Forget Disappointment
“Forget entirely the word disappointment. Failures, so called, are but fingerposts pointing out the right direction to those who are willing to learn.”
Continue reading →Tag Archives: Choices and Decisions
You Decide When to Change
“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” – Andy Warhol
Continue reading →Sitting in the Shade
“Gardens are not made by singing, “Oh, how beautiful,” and sitting in the shade.” –
Continue reading →Disappointed, But Not Doomed
“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.” – Beverly Sills
Continue reading →God’s Quarter
Several years ago a mother gave her son two quarters. One was for his Sunday School offering. The other was for an ice cream cone on the way home from Sunday School. One Sunday, Billy was flipping a quarter in … Continue reading →
What is Courage?
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear.” – Mark Twain
Continue reading →The Wonderful Weirdness of You
“Don’t settle for a normal life. Not when you can enjoy the wonderful weirdness of being who God created you to be.” – Craig Groeschel
Continue reading →Expect Temptation
“Expect temptation to your last breath.” – Anthony the Great
Continue reading →Be Careful with Do-Goodism
“You’ve got to be careful with do-goodism, you know. The do-gooders do more harm than a little. If you’re not careful, the do-gooders will do you in. Any help that doesn’t help a person to help himself is criminal because … Continue reading →
Get Up and Do Something
Dr. Karl Menninger, the famous psychiatrist, once gave a lecture on mental health, and then answered questions from the audience. “What would you advise a person to do,” asked one man, “if that person felt a nervous breakdown coming on?” … Continue reading →