July 2010
20 posts
“The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past...”
– Marcel Pagnol
“Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.”
– Herman Hesse
“It is Jesus that you seek when you dream of happiness; He is waiting for you...”
– Pope John Paul II
“Life isn’t supposed to be an all or nothing battle between misery and bliss....”
– Barbara Sher
“The best things in life are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your...”
– ~Robert Louis Stevenson
11 Questions that lead to gratitude
It’s a good idea to look back and reflect on the year that’s just coming to an end. What are you grateful for?
What made you happy?
What energized you?
What barrier did you overcome?
What changed you?
What triggered your creativity?
What deepened your spirituality?
What kindness did you experience?
What did others do for you?
What inspired you?
What made you feel good?
What difficulty...
“Focus on what you love. It’s the greatest passport… the greatest road map to an...”
– Excerpt from Katie Finneran’s 2010 TONY Speech on winning Best Featured Actress in a Musical for ‘Promises Promises’
Best speech of the evening.
“You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really...”
– ~Vernon Howard
“When you stand before God, stand before God on the truth of the Word of God.”
– Mike Bickle
“I finally understood what true love meant…love meant that you care for another...”
– Nicholas Sparks, Dear John
“What oxygen is to the lungs, such is hope to the meaning of life.”
– Emil Brunner )
June 2010
29 posts
“Cristina, on the other hand, expected something very different out of love. She...”
– Narrator, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours...”
– H. Jackson Brown Jr.
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at...”
– Helen Keller
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become...”
– John Quincy Adams
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of...”
– Helen Keller
“Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into...”
– Margaret Cousins
“Success
To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people...”
– Often attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson, it is an adaptation of a poem published in 1905 by Bessie Stanley. No version of it has been found in Emerson’s writings.
the bystander effect
The bystander effect is a … phenomenon that refers to cases where individuals do not offer help in [a] … situation when other people are present (source: wikipedia).
Christians need to stop waiting for someone else to share the Good News. If everyone is just waiting for someone else to do something, nothing will ever happen.
“When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live...”
– Peace Pilgrim
One - Glee Cast
“these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches...”
– 1 Corinthians 2:1-16
May 2010
30 posts
