Worry is…
“Worry is interest paid on unborrowed debt.” – Dan Caringer
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If You Are Called, Do the Job Well
“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth … Continue reading →
This is the World
“This is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid.” – Frederick Buechner
Continue reading →Darkness and Growth
“Darkness deserves gratitude. It is the alleluia point at which we learn to understand that all growth does not take place in the sunlight.” – Joan Chittister
Continue reading →The Help of Others
“No one who achieves success does so without the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.” – Alfred North Whitehead
Continue reading →Called to Create Our Own Lives
“It is true that we are called to create a better world. But we are first of all called to a more immediate and exalted task: that of creating our own lives.” – Thomas Merton
Continue reading →Happiness Cannot Come from Without
“Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within. It is not what we see and touch or that which others do for us which makes us happy; it is that which we think and feel and do, first … Continue reading →
Healthy Discontent
“Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.” – Mahatma Gandhi
Continue reading →Think Enthusiastically About Your Job
“Think enthusiastically about everything; but especially about your job. If you do so, you’ll put a touch of glory in your life. If you love your job with enthusiasm, you’ll shake it to pieces.” – Norman Vincent Peale
Continue reading →English Papers and Trash Cans
“Some English papers are like trash cans- pretty on the outside, but filled with garbage.”
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