Tag: quote

Breaking routine

December 15, 2006 | 3 comments

You’ve probably heard the old saying, “If you do what you’ve always done, you’re going to get what you always got.” Or, as one pointed out recently, “If you think what you’ve always thought, you’re going to see what you’ve

Gratitude

December 15, 2006 | 4 comments

Enjoyed a nice article titled, “Gratitude: A life difference,” by Benjamin Devey. He wrote in part: “Gratitude unburdens our spirit from negative emotions and gives room for charity in our hearts. It opens the windows of heaven to work miracles

Safety and the unknown

December 14, 2006 | No comments yet

Sent to me by a reader… In her classic poem “The Gate of the Year,” the poetess M. Louise Haskins penned the lines: And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year:“Give me a light,

Complaint or praise?

December 14, 2006 | 2 comments

  A young man decided to become a monk in a religious order that allowed monks to speak only two words every two years. After his first two years of training, the young monk was invited by his superior to

God as a first resort

December 12, 2006 | 3 comments

This weekend it hit me how foreign the concept of turning to God first in times of emergency is for many people. I was filling out a medical release form to allow our daughter to attend a trip away from