When gratitude is due

November 21, 2012 | 4 comments

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude. ~ Gilbert Chesterton Do you recognize God as the source of all blessings in your life? When something good comes

Live your gratitude

November 20, 2012 | 3 comments

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. ~John F. Kennedy To keep the commandments of our Master and follow his example, is our proper debt to him

Sin’s necessity

November 19, 2012 | 8 comments

Here’s a view of sin I’d never considered in depth before: “This is sin’s necessity,– to destroy itself.”  Mary Baker Eddy (S&H 405:19) Sin is often viewed in terms of the harm it brings the sinner. A caught thief is sent

Life shouldn’t hurt

November 16, 2012 | 7 comments

I learned a significant rule for living without pain during a recent tennis lesson. My racket-hand wrist was hurting when I hit the ball. As my game has improved, I’ve played much better players, and the ball gets hit more

Act on those ideas!

November 15, 2012 | 4 comments

Ideas won’t keep: something must be done about them. ~Alfred North Whitehead Do you have lots of great ideas, but they remain only ideas that never take an outward form? They get stashed away in backroom mental storehouses that rarely get