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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
By: Lynda Shadel One of my routes for walking the dogs requires me to take the same road there and back. At the end of the woods is a tree that I touch to make sure I complete the walk and return home. Now, I have to admit there are times...
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...
By: Dave Illingworth The Jewish historian Flavius Josephus recorded, “a woman in all things is inferior to a man.” Women were treated badly in both the ancient Roman and Jewish worlds. Roman women had no rights, were not allowed to own...
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...
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...
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...
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