<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Tobin Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[tobinbooks]]></description><link>https://www.tobinbooks.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 10:35:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.tobinbooks.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[This Week's Inspirational Thought]]></title><description><![CDATA[“20 years from now, you’d give anything to be this exact age, exactly this healthy, in this exact moment. Take a second to enjoy it.” ~Richard Webster (Image by NoName_13 at pixabay.com)]]></description><link>https://www.tobinbooks.com/single-post/this-week-s-inspirational-thought-301</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a5424b21f3b88f8a4ed5a5a</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 23:38:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/12b8b1_3381d24cbae34226b150a95f2fd98c7b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Erin Tobin, MA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Week's Inspirational Thought]]></title><description><![CDATA[Happy 250th U.S. Independence Day!! “I prefer a man who will burn the flag and then wrap himself in the Constitution to a man who will burn the Constitution and then wrap himself in the flag.” ~Craig Washington (Image by Roel Smart via Getty Images at istockphoto.com)]]></description><link>https://www.tobinbooks.com/single-post/this-week-s-inspirational-thought-300</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a488a26f7b480551f0e44a0</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 13:00:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/12b8b1_264255cc551441a4aab976cb86e00b9f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_612,h_408,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Erin Tobin, MA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Week's Inspirational Thought]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome Summer! “Both the Winter and the Summer Solstices are expressions of love.  They show us the opposition of light and dark, expansion and contraction, that characterize our experiences in the Earth school so that we can recognize our options as we move through our lives.” ~Gary Zukav (Image by Lukassek at depositphotos.com)]]></description><link>https://www.tobinbooks.com/single-post/this-week-s-inspirational-thought-299</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a41a9d53c06bdad5424b480</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 23:13:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/12b8b1_4f566be6cbcf4cb1b3b7d8c3a58742de~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_600,h_400,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Erin Tobin, MA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Week's Inspirational Thought]]></title><description><![CDATA[Happy Father’s Day! “The difference between a ‘man’ and a ‘father’ is that the former shares his genes, but the latter gives his life.” ~Craig D. Lounsbrough (Image by Goodluz at depositphotos.com)]]></description><link>https://www.tobinbooks.com/single-post/this-week-s-inspirational-thought-298</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3873a26ff6de15e8ab028c</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 23:42:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/12b8b1_189252f6b8a94872845c306f3a666bf9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_400,h_600,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Erin Tobin, MA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Week's Inspirational Thought]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Regret is not dangerous or abnormal, a deviation from the steady path to happiness.  It is healthy and universal, an integral part of being human.  Regret is also valuable. It clarifies. It instructs.  Done right, it needn’t drag us down; it can lift us up.” ~Daniel H. Pink (Image by 5amil.studio55 at depositphotos.com)]]></description><link>https://www.tobinbooks.com/single-post/this-week-s-inspirational-thought-297</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2f566fcb8a6c71083e231b</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 01:41:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/12b8b1_ee723fe775c6482f9d3e7cb189e51617~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_600,h_400,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Erin Tobin, MA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Week's Inspirational Thought]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Mushrooms are incredibly resilient creatures. They can withstand extreme conditions and even thrive in them. This teaches us that we can overcome any obstacle if we never give up.… After any disturbance, no matter how big or difficult, we can move forward and continue to grow.” ~Carolina Castro]]></description><link>https://www.tobinbooks.com/single-post/this-week-s-inspirational-thought-296</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a25f4d17af0f733569683b1</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 22:51:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/12b8b1_c5917e66b4ee4204a26de10b6f5d3aca~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Erin Tobin, MA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Week's Inspirational Thought]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Once in a blue moon a magnificent opportunity comes along to take things to the next level. This rare moon will illuminate your inner being. More light, more power, more love. Give yourself full permission to expand and upgrade. Dig deep, the past no longer has a hold over you. Your soul is well