STOP AND THINK - We read to know that we are not alone. (C. S. Lewis, British scholar and Christian apologist) Lewis did not say, “We need to know that we are not alone” although he might very well agree to that. He is encouraging his students to read. When he wrote,...
STOP AND THINK - It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. (Henry Ward Beecher, 19th century clergyman) Have you ever faced that dilemma, whether to talk to a friend about his problem? If you’re concerned about damaging that...
By: Lynda Shadel I love walking in the new fallen snow. There is something really beautiful about creating the first tracks in snow. I usually forge my own path as the dogs run everywhere. But I have to be careful. I might fall because the snow covers rocks,...
STOP AND THINK - In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity. (attributed to Saint Augustine) Though this expression is often used with regard to theological disagreements, it is applicable to any situation where there are disagreements...
STOP AND THINK - For me, music-making is the most joyful activity possible, the most perfect expression of any emotion. (Luciano Pavarotti, late Italian opera star) Pavarotti was a vocal artist; his God-given and trained gifts gave joy to both the listening world and...
STOP AND THINK - The two most important days in life are the day you were born and the day you figure out why. (Mark Twain, American author and humorist) “Why am I here” is one of life’s most persistent and essential questions. Is there some purpose for my life? Mark...
STOP AND THINK - If you would create something, you must be something. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 19th-20th century German writer and statesman) Most often artists and inventors do not create something merely from external influences and ideas. There seems to be...
STOP AND THINK - "Truth" without love is pride, not truth. "Love" without truth is enabling, not loving. (David Gable) When you are really sure that you know truth, you may fall into a sense of pride, because you know something so certainly and there are others who...
If you live in the river, you should make friends with the crocodiles. (Indian Proverb) Our first reaction to this proverb might well be: “Better to move out of the river.” No doubt the proverb is intended, however, to encourage people to learn how to get along with...
STOP AND THINK - Nothing repels like a frown—or attracts like a smile. (Charles Swindoll, preacher and author) It’s a simple statement but one which can be verified by almost everyone’s personal experience. When someone begins to frown while you are speaking to them,...
STOP AND THINK - Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed. (Storm Jameson, 20th century English journalist and author) Note Jameson’s five requirements to be happy: feeling, enjoyment, reasoning,...
STOP AND THINK - This is the true joy in life—being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. (George Bernard Shaw, late Nobel-Prize-winning Irish playwright) Shaw continues: “. . . being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap.”...