Judgment Good judgment comes from experience, and most of that comes from bad judgment. (Kerr L White, MD, author) Our choices do make a significant impact on our lives, not only in the moment of choosing, but even more so further along in our lives. Bad judgments...
Truth I believe we need both the light of truth and the guidance of tradition now more than ever. (John Tang) Tradition alone does not determine what is true or false, but it does help in understanding the context in which it has been applied. When we want to know...
Excuses People are anxious to improve their circumstances but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. (James Allen, 19th - 20th century English writer) We often complain about our circumstances. We blame our failures on the weather, our...
Priorities Your greatest danger is letting the urgent things crowd out the important. (Charles E. Hummel, Tyranny of the Urgent) Further: “There is an insidious tendency to neglect important tasks that do not have to be done today—or even this week.” They say that the...
Aging You don’t get older, you get better. (Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer) Here’s a list of ideas to help us get better as we get older: Live realistically. Give generously. Adapt willingly. Trust fearlessly. Can we do all that? Certainly not unless we pay attention...
Failure Failure is acceptable but failing to try is not. (R. Keith Mobley, business leader and author) Theodore Roosevelt put it another way: “It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” Having failed to score the winning basket or doing...
Friends The best times in life are made a thousand times better when shared with a dear friend. (Lucy Fawley, churchgoer.) Have you admired a beautiful mountain scene or an exciting concert, wishing you could share it with a friend? Of course, you can share a photo or...
Weariness There is nothing wrong or unnatural with feeling weary . . . (Source unknown) The thought continues: “. . . but there is everything wrong with abandoning ship in the midst of the fight.” Is fatigue a sufficient reason for quitting? We do get tired when we...
Doing Nothing If you stop and do nothing until you can do everything, you will remain useless. (Charles Spurgeon, 19th century English preacher) It’s a mistaken idea to that that you shouldn’t venture to help if you can’t completely solve the problem or resolve the...
Worry No amount of regretting can change the past, and no amount of worrying can change the future. (Roy T. Bennett, author) It’s obvious, isn’t it? Yet, we often recall one experience or the other: sorrowing over past mistakes or fretting about tomorrow. Some...
Direction Coddiwomple: to travel purposefully toward an as-yet-unknown destination. (English slang) That’s a word that you’ve probably never heard. But it does seem to fit with the definition, doesn’t it? It doesn’t make much sense to start on a journey without...
Legacy If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy? (Randy Pausch, late educator) Your legacy is much more than the material things you include in your will. Even the largest of inheritances will not guarantee the success of your heirs. But what...