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
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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 →How Far You Go in Life
“How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of … Continue reading →
Starting All Over
“Wouldn’t it be nice if whenever we messed up our life, we could simply press ‘Ctrl-Alt-Delete’ and start all over?”
Continue reading →We Should Exchange Problems
“It is too bad people can’t exchange problems with each other, for all of us claim we know how to solve the other fellow’s problem.”
Continue reading →Interruptions
When you are exhausted by interruptions, try to remember that their very frequency may indicate how valuable your life is. Only the people who are full of help and strength are burdened by other people’s needs. The interruptions which we … Continue reading →
Significant Regrets
“When asked to describe significant regrets in their lives, more than eight out of ten people focused on actions they did not take rather than actions they did. In other words, they focused on things they failed to do, rather … Continue reading →
The Truth Will Make You Miserable
“The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.” – Jamie Buckingham
Continue reading →Our Experience
“Our experience should be a guidepost and not a hitching post.”
Continue reading →You Cannot
“You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by encouraging class hatred. … Continue reading →