The prayer and fasting are over. I know that I have been more disciplined in the other attempts, but I always learn something. Just putting your prayers on paper every day helps organize your mind to something more intentional, something more meaningful, and moves you closer to God. With that, we will resume your regular Lunch Box programming. Number 1 braved snowmageddon yesterday to drive back to school. Even though classes are canceled today, the slopes are open. It was so good having him home. Now, it’s off to the stand in line at the DMV to get Number 3’s driver’s permit. It all moves so fast…
As a reminder, Lunch Box Quotes are notes I include in the kids’ lunches every day. Number 1 gets a text, but 2-4 get a handwritten napkin.
Visual credits to: Featured image – @ACC_National Quotes: @AI_Solzhenitsyn @Phi_Pathfinder @elonmusk
Quotes:
1. “The world has never before known a godlessness as organized, militarized, and tenaciously malevolent as that practiced by Marxism.” – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
2. “There has never yet been a person in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.” – Teddy Roosevelt
3. “If you write down a problem clearly and specifically, you have solved half of it.” – Kidlin’s Law
4. “For quality of life, it is better to err on the side of being an optimist and wrong, rather than a pessimist and right.” – Elon Musk
Sources:
“The world has never before known a godlessness as organized, militarized, and tenaciously malevolent as that practiced by Marxism.”
— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (@AI_Solzhenitsyn) January 26, 2026
“There has never yet been a person in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.”
– Teddy Roosevelt 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/VxC7lUxK0h— American Conservation Coalition (@ACC_National) January 23, 2026
7 laws that give you an unfair advantage:
1. Kidlin’s law pic.twitter.com/1sjPFHLs6n
— Philosophy Pathfinder (@Phi_Pathfinder) January 25, 2026
For quality of life, it is better to err on the side of being an optimist and wrong, rather than a pessimist and right
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 23, 2026