Still in Prison
“As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn’t leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I’d still be in prison.” – Nelson Mandela
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Getting What Everyone Wants
“If you help other people get what they want, they’ll help you get what you want. If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people … Continue reading →
Invest in Your Character
“That is why success and fruitfulness depend as much upon focusing on the ‘who’ you are as much as the ‘what’ of the work you do. Invest in your character, and it will give you the returns that you are … Continue reading →
The Attorney’s Good News and Bad News
The attorney tells the accused, “I have some good news and some bad news.” “What’s the bad news?” asks the accused. “The bad news is, your blood is all over the crime scene, and the DNA tests prove you did … Continue reading →
Worthy of Love
“Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.” – Thomas Merton
Continue reading →Life is a Daring Adventure
“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure … Continue reading →
Looking Upward
“I avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.” – Charlotte Brontë
Continue reading →Being Alive is a Grand Thing
“I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable… but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.” – Agatha Christie
Continue reading →All the Worry in the World
“How simple it is to see that all the worry in the world cannot control the future. How simple it is to see that we can only be happy now. And that there will never be a time when it … Continue reading →
The Power of Self Forgiveness
“Self forgiveness is one of the most powerful and freeing things we can do for ourselves, yet we often withhold it from ourselves. If God will forgive us, why won’t we forgive ourselves?” – Greg Taunt
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