prepared for this shift. Enjoy!” ~Carrie Marie Bush (Image of Blue Moon by PublicImage at depositphotos.com)]]></description><link>https://www.tobinbooks.com/single-post/this-week-s-inspirational-thought-295</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1cd80a74254bcae0830bdc</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 01:03:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/12b8b1_edd30208ecd9425b8fb037f36f44b86e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_389,h_269,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Erin Tobin, MA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Week's Inspirational Thought]]></title><description><![CDATA[Happy Memorial Day! “The Constitution is never tested during times of tranquility; it is during times of tension, turmoil, tragedy, trauma, and terrorism that it is sorely tested.” ~Mike Honda (Image by Anastasiia Malinich at depositphotos.com)]]></description><link>https://www.tobinbooks.com/single-post/this-week-s-inspirational-thought-294</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a13978a8fa816dacc8431ff</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 00:29:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/12b8b1_6f2536c9db2041a5b0519a90e6d5394c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_600,h_427,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Erin Tobin, MA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Week's Inspirational Thought]]></title><description><![CDATA[“To direct the mind towards the basic unity of all things and to divert it from the seizing of differences – therein lies bliss.” ~Tejo-Bindu Upanishad]]></description><link>https://www.tobinbooks.com/single-post/this-week-s-inspirational-thought-293</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0a54a52fd8b3b69694d666</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 00:05:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/12b8b1_29b4556ccc39468f996053fd56a45149~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Erin Tobin, MA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Week's Inspirational Thought]]></title><description><![CDATA[Happy Mother’s Day! “I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.” ~E. M. Forster (Image by serezniy at depositphotos.com)]]></description><link>https://www.tobinbooks.com/single-post/this-week-s-inspirational-thought-292</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a010d80c833335dae0a4b21</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 23:00:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/12b8b1_12e19ef029724a5b8579702b6f5a80c7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_545,h_388,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Erin Tobin, MA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Week's Inspirational Thought]]></title><description><![CDATA[“If your actions were to boomerang back on you instantly, would you still act the same?  Doing to others an act you’d rather not have done to you reveals a powerful internal conflict.” ~Alexandra Katehakis (Photo by VGeorgiev at depositphotos.com)]]></description><link>https://www.tobinbooks.com/single-post/this-week-s-inspirational-thought-291</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f7d088384eb6d61abc5d7a</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 22:51:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/12b8b1_fc7d4ff01c88493e8e451780ffb3ddc3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_455,h_400,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Erin Tobin, MA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Week's Inspirational Thought]]></title><description><![CDATA[“The key to nature’s therapy is feeling like a tiny part of it, not a master over it. There’s amazing pride in seeing a bee land on a flower you planted – but that’s not your act of creation, it’s your act of joining in.” ~Victoria Coren Mitchell (Image courtesy of Robin Hitt)]]></description><link>https://www.tobinbooks.com/single-post/this-week-s-inspirational-thought-290</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69eeb6c9597b798f3aa43f99</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 01:23:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/12b8b1_69c4ada10c7246c6b7eb5f7d2e426d8e~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_425,h_411,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Erin Tobin, MA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Week's Inspirational Thought]]></title><description><![CDATA[“I think if you’re not a conservationist before you go to space, you’re at least partly a conservationist when you come back.  Because when you see how thin that atmosphere is, that protective layer that we have here, you think, wow, we really have to take care of this because it does look so fragile from space.” ~Mike Foreman, former NASA astronaut Happy Earth Week! (Image by NASA, taken from Artemis II)]]></description><link>https://www.tobinbooks.com/single-post/this-week-s-inspirational-thought-289</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e55d235e3a88e8e09e1498</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:58:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/12b8b1_c37df0d9d2834f08913d55531d4d5124~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Erin Tobin, MA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Week's Inspirational Thought]]></title><description><![CDATA[“I wish we could send every elected official into space because they’re bound to come back with a different perspective. … When I looked back on the earth as we orbited in the space shuttle, I looked through the eyes of a politician.  