Every minute that you save by making it useful, more profitable, is so much added to your life and its possibilities. Every minute lost is a neglected by-product--once gone, you will never get it
back.
Think of the odd quarter of an hour in the morning before breakfast, the odd half-hour after breakfast, remember the chance to read, or figure, or think with concentration on your own career, that comes now
and again in
Sometimes we need to be reminded of the innocence in the world and there's no better place to find it than in the musing's of children. These snippets come from a little book I bought years ago called "Children's
Letters to God." I pick it up every so often to remember that innocence still
exists in its purest form.....and also to get a big LAUGH at the same time.
;o)
The Day I Met Daniel by Pastor Richard Ryan---an original essay reprinted in "A Third Serving of Chicken Soup for the Soul"
****This is a true story first recorded in 2001 the day after Pastor Ryan met Daniel. It has been passed around the Internet as "author unknown" for several years. I wanted to give credit to the author as well as validate that it was indeed a true story and not one of the e-rumor/chainmails that commonly get passed along. Thanks for sharing this with me, Victor! If you… Continue
Human Family
Poem by Dr. Maya Angelou
Read at the dedication of the Disney Millennium Village
I note the obvious differences
in the human family.
Some of us are serious,
some thrive on comedy.
Some declare their lives are lived
as true profundity,
and others claim they really live
the real reality.
The variety of our skin tones
can confuse, bemuse, delight,
brown and pink and beige and purple,
tan and blue and white.
I've sailed upon the seven seas
and stopped in every land.
I've seen the w… Continue
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"It's always uncomfortable to grow."
Many of the things that are required to build and maintain healthy self-esteem can be uncomfortable, but the truth is they are essential. The good news is, with practice, uneasiness subsides and they become part of who you are.
Saying "No," and asserting yourself, asking for what you want, expressing your true feelings, saying positive things about yourself, letting someone love and nurture you....these may all be things that are uncomfortable. But, only at… Continue
“Anyone can carry his or her burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely till
the sun goes down. And this is all that life really means.”
— R.L. Stevenson
"There is no physician like cheerful thought for dissipating the ills of the body. There is no comforter to compare with goodwill f… Continue
