
You don’t have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life’s about change.
I have several times made a poor choice by avoiding a necessary confrontation.

You don’t have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life’s about change.
I have several times made a poor choice by avoiding a necessary confrontation.

God knows we sometimes need to reach the end of our own resources before we will turn to Him.
From Psalm 107:28-29: “Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and He brought them out from their distress; He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed.”

I consider a story merely as a frame on which to stretch my materials.
Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.

Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.
From 1 Corinthians 3:16-17: “Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.”

The two most important tools of parenting are time and touch. Listen to your boys and girls, look them in the eye, put your arms around them, hug them close, tell them how valuable they are.
From Proverbs 20:7: “The righteous walk in integrity—happy are the children who follow them!”

Feelings and Emotions are the universal language and are to be honored. They are the authentic expression of who you are in your deepest place.
When we are most, then we are least alone; for are these faces not identical?
Judith Wright (1915-2000) was a renowned poet, environmentalist, and champion of aboriginal rights in Australia. She was the 1998 recipient of the Australian National Living Treasure Award.

There is nothing more tragic than to come to the end of life and know we have been on the wrong course.
From John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that he gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him may not perish but may have eternal life.”

Take a moment to ask the Lord if anything is clouding your internal signals, and trust in His promise to make your path straight.
From Proverbs 3:5-6: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.”


Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.
No one has come up with a substitute for hard work.
Pitcher Satchel Paige played most of his years of baseball before the Major Leagues were opened up to play for African-Americans. Despite this, he was inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame in 1971.
Left fielder Ted Williams played his entire Major League career with the Boston Red Sox. In 1941, he hit .406 (the person to hit at least .400). The Hall-of-Famer’s statistics are even more incredible when one realizes that he served in the military during both World War II and the Korean War as an aviator.

You will recognize your own path when you come upon it because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need.
Make sure you visualize what you really want, not what someone else wants for you.