"When you pray rather let your heart be without words than your words without heart."
- John Bunyan
"Insight is a great vehicle for understanding why people behave the way they do. More important, it creates the clarity we all need to take appropriate action and to recognize that, in most cases, WE ARE NOT THE CAUSE of their behavior."— Chelle Thompson, Inspiration Line
"When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure." — Peter Marshall
(Compare Romans 3: 3-5)
RENEWAL
Snakes shed their skins every couple of months. Their insides don't change, but they renew their outsides, shedding anything that might be sticking to them.
We collect so much debris form the outside world, too. It is
worthwhile taking some time to shed our "skins" and renew ourselves, too.
Be a snake...in a good way.
~anon~
"The best things in life are appreciated most after they have been lost."
- Roy L. Smith
"The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices."— Frederick II, the Great
"Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain"t goin" away.— Elvis Presley"
"Attention is the most basic form of love; through it we bless and are blessed."
- John Tarrant
"Happiness calls out responsive gladness in others. There is enough sadness in the world without yours ... never doubt the excellence and permanence of what is yet to be. Join the great company of those who make the barren places of life fruitful with kindness."
— Helen Keller
When am down to nothing God is up to something he is about to release his power where he can find passion
"The poor man is not he who is without a cent, but he who is without a dream."
- Harry Kemp
There is something else meaningless that occurs on earth: righteous men who get what the wicked deserve, and wicked men who get what the righteous deserve. This too, I say, is meaningless.
Ecclesiastes 8:14 (New International Version - UK)
HAPPINESS
"Happiness is an inner state of well-being that enables you to profit from your highest thoughts, intelligence, wisdom, awareness, common sense, emotions, health, and spiritual values."
~Lionel Ketchian~