Thank you, @matthewjdowd.bsky.social, for the Love & Light you send out into the world each day through your uplifting posts. You make a positive difference, my friend.
Matthew Dowd@matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 7d agoToday is International Friendship Day! a note to all my sisters and brothers on here and the friendship we have through the sharing of our thoughts, dreams, concerns, and heartfelt feelings. I value each of you more than you know.
Happy International Friendship Day! Some of you I’ve had the pleasure to meet IRL… I appreciate lots of positive vibes and support for tough times. Especially appreciate the humor we can share when we desperately need some levity 😎🫶🏼
Matthew Dowd@matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 7d agoToday is International Friendship Day! a note to all my sisters and brothers on here and the friendship we have through the sharing of our thoughts, dreams, concerns, and heartfelt feelings. I value each of you more than you know.
Premiums paid for eligible Long Term Care (#LTC) insurance coverage are not fully included in deductible health care expenses like health insurance premiums are on Schedule A, Form 1040. The maximum allowable inclusion amount is based on the age of the policy holder. Amount varies age 40 to 70yo+
"Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.” - Beatrix Potter, born 7/28/1866, Tale of Peter Rabbit
Matthew Dowd@matthewjdowd.bsky.social · last wk.happy bday English writer/illustrator/conservationist Beatrix Potter, b.1866. “All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. . . . Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.”
happy bday Swiss icon Carl Jung, b.1875. “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” “Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
"Use your fear...it can take you to the place where you store your courage." - Amelia Earhart, born 7/24/1897
Andrew@amac0668.bsky.social · 2w agoHappy birthday Amelia Earhart.
“Everyone has oceans to fly, if they have the heart to do it. Is it reckless? Maybe. But what do dreams know of boundaries?” ― Amelia Earhart, Aviation Pioneer and Fashion Entrepreneur Born 7/24/1897
Jeanne Brennan@jeanneenabottle.bsky.social · 2w ago
"Worry retards reaction and makes clear-cut decisions impossible." - Amelia Earhart, Aviation Pioneer and Fashion Entrepreneur; Born in July 24, 1897, died in 1937 Perhaps, it's time to worry less, and live more? - @debfoxfinancial.
Matthew Dowd@matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 2w agohappy bday the iconic Amelia Earhart, b.1897, Atchison, KS. “Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn't be done.” “Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.” “A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.”
"Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old." -Franz Kafka
“Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with that there is” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea Happy Birthday, Earnest Hemingway, born 7/21/1899 in Oak Park, Illinois
TeeBo@texastob-24.bsky.social · 2w agoHappy Birthday Ernest Hemingway, born OTD in 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois. When in Paris, I love to eat at Polidor frequented by Hemingway, Joyce and Rimbaud. ♥️ 📕 📖
Happy Birthday iconic #NelsonMandela , born 1918 "After climbing a great hill, one only find that there are more hills to climb"
Matthew Dowd@matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 3w agohappy bday iconic Nelson Mandela, b1918 “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, & if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”
happy bday iconic Nelson Mandela, b1918 “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, & if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”
He’s such an amazing man to be honored, always. 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 bsky.app/profile/texa...
TeeBo@texastob-24.bsky.social · 3w agoHappy Birthday Nelson Mandel 🎂 Born OTD in 1918 in South Africa
"Love is not about property, diamonds and gifts. It is about sharing your very self with the world around you." “Laughter is the language of the soul.” - Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet , born 7/12/1904
Matthew Dowd@matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 4w agohappy bday, one of my favs, Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, b.1904. “Laughter is the language of the soul.” "You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming." "Love is not about property, diamonds and gifts. It is about sharing your very self with the world around you."
It's a good idea to file a #tax return even if not required 1. The assessment statute of limitations (ASOL) does not begin until the taxpayer files a valid tax return. Once filed, the ASOL is generally three years from the filing date 2. Helps to protect against fraud 3. Mark as Final
Aspirational quote from Abraham Lincoln as the 250th July 4th celebration comes to an end. #america250 #independenceday #july4th 🇺🇸 🗽
“The quality of your thoughts is determined by the quality of your reading. Spend more time thinking about the inputs.”- James Clear "Bridge to the Future" photo taken 7/3/26 #Sanford FL
"Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind." - Nathaniel Hawthorne, writer, born 7/4/1804
Matthew Dowd@matthewjdowd.bsky.social · last mo.happy bday writer Nathaniel Hawthorne, b. 1804, Salem, MA. “Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” “To do nothing is the way to be nothing.” “Moonlight is sculpture; sunlight is painting.”
" Life is a series of moments floating away like balloons in the sky.” - Unknown ♥️
"Laughter is America's most important export." — Walt Disney #Happy250thBirthdayAmerica ♥️
TeeBo@texastob-24.bsky.social · last mo.Thursday morning thoughts 💭
happy bday b.1867. "You too must not count too much on your reality as you feel it today, since like yesterday, it may prove an illusion for you tomorrow." - Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer, born 6/28/1867
Matthew Dowd@matthewjdowd.bsky.social · last mo.happy bday Italian writer Luigi Pirandello, b.1867. "You too must not count too much on your reality as you feel it today, since like yesterday, it may prove an illusion for you tomorrow." “If only we could see in advance all the harm that can come from the good we think we are doing.”
Today is International LGBTQ Pride Day, commemorates the anniversary of the Stonewall uprising which begun on this day in 1969. And on that day was a new beginning of a fight for equal rights for all.
Happy Birthday Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, born OTD in 1900 in Lyon, France 🇫🇷 He wrote one of my favorite books, The Little Prince 👑
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“You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.” - Pearl S. Buck, writer/humanitarian, born 6/26/1892
Matthew Dowd@matthewjdowd.bsky.social · last mo.happy bday writer/humanitarian Pearl S. Buck, b. 1892, Hillsboro, WV. “Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness.” “You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.”
Looks like my painting moved up to first place for people’s choice! 🥇Thanks again Betty Gardner Gonzalez for the inspirational photo! 🎉 #AccountantsWhoPaint #SelfCare #LeisureActivities
"Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you." - Jean-Paul Sartre, French Writer "How you respond to what happens is more important than what happens. " - Eckhart Tolle The Freedom and Power to Chose is Now. What Cha Gonna Do With What Happened to You?
Matthew Dowd@matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 2mo agohappy bday French writer Jean-Paul Sartre, b.1905. “Do you think that I count the days? There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.” "Freedom is what we do with what is done to us.” “We are our choices.”
