A wise man

June 5, 2016

It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe. Muhammad Ali

Take time

June 4, 2016

Childhood means simplicity. Look at the world with the child’s eye – it is very beautiful. Kailash Satyarthi

It’s all good

June 3, 2016

“A dog will teach you unconditional love. If you can have that in your life, things won’t be too bad.” Robert Wagner

Possibilities

May 30, 2016

Some people get stuck on the word IMPOSSIBLE while others embrace I’M POSSIBLE

The good life

May 29, 2016

Sometimes it takes a wake-up call, doesn’t it, to alert us to the fact that we’re hurrying through our lives instead of actually living them; that we’re living the fast life instead of the good life. And I think, for many people, that wake-up call takes the form of an illness. Carl Honore

Drama

May 29, 2016

There are those who seem to thrive on drama. They play the role of the agitator with the demeanor of an alligator.

Job #1

May 29, 2016

Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children. Charles R. Swindoll

Humor

May 29, 2016

A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life. William Arthur Ward

God Bless

May 29, 2016

O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! Katharine Lee Bates

Aaaahhhh

May 29, 2016

The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne at noon, a pageant in the evening. Wallace Stevens

Heaven

May 29, 2016

On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it. Jules Renard

Peace

May 29, 2016

It is only in solitude that I ever find my own core. Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Remember

May 29, 2016

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. John F. Kennedy

The gift

May 28, 2016

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself. Charles M. Schulz

Beauty

May 27, 2016

Feelings aroused by the touch of someone’s hand, the sound of music, the smell of a flower, a beautiful sunset, a work of art, love, laughter, hope and faith – all work on both the unconscious and the conscious aspects of the self, and they have physiological consequences as well. Bernie Siegel

Poetry

May 27, 2016

The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I’ve seen ecstasy or something. Rita Dove

Break away

May 27, 2016

Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. John Muir

Spirit

May 27, 2016

Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things – with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope. Corazon Aquino

Timeless

May 25, 2016

Pastor Jim Dixon died unexpectedly a couple of months ago in California. He was an amazing guy who touched thousands with his weekly messages. Dr. Jim often started sermons with the words from Psalm 19. A short but powerful prayer that is both timeless and true. May the words of my mouth, and the meditation […]

Choice

May 25, 2016

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. Viktor E. Frankl