Be yourself

Do not wish to be anything but what you are.  Saint Francis de Sales A unique quality of the human race is our ability to…

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The Awakening

When a man begins to understand himself, he begins to live. Norvin G. McGranahan Unlike animals who are disturbed only when their primal instincts are…

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Fanatic…who me?

A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.  Sir Winston Churchill The word fanatic conjures images of dogmatic, inward…

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A good life…

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. 2 Tm. 4:7 This quote from the bible is…

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God needs you to…

Let God love you through others and let God love others through you. D.M. Street Yes God needs you! He has no selfish reasons nor…

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Value Friendships

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship. Saint Thomas Aquinas Friendship is one of those gifts that all are…

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Live for others

What do we live for if not to make life less difficult for each other? George Eliot This is a dramatic new way to look…

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Futile envy

We love in others what we lack ourselves, and would be everything but what we are. R.H. Stoddard If we had a choice to replace…

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Our daily gifts

Each day comes bearing its own gifts.  Untie the ribbons. Ruth Ann Schabacker Let me begin today’s post with a quick riddle. If you are…

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The weak can never forgive

The weak can never forgive.  Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.  Mahatma Gandhi It takes a lot of inner strength to forgive simply because…

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