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Some good quotes
“When anything disagreeable happens to you, remember Christ crucified and keep silent. “ St. John of the Cross “When you pray, move your feet.” African proverb “If to be feelingly alive to the sufferings of my fellow-creatures is to be a fanatic, I am one of the most incurable fanatics ever permitted to be at […]
Value of Time
To realize the value of a sister/brother Ask someone who doesn ¢â‚¬â„¢t have one. To realize the value of ten years: Ask a newly Divorced couple. To realize the value of four years: Ask a graduate. To realize The value of one year: Ask a student who Has failed a final exam.> To realize The value […]
How to Help an Alcoholic
To this: I am *not* paying for the alcoholic who lives on the street with free access to a clinic. He may cost me a *lot more money* if he is given money to access expensive medical care for all of the illnesses he brought upon himself, due to his alcoholism. The least expensive way […]
Meaning and wellbeing in the rat race
As I waited at the bus stop one morning last week, watching both school kids and adults waiting to go to their places of education or work to spend the day, I was once again struck by the thought of meaning in life. The kids were waiting there to go to school to work out […]
Self-development
“Yeah, ok, there is a reason that you are the way you are; just don’t make it an excuse to stay that way.” Joyce Meyer
Be Yourself
When the great Rabbi Zushya was dying, he lamented to his friends how little he had accomplished. Someone asked ‘Rabbi are you afraid of the Judgment?’ The Rabbi almost said ‘Yes’ but he paused, and then said, ‘No. When I appear before the Almighty I will not be asked “Why were you not Moses?” I […]
Report: 90% Of Waking Hours Spent Staring At Glowing Rectangles
June 15, 2009 PALO ALTO, CA—A new report published this week by researchers at Stanford University suggests that Americans spend the vast majority of each day staring at, interacting with, and deriving satisfaction from glowing rectangles. “From the moment they wake up in the morning, to the moment they lose consciousness at night, Americans are […]
Live Well, Die Well
by Rosie James I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1998 and it raised many issues, including the challenge of hearing God’s voice and trying to discern what He was saying to me. I had surgery and the usual rounds of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Many people prayed for my healing and as life went on, […]
Enjoy the Ride!
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Sin and love
Judge (in the movie The Reader): ‘Why did you let those 200 Jews die in the burning building?’ German guard’s response: ‘Because if we’d let them out there would have been too much disorder!’ Extreme example of the adage ‘Sin may be doing a good thing at the wrong time; love is doing a good […]
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