Quote of the Day

"No one can possess an afternoon of rain beating against the window, or the serenity of a sleeping child, or the magical moment when the waves break on the rocks. It is through such moments that God reveals himself to mankind." Paulo Coelho

‘Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.’ John Wesley

“Sitting is more dangerous than smoking, kills more people than HIV and is more treacherous than parachuting. The chair is out to kill us.” Dr. James Levine Levine believes that U.S. citizens spend more than half of their waking hours sitting down in front of a tv, driving, or behind a desk at work.

The Greatest.  The Goat.  Call him by either name and that’s fine. Michael Jordan, Tom Brady, Tiger Woods, Simon Biles, Sand Koufax, Pele…yes, they are or were the tops in their sport. But ask any of them who The Greatest refers to and I’m guessing without a hint of hesitation, they’d say Muhammad Ali. After he retired, The Champ appeared on a British talk show. The very personable host asked him if he still dabbled in poetry. ’Why yes, Ali said, I wrote one for this show.’ She asked if he’d mind sharing it with the audience. The Goat said…’I...

“Life brings suffering no matter who we are. But there is a path for all of us that leads out of this suffering and on to that joyful journey of self discovery, no matter how painful our personal history might be.” George Mumford from the book The Mindful Athlete

Sam Burns is a rapidly improving professional golfer. When asked today about his process over the last few months and moving forward, he said…,’I have a tendency to get ahead of myself so I’m trying to slow down, take it one shot at a time, and be where my feet are. Be where my feet are. Very sage advice for all of us. Sounds like Mr. Burns has a bit of Mark Twain in him.

“They say you forget your troubles on a trout stream, but that’s not quite it. What happens is that you begin to see where your troubles fit into the grand scheme of things, and suddenly they’re just not such a big deal anymore.” John Girrach

“I think we all get a call of some kind at various points in our lives.

Maybe not a literal phone call, but a sort of suggestion or prompting that forces us to consider how far we’re willing to go to change things, or find the truth, or discover what we’re missing.”

Lisa Miller from the book The Awakened Mind

Arteriosclerosis is a hardening of the arteries. Psychosclerosis is a hardening of the attitudes, and it might be just as dangerous. Trevor Moawad from the book It Takes What It Takes.  

“Let go of your sorrow, there is always tomorrow…and after the rain, the sun will shine again.” Henny Gurko, Singer, songwriter, and Holocaust survivor

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”   Jesus of Nazareth

"I have found that when you are deeply troubled, there are things you get from the silent devoted companionship of a dog that you can get from no other source." Doris Day

“Listening to the siren song of more, we are deaf to the still small voice waiting in our soul to whisper, ‘You’re enough‘. Julia Cameron