Tag: courage

Bright stars

November 3, 2006 | No comments yet

“Every luminary in the constellation of human greatness, like the stars, comes out in the darkness to shine with the reflected light of God.” Miscellaneous Writings, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 340:27. You don’t have to appear in a full length

Gaining needed courage

November 1, 2006 | No comments yet

“Spiritual courage is remembering who we are,“ by Reverend Baltz, has some spiritual gems to think about in mustering courage to do the right thing. Baltz wrote, in part: “True courage is giving yourself permission to be true to yourself,

Courage

October 23, 2006 | 1 comment

Do you have the courage of a hummingbird? Reportedly, the speedy flickers have scared off eagles from devastating their nests. How the little twitters could send a proportionately monstrous bird like an eagle in the other direction sounds incredulous, but

Testing the depth

July 10, 2006 | No comments yet

“Never test the depth of water with both feet.” The above proverb caught my attention on a reader board I saw in Spokane, Washington, this weekend. If wondering how deep a pond is, you don’t jump in with both feet

True north

February 20, 2006 | No comments yet

Explorers traveling through thick jungles and over high mountains prevent themselves from getting lost by keeping their path squared with true north. Navigators over open seas read the stars and watch their compass to steer their ships on course. We