STOP AND THINK - Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who get burned. (Buddha) Has this ever been true in your life? Most of us have used our disappointments and hurts as opportunities to try...
STOP AND THINK - Sign on a maintenance shop door: We can repair anything. (Please knock hard on the door, the bell doesn’t work). We laugh at such a puzzle. But we are sometimes guilty of doing the same thing in life, aren’t we? We speak in generalities, which most...
STOP AND THINK - No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday. (Alexander Pope, 18th century English poet) One of the hardest things for any of us to say is, “I was wrong.”...
STOP AND THINK - We can command only if we know how to obey. We can lead only if we know how to follow. (Jean Vanier, Canadian philosopher and writer) Some young people want to rush into significant roles of leadership without going through training or pursuing...
STOP AND THINK - The lost art of the twentieth century is … meditation. (Charles Swindoll, pastor and author) In the helter-skelter of daily life, we rarely take time to reflect and think. With our heavy involvement in work, family, sports, and social activity, few of...
STOP AND THINK - Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way. (Isak Dinesen, pen name of Karen Blixen, Danish author) Dinesen continued, “So many things that one goes worrying about are of no...
STOP AND THINK - If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly. (G. K. Chesterton, 20th century English writer and Christian apologist) Chesterton’s statement seems contrary to the popular, “Anything worth doing is worth doing well.” Other authors have explained...
STOP AND THINK - Life is not the way it’s supposed to be … It’s the way it is … The way we cope with it is what makes the difference. (Virginia Satir, 20th century American author and social worker) All of us have wished sometime that life were different—that...
STOP AND THINK - I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man. (Dwight L. Moody, 19th century American evangelist) Let’s be honest. We often want to blame others for our troubles. It wasn’t our fault that someone mistreated us or said something nasty...
STOP AND THINK - You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great. (Zig Ziglar, late motivational speaker) Sometimes we hesitate to start on a new project or introduce a new thought. We don’t think anyone will respond well because we aren’t well...
STOP AND THINK - Your mind is a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds. You can grow flowers or you can grow weeds. (Author unknown) What kinds of thoughts repeatedly flash across your mind? If they are frequently negative, they will certainly choke out the good things...
STOP AND THINK - The art of life is to live in the present moment. (Emmet Fox, 20th century “New Thought” leader) Fox continues: “[We can] make that moment as perfect as we can by the realization that we are the instruments and expression of God Himself.” Fox is...