When Life is Unbearable
“Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.” – Victor Frankl
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Two Things to Never Be Angry At
“There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.” – Plato
Continue reading →Obedience, Not Sensations
“Caveat [let her beware!] – don’t count on any remarkable sensations, either at this or your first (or fifty first) Communion. God gives these or not as He pleases. Their presence does not prove that things are especially well, nor … Continue reading →
People of Accomplishment
“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” – Leonardo DaVinci
Continue reading →A Smooth Sea
“A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
Continue reading →Little Decisions, Infinite Importance
“Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a … Continue reading →
The Possible and the Impossible
“My job is to take care of the possible and to trust God with the impossible.” – Ruth Graham
Continue reading →Govern Your Passions
“A man who governs his passions is master of his world. We must either command them or be enslaved by them. It is better to be a hammer than an anvil.” – St. Dominic
Continue reading →Becoming Who You Really Are
“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” – E. E. Cummings
Continue reading →Trying to Please Everyone
“The only thing wrong with trying to please everyone is that there is always at least one person who will remain unhappy, and that person is You.” – Elizabeth Parker
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