I cannot affect you without you affecting me.
I cannot affect you without you affecting me.
What we carry in our hearts is what we will have to answer for when we face God at the end of our journey.
I do not need to seek God. God is already here waiting to be found, soaked in my reality. My journey is to be one of recognizing God, always, already present, and surfacing that presence in my daily life. — Edwina Gateley, from “A Mystical Heart”
A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it. — G. K. Chesterton
For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy. — St. Thérèse of Lisieux
That which I am, I offer to you, O Lord, for you are it entirely. — from The Book of Privy Counseling
Everyone has a bad hair day; the trick is not to have one on picture day. (Advice given to my students.)
I think of this verse from Micah 6:8 in some of my darker or confused moments: You have been told, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requires of you: Only to do the right and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with your God. The “walk humbly” part […]
Success happens when preparation meets opportunity. — Author unknown
If you are an ardent reader, seek not brilliant and erudite texts; otherwise the demon of haughtiness will strike your heart. But like a wise bee that gathers honey from flowers, so also through your reading obtain healing for your soul. — St. Ephraim the Syrian (via via)
When I say, “I am a Christian,” I’m not shouting “I am saved.” I am whispering, “I was lost.” That’s why I chose His way. When I say, “I am a Christian,” I don’t speak of this with pride. I’m confessing that I stumble Needing God to be my guide. When I say, “I am […]
Finding a really good weblog is like finding the peanuts in a box of Cracker Jacks. They are in there, but you have to hunt for them. And when you find one, you savor it.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can. — Danny Kaye
This one is from an email floating around the Internet: Sometimes we wonder, what did I do to deserve this, or why did God have to do this to me? Here is a wonderful explanation! A daughter is telling her Mother how everything is going wrong, she’s failing algebra, her boyfriend broke up with her […]
There are no such thing as problems, only opportunities. — Author unknown
Sooner or later in life everyone discovers that perfect happiness is unrealizable, but there are few who pause to consider the antithesis: that perfect unhappiness is equally unattainable. The obstacles preventing the realization of both these extreme states are of the same nature: they derive from our human condition which is opposed to everything infinite. — Primo Levi
Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return. — Colin Powell
Experience is like a knife. It can either hurt you or benefit you depending on whether you grab it by the handle or the blade. — Author unknown
The wizard said to the tin man, “Remember my friend, Love is not measured by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.” — from “The Wizard of Oz”