Author and journalist Mitch Albom on time: “Try to imagine a life without timekeeping. You probably can’t. You know the month, the year, the day of the week. There is a clock on your wall or the dashboard of your car. You have a schedule, a calendar, a time for dinner or a movie. Yet all around […]
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The tragedy of our times is that, rather than apply the most useful of English proverbs – “cheer up, it could be worse” – we are constantly induced to imagine how much better things could be. The rich lists and power lists with which the newspapers are filled, our wall-to-wall celebrity culture, the invidious billions […]
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Yes, I’m feeling the fear… You’re on the verge of making some exciting positive change in your life, when suddenly you feel it: the cold, iron grip of the status quo. Even though part of you is excited about the possibility of change — a new job, a new home, a new relationship — there’s […]
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More often than we realize fear is the compass of our lives. Thank Goodness Love whispers, many times each a day, “There is another Way…” The greatest act of Courage is to reveal who you really are. First to yourself. Then to others. We’re attracted to narcissists because they seem to be in control, w/o […]
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[From Dww-work]… A preacher once had a bad, bumpy flight. For the rest of his life, he hated airplanes. One time he sat down next to a calm passenger who noticed the preacher’s nerves. “Why are you afraid, Preacher?” the passenger asked. “Doesn’t that Bible of yours say God is with you always?” “No, that’s […]
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by Walter Wangerin “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” Luke 22:42 Night. There is a cold light falling from the indifferent stars—a light like the finest of snows, pale on the ground, pale on the hair and shoulders of a sad band of […]
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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of […]