“Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, these ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest wallsContinue reading “Thought for Today”
Category Archives: Inspiration
Welcome Spring
Let’s celebrate the Spring Equinox with one of my favorite songs, performed by the late, great, Louis Armstrong. It really is a wonderful world we live in. Amen! And so it is!
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Scared and sacred are spelled with the same letters. Awful proceeds from the same root word as awesome. Terrify and terrific. Every negative experience holds the seed of transformation. — Alan Cohen
More Six Word Memoirs
An earlier blog post titled Life in Six Words has been the most read, commented on and liked blog post I have written so far. Thank you. It must have struck a chord with people. I thought during Lent when many engage in introspective spiritual practices might be a good time to try this again. Condensing a lifetime so farContinue reading “More Six Word Memoirs”
In honor of the Feast Day of St. Patrick
“As I arise today, may the strength of God pilot me, the power of God uphold me, the wisdom of God guide me. May the eye of God look before me, the ear of God hear me, the word of God speak for me. May the hand of God protect me, the way of GodContinue reading “In honor of the Feast Day of St. Patrick”
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“While there’s life, there’s hope.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero
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“Life is meaningless only if we allow it to be. Each of us has the power to give life meaning, to make our time and our bodies and our words into instruments of love and hope.” — Tom Head
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“All it takes is one bloom of hope to make a spiritual garden.” ~Terri Guillemets
Where Faith Meets Life
Haven’t you had at least a moment when you dreamed of escaping the pressures of daily life to live in a Monastery, cave or on an isolated mountain top? I know I have. But is that what we really want? More importantly is that what we need? It’s when our faith is put to theContinue reading “Where Faith Meets Life”
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“The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started.” — Norman Cousins
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