What Can Happen
“What has happened is not nearly as important as what CAN happen. Look to the possibilities of your future for direction, forsaking the burdensome limitations of your past.” – Keith D. Harrell
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Risks
To laugh is to risk appearing the fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out for another is risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas, your dreams, before … Continue reading →
The Things Just Outside My Door
“For many years, at great cost, I traveled through many countries, saw the high mountains, the oceans. The only things I did not see were the sparkling dewdrops in the grass just outside my door.” – Rabindranath Tagore
Continue reading →I Can Only Change Myself
“I can change only myself, but sometimes that is enough.” – Ruth Humlecker
Continue reading →Hiding in Church
“Some people go to church to hide.” – Mary McKee
Continue reading →A Duty to Encourage
“We have a duty to encourage one another. Many a time a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept a man on his feet. Blessed is the man who speaks such a word.” – William Barclay
Continue reading →Turn Your Face to the Sun
“Turn your face to the sun, and the shadows fall behind you.” – Maori Proverb
Continue reading →Possessing Great Talents
“If a man possesses great talents, he need not publish them; they will generally publish themselves.” – James Lendall Basford
Continue reading →The Philosophy Exam
An eccentric philosophy professor gave a one question final exam after a semester dealing with a broad array of topics. The class was already seated and ready to go when the professor picked up his chair, plopped it on his … Continue reading →
The Narrowest Plank
“When the bridge is gone, the narrowest plank becomes precious.” – Hungarian Proverb
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