Good Morning Digital Neighbors! Happy Wednesday ADD Irregulars, Phamily & Refugees! More Sesame Street as we look at the good and innocent days of public television. While I know it probably wasn't a perfect program, but it is far better than 99% of the crap that TV has to offer these days.
Lesson #3 - Sharing & Cooperation
Sharing and cooperation are two great virtues to build a better community without negating the importance of the individual. Society could use more people with an attitude of sharing and cooperation, it makes for better neighbors rather than indulging the default setting of our own temptations to selfishness. Selfish people are not prone to share and rarely care to cooperate as much as control situations and individuals.
Sharing is akin to the nature of sacrifice. I have a known good I am willing to possess less of for another good less apparent or less secured in the hopes of something better. It is an act of trust. Little Timmy can share with Billy and Billy ...
Today marks the three hundred and thirtieth birthday of the Frenchman François-Marie Arouet, better known by his nom de plume, Voltaire (1694-1778).
Born into a bourgeois family during the reign of Louis XIV, the “Sun King” (r. 1643-1715), Voltaire suffered tragedy at a young age when his mother died. Never close with his father or brother, Voltaire exhibited a rebellious attitude toward authority from his youth. His brilliant mind was fostered in the care of the Society of Jesus, who introduced him to the joys of literature and theater. Despite his later criticisms against the Church, Voltaire, throughout his life, fondly recalled his dedicated Jesuit teachers.
Although he spent time as a civil servant in the French embassy to the Hague, Voltaire’s main love was writing—an endeavor where he excelled in various genres, including poetry, which led to his appointment as the royal court poet for King Louis XV. Widely recognized as one of the greatest French writers, and even hyperbolically referred to by ...
Padre - Tom Miller invites you to a Coffee Talk, Speakeasies, Schmoozes, Tea Times, Afterhours and other gatherings.
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2026 Coffee Talk with the ADD Irregulars
Thursday, January 1, 2026
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Occurs every day starting 1/1 until 12/31/2027
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