable attitudes, beliefs and habits that translate into personal integrity, moral strength and, most of all, positive behaviors. The Need for Moral Judgment: While there are many ways to approach ethics education, effective methods must emphasize the importance and ... <div><a href="https://whatwillmatter.com/2025/03/best-thoughts-ever-on-the-essentials-of-ethics-education/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Best Thoughts Ever on the Power of Character: Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Suppose you saved the life of a leprechaun, and in gratitude, he said he would give the man your daughter will marry one exceptional quality of your choosing. This man could be very smart, enormously rich, remarkably good-looking, unusually strong and athletic, highly creative and artistic, or singularly competent — or he could possess extraordinary character. What would you choose? Now suppose ... <div><a href="https://whatwillmatter.com/2025/02/best-thoughts-ever-on-the-power-of-character-part-1/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Best Thoughts Ever on Living a Significant Life: A Powerful Poem by William Allen Dromgoole</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Josephson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2025 22:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I frequently talk about the quest to pursue a life of significance. What does that mean? Martin Luther King, Jr., said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?” In a world increasingly dominated by unapologetic selfishness, this idea may seem quaint and outdated. Yet, for those who have a grand vision of their purpose ... <div><a href="https://whatwillmatter.com/2025/01/best-thoughts-ever-on-living-a-significant-life-a-powerful-poem-by-william-allen-dromgoole/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Best Thoughts Ever on Generosity and Gratitude: The Gift of Water</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Josephson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2024 00:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Long ago a young man crossing a desert came upon a spring of cool, crystal-clear water. The water was so delightful he thought how much his grandfather Saul would love it, so he filled his leather water bag. After a two-day journey he presented the water to Saul who immediately drank from the canteen and with a look of pride ... <div><a href="https://whatwillmatter.com/2024/12/greatest-thoughts-ever-on-generosity-and-gratitude-the-gift-of-water/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Best Thoughts Ever on Christmas: Keeping Christmas — A Prescription For A Better World</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2024 00:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Whether you are a Christian or not, Henry Van Dyke‘s concept of “Keeping Christmas,” written in 1905, is worth reading and following: It is a good thing to observe Christmas Day. The mere making of times and seasons when men agree to stop work and make merry together is a wise and wholesome custom. It helps one to feel the ... <div><a href="https://whatwillmatter.com/2024/12/best-thoughts-ever-on-christmas-keeping-christmas-a-prescription-for-a-better-world/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div>]]></description>
		
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