STOP AND THINK - It’s not a case of magic. It’s a simple fact. What I see, and hear, and speak, I become. (Gordon & Gladis DePree in The Gift) What we are physically is a combination of our DNA, the food we consume, our exercise, and other purely material elements....
STOP NAD THINK - The revolution that will save the world is ultimately a personal one. (Marianne Williamson, author and lecturer) That’s Williamson’s conclusion after writing, “Personal transformation can and does have global effects. As we go, so goes the world, for...
STOP AND THINK - It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow. (Robert Goddard, “the father of modern rocketry.”) Whether it’s in the science laboratory, the inventor’s workroom, or in...
STOP AND THINK - [There’s a] risk . . . if you change: that people you’ve been involved with won’t like the new you. But other people who do will come along. (Lisa Alther, American novelist) Maybe you’ve had the experience Alther alludes to. You’ve made a significant...
STOP AND THINK - It ain’t no use to grumble and complain; it’s just as easy to rejoice. (James Whitcomb Riley, “the Children’s Poet”) Riley illustrates this principle: “When God sorts out the weather and sends rain, why rain’s my choice.” If we all were to...
STOP AND THINK - The love of one's country is a natural thing. But why should love stop at the border? (Inspiration Line) People seem naturally to be patriotic; they are usually proud of their nationality and supportive of their country. When you watch Olympic...
By: Julia Somerset Edna St. Vincent Millay is one of my favorite poets. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923, and she wrote beautifully about the significantly disruptive changes that took place in the first half of the 20th century. This is a...
STOP AND THINK - We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds — resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs. (Augustine, early Christian theologian and philosopher) There is a lot of confusion and misunderstanding about angels, but many people are confident that guardian...
STOP AND THINK - Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive. (The Dalai Lama, Buddhist religious leader) Many powerful political, business, or social leaders seem to have a rather brusque exterior. They are so...
STOP AND THINK - The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. (Chinese proverb) We can easily accept the first part of this proverb. We know that polishing requires rubbing the surface of the object to bring out its best appearance....
STOP AND THINK - Try to make at least one person happy every day. … If you cannot do a kind deed, speak a kind word. If you cannot speak a kind word, think a kind thought. (Lawrence G. Lovasik, in a Catholic missionary society) How much more pleasant life would be if...
STOP AND THINK - Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. (Thomas Edison, American inventor) Edison is a great example of a successful person who did not give up in spite of numerous failed experiments....