By: Jesse Deloe In the life of almost everyone, there comes a time when one thing ends and something else begins. Life is full of ends and beginnings. While endings are many times sad and hard, it is very often true that good things cannot start until...
We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough. (Helen Keller, lecturer & author)) We might think this is a gross overstatement until we realize who said it. Helen Keller suffered severe disabilities including being blind and deaf. But, with the...
By: Lynda Shadel I have to admire the persistence of my hunter dogs, Wally and Charlie. Once they tree a squirrel, they stand on their back legs at the base of the tree and bark and bark and bark—believing the barking will make the squirrel come down out of the...
There is no key to happiness. The door is always open. (Unknown) We’re always looking for keys—the key to success, the key to riches, the key to lasting love, and, of course, the key to happiness. Like so many other doors whose keys we’re searching for, however, there...
Isn’t it interesting that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them? (Orville Wright, pilot of the first powered airplane flight) When Orville and Wilbur Wright accomplished the impossible by flying a self-propelled,...
True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in their worth and choice. (Inspiration Line) Young adults today seem to be looking for something in the big, noisy crowds—parties, music festivals, entertainment centers—wherever there are lots of people...
The right train of thought can take you to a better station in life. (Unknown) What you focus your mind on will not only pretty well determine the direction of your life but also its ultimate goal. One thought leads to another and that to another; they are all linked...
By: Julia Somerset “Choose” By Carl Sandburg The single clenched fist lifted and ready, Or the open asking hand held out and waiting. Choose: For we meet by one or the other. I first read this poem right after one of the first big failures...
Where fear is, happiness is not. (Seneca, 1st century Roman Stoic philosopher) A simple statement but an obvious truth. Have you ever known a fearful person that was truly happen—even for a short time? Happiness depends, at least in part, on some sense of security....
Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can. (Thomas Carlyle, 19th century Scottish philosopher and satirist) No one can do everything, so is it sensible to give some effort here and more somewhere else, spreading our efforts widely? Carlyle’s statement...
If you want to find happiness, find gratitude. (Steve Maraboli, motivational speaker and author) There’s something about being grateful that is self-enhancing. It may be counterintuitive, but when we express thanks to someone, we discover that we feel better about...
Lyndal Shadel, Potato Valley, PA When I walk my two dogs and observe their behavior, it’s amazing that Wally, the Jack Russell terrier, thinks he has no limitations—even though he measures only a foot high at his back compared to Charlie, the Border...