IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES
“Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.” – Abraham Lincoln
COURAGE
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” – Winston Churchill
EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE
Exceptional people convert life’s setbacks into future successes. – Carol S. Dweck
Divine & Important
“We are Divine enough to ask and we are important enough to receive.”
– Wayne Dyer
Patience & Perseverance
“Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” – John Adams
Happy Sleep
“A well spent day brings happy sleep.” – Leonardo de Vinci
“Happiness is like a butterfly, the more you chase it, the more it will evade you, but if you notice the other things around you, it will gently come and sit on your shoulder.”
-Henry David Thoreau
Remember, being happy doesn’t mean you have it all. It simply means you’re thankful for all you have. – Unknown
Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most. – Buddha
Psalm 117
1. Praise the Lord, all you nations; extol Him, all you peoples.
2. For His kindness was mighty over us, and the truth of the Lord is everlasting. Praise the Lord!
“If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.”- Pema Chodron
“For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new”. – Albert Einstein
“Music in the soul can be heard by the universe” – Lao Tzu
Psalm 34: 17-19 “When his people pray for help, he listens and rescues them from their troubles. The Lord is there to rescue all who are discouraged and have given up hope. The Lord’s people may suffer a lot, but he will always bring them safely through.”
There was once a group of women studying the book of Malachi in the Old Testament. As they were studying chapter three, they came across verse three, which says: “He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver.” This verse puzzled the women, and they wondered what this statement meant about the character and nature of God. One of the women offered to find out about the process of refining silver and get back to the group at their next Bible study.
That week this woman called up a silversmith and made an appointment to watch him at work. She didn’t mention anything about the reason for her interest beyond her curiosity about the process of refining silver. As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silver over the fire and let it heat up. He explained that in refining silver, one needed to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames were hottest as to burn away all the impurities.
The woman thought about God holding us in such a hot spot – then she thought again about the verse, that he sits as a refiner and purifier of silver. She asked the silversmith if it was true that he had to sit there in front of the fire the whole time the silver was being refined.
The man answered “Yes”, and explained that he not only had to sit there holding the silver, but he had to keep his eyes on the silver the entire time it was in the fire. If the silver was left even a moment too long in the flames, it would be damaged.
The woman was silent for a moment. Then she asked the silversmith, “How do you know when the silver is fully refined?”
He smiled at her and answered, “Oh, that’s easy. When I see my image in it.”
If today you are feeling the heat of this world’s fire, just remember that Our Divine Creator has His eyes on you. – Source: Unknown
Sitting like a small child upon the shoulders of the Creator of heaven and earth as He carries us out of slavery in Egypt to eternal life in the Promised Land.
Everything along the journey is sweet and good, if we will only embrace it with love. Even the pain is good, a pain that cleanses body and soul as we rise to a place higher than our little minds can conceive.
And yes, even those paths we believe we’ve stumbled down by our own fault, He carries us tenderly through those as well, for they also lead us yet higher.
In return, all He asks is that we hold His hand tightly and do what needs to be done. And kvetch just a little less”.- Source
Children as Teachers
“A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.” – Paulo Coelho
Kick & Punch
“Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.”
– Bruce Lee
Being Happy
Remember, being happy doesn’t mean you have it all. It simply means you’re thankful for all you have. – Unknown
Success
“God has put something noble and good into every heart his hand has created. So while living on earth we must always remember to learn from yesterday, live for today, and hope for tomorrow because time will only show what has mattered throughout our journey.” – MELANIE KLEI
Destiny
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare
Kindness
“Do, or do not. There is no try.” – Yoda
