December 8, 2012
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards. (Abraham Lincoln) “Slow and steady wins the race,” they say. But unless it’s a childhood game, walking backwards doesn’t win. It’s steadfastness, consistency...
December 7, 2012
Appreciation can make a day—even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary. (Margaret Cousins, early 20th century political activist) It’s easy to criticize, to make judgments, and correct others in...
December 6, 2012
If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you’ll be amazed at the results. (George Patton, U.S. Army general in World War II) They’re called “micro-managers,” the people who are controllers by nature. They...
December 5, 2012
Hatred can be communicated in one sentence. Love has to be lived out. (John Shirk, contemporary American poet) A hateful thought or word can be expressed in an instant of time, but the effects will be long-lasting. Love, on the other hand, can be...
December 4, 2012
Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone. (Charley Brown in Peanuts) Three weeks from today millions around the world will celebrate Christmas. This time of year the “Christmas spirit” pervades our hearts, and we...
December 3, 2012
The value of achievement lies in the achieving. (Albert Einstein, influential 20th century physicist) Another way of saying it: “The value of work is the working.” Whatever the accomplishment, honest work is important and is its own...
December 2, 2012
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. (Epicurus, 4th century B.C. Greek philosopher) For many in the more affluent societies of the world, the mindset seems to be that having more is a guarantee for happiness...
December 1, 2012
Life is an echo; what you send out comes back. (Chinese proverb) We probably do not fully understand what influence our lives have on others. What we say and do don’t just reflect what we really are, but we may see that reflection in the...
November 30, 2012
Happiness is a spiritual need. And if it's a spiritual need, the filling of that need can only come from God. (Mike Lee, American pastor) We delight in our right to “pursue happiness.” Yet, happiness is often elusive, difficult to...
November 29, 2012
God doesn’t give you what you can handle. He helps you handle what you are given. (Seen on a tee-shirt) You can see strange quotes on tee-shirts, but sometimes there’s some pretty good theology, too. While not an entirely accurate...
November 28, 2012
Those who trade liberty for security have neither. (John Adams, 2nd president of the United States) In days of turmoil, stress, and fear, people are looking for security. When life and possessions are threatened, some look for a...
November 27, 2012
A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born. (Antoine de Saint Exupery, French writer and poet) We think we know ourselves pretty well until something traumatic happens, and we discover...