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Tag Archives: wisdom
Everything Happens For A Reason
Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there … to serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson or help figure out who you are or who you want … Continue reading
Thought Of The Day
God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when our lives cease to be illumined by the steady radiance, renewed daily, of a wonder, the source … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Misc, Religion, Wisdom
Tagged belief, Dag, Dag Hammarskjöld, faith, god, Hammarskjöld, the 4th Kid, THOUght of the day, wisdom
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The More You Give
Dorothy Day To attack poverty by preaching voluntary poverty seems like madness. But again, it is direct action….To be profligate in our love and generosity, spontaneous, to cut all the red tape of bureaucracy! The more you give away, the … Continue reading
Quote of the Day
"If you have made mistakes, even serious mistakes, you may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down."-Mary Pickford- Submitted by Madeleine
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DEATH — WHAT A WONDERFUL WAY TO EXPLAIN IT
A sick man turned to his doctor, as he was preparing to leave the examination room and said, "Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what lies on the other side." Very quietly, the doctor said, "I don’t know." … Continue reading
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Tagged death, explain, heartwarming, wisdom
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The wallet
As I walked home one freezing day, I stumbled on a wallet someone had lost in the street. I picked it up and looked inside to find some identification so I could call the owner. But the wallet contained only … Continue reading
When Catastrophe Strikes
Eberhard Arnold Only when we take human existence upon ourselves in its starkest and most humiliating misery—a misery in which nothing has meaning—can we win through to the only possible way to live. Only when we taste the lot of … Continue reading
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Tagged Catastrophe, katrina, When Catastrophe Strikes, wisdom
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I Pray the Lord, My Soul to Keep
by Kathy Pippig Harris It was blistering hot even though the sun had set two hours earlier. Prone on the ground, Seth crawled through dry grass and dusty earth. Soil and weeds clung to his clothing. Gnats and mosquitoes clamored … Continue reading
Posted in Heartwarming Stories, Religion, Wisdom
Tagged heartwarming story, I Pray the Lord, Kathy Pippig Harris, My Soul to Keep, wisdom
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The Hot Water Bottle
This story was written by a doctor who worked in South Africa… One night I had worked hard to help a mother in the labor ward; but in spite of all we could do, she died leaving us with a … Continue reading
Small Opportunities
Success rarely comes from making just a few big efforts. Success almost always is the result of small efforts multiplied again and again. Small, simple acts can reliably lead to big, magnificent achievements. It’s just a matter of putting enough … Continue reading
Until
By Alan Paton There is a hard law…When an injury is done to us, we never recover until we forgive. Submitted by your friend and mine, Madeleine
The Other End of the Boardwalk
By Bob PerksBob@BobPerks.com "I’ve come a long way on this boardwalk," I said. "Yes, it is a long walk, isn’t it?" the man replied. I wasn’t really referring to how far I walked. It is two miles long and has … Continue reading
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Five More Minutes
While at the park one day, a woman sat down next to a man on a bench near a playground. "That’s my son over there," she said, pointing to a little boy in a red sweater who was gliding down … Continue reading
Thought Of The Day
Moderation. Small helpings. Sample a little bit of everything. These are the secrets of happiness and good health.Julia Child
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Tagged happiness, julia child, julia childs, wisdom
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Whereas the Way…
By Kathleen Hasenberg Christ’s will was, and is, to unite. Think how he wept over Jerusalem! Think of his prayer, “That they all might be one.” But people did not and do not want this. Christ said. “I am the … Continue reading
The Cause of Unhappiness
By Anthony de Mello If you look carefully you will see that there is one thing and only one thing that causes unhappiness. The name of that thing is attachment. What is an attachment? An emotional state of clinging caused … Continue reading
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Tagged happiness, heartwarming, wisdom
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You Won’t Understand
Often people say to me "You just won’t understand.""You’re way too old," or "Way too young," or "YOU are NOT a man." I don’t know why some people feel they suffer unique pain.As if they are the only ones who’ve … Continue reading
The Five Freedoms
1. To see and hear what is there instead of what should be, was, orwill be. 2. To say what one feels and thinks instead of what one should. 3. To feel what one feels instead of what one ought. … Continue reading
Adventures on the Light Rail – The Sales Guys
Would you agree with me that sometimes sales guys can have a questionable reputation? I do not know, there is just something about some of them that I can not quite put my finger on. Maybe the thing is I sense that I can not really trust some of them. I have many friends and family members that are indeed great people and great sales people so this does not implicate every single sales person but there maybe some generalizing wisdom that might be gleaned from this experience. Maybe hearing some recent conversations among sales men on the train, better known as the light rail, just maybe these conversations will give us some valid reasons for those queasy feelings in out stomach when dealing with some sales people. Continue reading →