“Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass. It’s about learning how to dance in the rain.”
June 28, 2009
June 27, 2009
How Far You Go In Life
“How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.” – George Washington Carver
Make the Most of Your Senses
“Make the most of every sense; glory in all of the pleasures and beauty which the world reveals to you.” – Helen Keller
Turn Your Face to the Sun
“Turn your face to the sun, and the shadows fall behind you.” – Maori proverb
June 21, 2009
Take the Fear Out of Living
“The way to take the fear out of living is to put your faith in the Lord.”
June 15, 2009
Criticizing, Condemning, and Complaining
“Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain – and most fools do.”
June 14, 2009
Do Something With Your Life
“If you’re not doing something with your life, it doesn’t matter how long it is.”
Understanding Life
“Life can best be understood backwards, but must be lived forwards.”
June 7, 2009
When Things Get Rough
“When things get rough, it’s rubbing that brings out the shine.”
Some of Us Don’t Know What We Want
“Some of us don’t know what we want, but we feel sure that we don’t have it.”
Criticizing the Younger Generation
“When you feel like criticizing the younger generation, just remember who raised them.”
I Shall Pass Through This World But Once
“I shall pass through this world but once. Therefore any good that I can do or any kindness I can show to any human being, let me do it now, for I shall not pass this way again.”
May 31, 2009
Somebody Under the Bed
Bubba went to a psychiatrist. “I’ve got problems. Every time I go to bed, I think there’s somebody under it. I’m scared. I think I’m going crazy.”
“Just put yourself in my hands for one year,” said the shrink. “Come talk to me three times a week, and we should be able to get rid of those fears.”
“How much do you charge?” “Eighty dollars per visit,” replied the doctor. “I’ll sleep on it,” said Bubba. Six months later the doctor met Bubba on the street. “Why didn’t you ever come to see about those fears you were having?” asked the psychiatrist.
“Well, eighty bucks a visit three times a week for a year is an awful lot of money! A bartender cured me for $10. I was so happy to have saved all that money I went and bought me a new pickup with a big gun rack over the seat!”
“Is that so! And how, may I ask, did a bartender cure you?” “He told me to cut the legs off the bed! Ain’t nobody under there now!!!”
May 30, 2009
The Game of Life
I found this powerful image in a very old book. The idea is very cool. We, just like the young man, attempt to “play the game” using our own wisdom and our own methods, but the enemy is able to capture them. The game finally begins to change when the young man reaches for the cross.
The Game of Life
May 29, 2009
I Am Habit
I am your constant companion.
I am your greatest helper or heaviest burden.
I will push you onward or drag you down to failure.
I am completely at your command.
Half of the things you do you might as well turn over to me and I will do them – quickly and correctly.
I am easily managed, but you must be firm with me.
Show me exactly how you want something done and after a few lessons, I will do it automatically.
I am the servant of great people, and alas, of all failures as well!
Those who are great, I have made great.
Those who are failures, I have made failures.
I am not a machine — though I work with the precision of a machine plus the intelligence of a person.
You may run me for profit or run me for ruin – it makes no difference to me.
Take me, train me, be firm with me, and I will place the world at your feet.
Be easy with me and I will destroy you.
Who am I?
I am Habit.
Touch Their Souls
“Give people a fact or an idea and you enlighten their minds; tell them a story and you touch their souls.” – Hasidic proverb