And when I looked, I did not see political division, and I did not see racial division, and I did not see religious division.  What I saw was we are all in this together as citizens of planet earth.  And that is a profound effect on someone who is sensitive to...]]></description><link>https://www.tobinbooks.com/single-post/this-week-s-inspirational-thought-288</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dc1e5d515c02011a125a3a</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:42:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/12b8b1_e39077cf94df4b4789396862ba9d4238~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Erin Tobin, MA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Week's Inspirational Thought]]></title><description><![CDATA[Happy Easter! “All the buried seeds crack open in the dark the instant they surrender to a process they can’t see. … This moving through the dark into blossom is the threshold to God. … The courage of the seed is that once cracking, it cracks all the way.” ~Mark Nepo]]></description><link>https://www.tobinbooks.com/single-post/this-week-s-inspirational-thought-287</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d2f54bf7044e6cf7b0701f</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 23:56:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/12b8b1_5d1fae8ca4504d34959a17050f8bb4da~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Erin Tobin, MA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Week's Inspirational Thought]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Democracy rests upon two pillars: one, the principle that all men are equally entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and the other, the conviction that such equal opportunity will most advance civilization.” ~Louis D. Brandeis (Image of March 28 No Kings protest by Loren Elliott for The New York Times)]]></description><link>https://www.tobinbooks.com/single-post/this-week-s-inspirational-thought-286</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c9c810fcaccefbd3614838</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:56:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/12b8b1_4933b8b8950c4564baecd3027da9bd56~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Erin Tobin, MA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Week's Inspirational Thought]]></title><description><![CDATA[“When all the world appears to be in a tumult, and nature itself is feeling the assault of climate change, the seasons retain their essential rhythm.  Yes, fall gives us a premonition of winter, but then, winter, will be forced to relent, once again, to the new beginnings of soft greens, longer light, and the sweet air of spring.” ~Madeleine M. Kunin Welcome Spring!]]></description><link>https://www.tobinbooks.com/single-post/this-week-s-inspirational-thought-285</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c070026e2d813924909a2b</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 22:43:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/12b8b1_1af2a1210cc7404db0962d506bca4e5d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Erin Tobin, MA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Week's Inspirational Thought]]></title><description><![CDATA[“May love and laughter light your days, and warm your heart and home. May good and faithful friends be yours, wherever you may roam. May peace and plenty bless your world with joy that long endures. May all life’s passing seasons bring the best to you and yours!” ~Old Irish Blessing Happy St. Patrick’s Day! (Image by Vlad Chețan at pexels.com )]]></description><link>https://www.tobinbooks.com/single-post/this-week-s-inspirational-thought-284</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b73cfcea38c468abd9cab4</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 23:16:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/12b8b1_f0e30949894a45a1b8d89d7fc8923f85~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Erin Tobin, MA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Week's Inspirational Thought]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Time doesn’t wait for until.  The only time we all get is right now, this moment.  And that means embracing the present, learning from the past (... letting go of  what doesn’t need to [be carried] through), and striving for the future.  It’s this beautiful synergy of energy – radiating from the gift of now.” ~Rachel Marie Martin (Image by Arek Socha at pixabay)]]></description><link>https://www.tobinbooks.com/single-post/this-week-s-inspirational-thought-283</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ae1d183fdd64550e6d7eea</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 01:10:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/12b8b1_82a37fe41a084cab8a347f7744d644c5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Erin Tobin, MA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Week's Inspirational Thought]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Mankind must remember that peace is not God’s gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.” ~Elie Wiesel (Image by Betka82 at depositphotos.com )]]></description><link>https://www.tobinbooks.com/single-post/this-week-s-inspirational-thought-282</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a4dbbc60298c02e5bdae98</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:39:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/12b8b1_77f57a8dd2694071bc7dc0e423810029~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_600,h_450,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Erin Tobin, MA</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>