"All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator
for all I have not seen."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882
American Essayist and Poet

BLAME

POP QUIZ:
What's the difference between finger pointing and finger painting?

ANSWER:
Finger painting is more colorful to the eye, finger pointing to the ear. Other than that, they're both childish games.

Can you get through the day without blaming anyone for anything? That's tougher than it looks—not blaming a colleague or friend or the government or the weather. Try it. It's a very liberating experience.

~anon~

There are opportunities all around you. If the door of opportunity appears closed, you must knock on it, and keep on knocking until it opens.

Author Unknown
But Greatly Appreciated!

CHANGE

Have you ever been overtaken by inertia? You want to make a change in your life, but there just seem to be too many complications. If you want to feel happier, act happier. If you want to feel more confident, act more confident. If you want to feel less anger, act less angry.

That's right, there is a back-and-forth relationship between cause and effect. We can "fake" our emotions to kick-start them for real. Try acting out the change you want, and before you know it the change will be real.

David Leonhardt

"Take the time to understand what's behind your success. It's the best way to ensure it will continue."

--Stuart R. Levine

"An eight-year-old boy named Jeremy was having his annual checkup and the pediatrician began tapping on his chest. 'Do you hear that sound?' he asked. 'That is the sound of your lungs. Do you know what your lungs are filled with?' 'Air,' said the boy. 'And do you hear that solid sound?' the doctor continued. 'That is your heart. What is your heart filled with?' 'Love,' Jeremy said."

Author Unknown
But Greatly Appreciated!

Is your heart like Jeremy? Filled with love?

"The art of life is to live in the present moment, and to make that moment as perfect as we can by the realization that we are the instruments and expression of God Himself"

Emmet Fox